Moberly Monitor Index, July 13, 1937 
  
Ben Overfelt, Duncan's Bridge, Dies Suddenly 
  
Madison, July 13 -- Ben Overfelt, 65-year-old farmer, died at his home 3 1/2 miles northwest of Duncan's Bridge at 5:30 Monday afternoon.  Mr. Overfelt had been in his usual health.  After eating his noon meal, he suffered a stroke of apoplexy while shaving, and lived only a few hours.  He was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church, and was prominent in the community in which he lived. 
  
He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Arthur Woods of Woodlawn; two sons, Claude of Detroit, and Stanley of Duncan's Bridge; one sister, Mrs. Fred Haley of Holiday; six brothers, Jim of Madison, Tom, Joe and Berry of Duncan's Bridge, Chris of Holliday, and John of Detroit. 
  
Funeral arrangements have not been completed. 
  
Note:  Wife, Myrtle Alexander.  Children, Mildred E. Overfelt, Stanley Overfelt, Claude, and Clyde.