 Ben M. Borgars, aged 28
years, who left here last summer with a draft
contingent sent to Camp Dix, died of pneumonia in
the service in France, according to word received
last Friday by his brother, John Borgars living
just at the east edge of this city. The news came
in an official telegram from the war department.Borgars was born Sept. 13,
1888, near Troy and grew up there. He had been
living here for several years, working at Lumaghi
mine No. 2. He is survived by seven brothers and
sisters, Mary, John, Edward, Mrs. Lizzie Molinar,
Leonard, Cora, and George, the latter living in
Louisville, Ky.
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