Alice Katharine Lemon and Benjamin Nathaniel Ahl

DR. BENJAMIN NATHANIEL AHL, son of FLORENCE REID MYRICK and THOMAS IRELAND AHL, was born March 2, 1905 in Moweaqua, Illinois,⁸⁸⁶ and died July 21, 1989 in Hospice of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, Monterey, California.^{886, 250}

He married ALICE KATHARINE LEMON on June 17, 1933 in Federated Presbyterian Church, Reno, Washoe, Nevada,^{817, 5037, 5602} daughter of FLORA ALICE HILL and FREDERIC HAMLIN LEMON. She was born April 17, 1906 in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana,^{122, 888} and died August 11, 1995 in Coronado, San Diego, California.^{888, 250}

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Children of ALICE KATHARINE LEMON and DR. BENJAMIN NATHANIEL AHL:

1. Daughter
2. Son

Benjamin N. Ahl

• was baptized on July 29, 1917 at Reid Memorial United Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Wayne, Indiana⁶¹³⁵
• was a Physician in the U.S. Navy (1929-1959), working at many navy hospitals; was appointed Executive Officer of the naval hospital at Charleston, S. C. (1953)^{1294, 886}
• was a US Navy Veteran of World War II; Medical Corps^{886, 1294}

Indianapolis Star, June 11, 1933⁵⁰³⁷

Ahl-Lemon Nuptial Rite Will Take Place in West

[Special to The Indianapolis Star.]

RICHMOND, IND., June 10.—The marriage of Miss Alice Lemon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Lemon and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hill, to Dr. Benjamin Ahl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ahl of Centerville, will be solemnized at Redding, Cal., June 17. The marriage will unite the descendants of two old Wayne county families. Miss Hill's grandfather, E. G. Hill, is internationally known as the leading rosarian of the world. Dr. Ahl's ancesters are of pioneer stock.

Wedding Plans Altered.

Originally planned to be held here, the marriage arrangements had to be changed when Dr. Ahl, who is a surgeon in the navy stationed at Mare island, California, was transferred to the Mt. Shasta region, where he is medical officer in one of the reforestation camps. Miss Hill and her father departed for California last week.

Miss Hill was graduated from Morton high school here and Mt. Holyoke, Sough Hadley, Mass., and for the last five years has been manager of the service department of the International Florists' Telegraph Delevery Association, with headquarters in Detroit, Mich. Dr. Ahl is a graduate of Earlham college and received his medical degree from Indiana univerity. He was commissioned in the navy in 1929.

Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram, June 12, 1933⁵⁶⁰²

Alice Lemon and Dr. Benjamin Ahl Wed in Nevada

A marriage which united two of Wayne counties most prominent families took place Saturday, June 10, at Reno, Nev., when Miss Alice Lemon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Lemon of South Twenty-first street and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Gurney Hill, became the bride of Dr. Benjamin Ahl, of the United States navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ahl of Centerville.

The wedding took place at the manse of the Frederated Presbyterian church, Rev. William M. Case, pastor of the church officiating. The bride was given in marriage by her father and the wedding couple was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Grant L. Turnquist of Sacramento, Calif. Mrs. Turnquist was formerly Miss Mary Frances Churchell of Richmond.

The bride was charmingly costumed in an aquamaring blue crepe ensemble worn with brown accessories. Her flowers were a corsage of Hadley roses.

Mrs. Turnquist wore a rust crepe afternoon dress with corsage of Briarcliff roses.

A change in the plans for the wedding which was to have been held here was necessitated by the transfer of Dr. Ahl, a surgeon in the navy, from the naval base hospital at Mare island to the Mount Shasta region where he is a medical officer in one of the reforestation camps.

Dr. and Mrs. Ahl will reside in Alturas, Calif.

Palladium-Item, March 29, 1953¹²⁹⁴

Capt. Ahl Heads Naval Hospital At Charleston

Capt. Benjamin Ahl, Medical corps, U. S. navy, is at work on a new assignment, executive Officer of the naval hospital at Charleston, S. C.

Captain Ahl, formerly of Centerville, was surgeon aboard the USS Missouri back in September of 1948 when the Japanese surrendered in ceremonies aboard the big "Mighty' Mo."

He had charge of the eye, ear, nose and throat section of a naval hospital at Oakland, Calif., before his transfer to South Carolina.

Mrs. Ahl is the former Miss Alice Lemon, daughter of Mrs. Fred Lemon of Richmond. The Ahls have two children, Judy, 17 years old, and John, 13.

Family Recalled

Captain Ahl's parents were Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Ahl of Centerville. He has two brothers, Ralph of Richmond and Thomas of near Centerville; and two sisters, Mrs. Howard Bliss, the former Sally Ahl, living in southern Indiana; and Mrs. Don Carter, the former Clarissa Ahl, at Greensfork.

Captain Ahl was graduated from college in 1926 and entered the navy in 1929 and interned at the U. S. Naval hospital, San Diego, Calif. His sea assignments have included duty aboard the USS New Mexico, USS Arkansas, USS Charleston, USS Concord and USS Missouri.

He has served ashore at the following commands: U. S. hospital, Mare Island, Calif.; U. S. Naval hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Naval Medical school, Washington, D. C.

U. S. Naval hospital, Great Lakes, Ill.; recruiting duty, Cleveland, Ohio; U. S. Naval Training center, Farragut, Idaho; U. S. Naval hospital, Honolulu, T. H.; U. S. Naval hospital, Oceanside, Calif.

U. S. Naval hospital, Camp White, Oreg,; U. S. Naval hospital, Norfolk, Va.; U. S. Naval hospital, Portsmouth, Va.; and U. S. Naval hospital, Oakland, Calif.

Captain Ahl is an eye specialist and is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology.

Palladium-Item, July 23, 1989⁸⁸⁶

Benjamin Nathaniel Ahl

Benjamin Nathaniel Ahl, 84, Carmel Valley, Calif., died Friday at the Hospice of the Monterey Peninsula.

He was born in Moweaqua, Ill., in 1905 and was the son of the late Thomas I. and Florence Reid Myrick Ahl of Centerville.

He received his B.A. from Earlham College in 1925 and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine from Indiana University School of Medicine at Bloomington in 1929. He was a decorated Navy veteran of World War II, retiring from the Navy in 1959 after 30 years of service.

Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Alice Katherine Lemon; one daughter, Judith Ahl Dennis of Coronado, Calif.; one son, John Stuart Ahl, Capt. USN, of Port Hueneme, Calif.; four grandchildren; two sisters, Clarissa Ahl Carter of Richmond and Sally Ahl Bliss of Bettendorf, Iowa.

At Dr. Ahl's request, no service will be held. Cremation will be at The Little Chapel by-the-Sea, Pacific Grove, with the ashes scattered at Sea off Pt. Lobos. Arrangements were made by the Paul Mortuary.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of the Monterey Peninsula, P.O. Box 2480, Monterey, CA 93942.

Palladium-Item, August 22, 1995⁸⁸⁸

Alice Lemon Ahl

Alice Lemon Ahl, 89, Coronado, Calif., formerly of Richmond, and granddaughter of the late E.G. Hill, died Aug. 11, 1995, at her home.

She was born in Richmond to Frederic Hamlin and Flora Hill Lemon and was a 1926 graduate of Mt. Holyoke College in Massachusetts. She worked at "Harper's Bazaar" in New York City and was manager of the department of education with Florists Telegraph Delivery in Detroit, Mich. She had lived in Carmel Valley on the Monterey Peninsula Calif., and was a watercolor painter, an amateur golfer and inventor. She moved to Coronado in 1989, after the death of her husband, Dr. Benjamin Nathaniel Ahl.

Survivors include one daughter, Judith Dennis of Coronado; one son, John Stuart Ahl of Poulsbo, Wash.; four grandchildren and her cousin, Joanna Hill Mikesell of Richmond.