- Date Of Birth: March 28, 1920
- Date Of Death: August 30, 2010
- State: Illinois
Henry Ben Kreofsky, age 90, of Wabasha, MN died in Peru on August 30, 2010. Mr. Kreofsky was born in Elgin, MN on March 28, 1920, to Henry and Vivian Kreofsky.
He graduated from Elgin High School in 1938 as one of twelve students. After attending courses at the Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis, he worked with his father and brothers, Bill and Bruce in the construction business. On September 1, 1941, Ben married Helen Marie Tibesar in the Catholic Church in Saint Charles, MN. He then began his own land development and contracting business in the Plainview area. In 1955, in partnership with Frank Mrachek, he purchased a large parcel of land along the Mississippi River south of Wabasha. He named it Island View. In 1960, Ben and his wife Helen and their family relocated there from Plainview. After developing Island View, he continued a successful contracting and land development career, often partnering with his brother, Bill. Ben was an avid fisherman and hunter, both in the Mississippi River Valley as well as near his cabin up on the Gunflint Trail. In the 1980s, he and his brother Bill acquired a number of lots around a lake near the Boundary Waters of northern Minnesota and built and sold cabins on them.
He is survived by his wife Helen Kreofsky of Wabasha, MN; a daughter, Karen (Rich) Bouquet of Lake City, MN; a daughter-in-law Sarah Kreofsky of Spring Valley; five grandchildren, Mike (Shelly) Bouquet of Grand Rapids, MN, Suzanne (Dana) Henriksen of Mankato, MN, Chadd Kreofsky of Granville, David Kreofsky of Spring Valley and Andrew Kreofsky of Peru; two great-grandchildren, Meghan and Mykenzie Henriksen and one brother, Bill (Lois) Kreofsky of Kellogg, MN.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Bruce; one sister, Shirley and two sons, Larry and Donn Kreofsky.
