COLONEL (Ret.) MORTIMER F. BENNET, 75, of Lebanon, IL, born April 25, 1924, in Albion, IN, died Tuesday, April 18, 2000, at Scott Air Force Base Medical Center. Col. Bennet retired from the U.S. Air Force after 35 years of service in many roles including a meteorologist and master navigator. In his retirement, he and his wife operated Bennet's Scientific, a business that restored and sold antique clocks, barometers, and weather instruments. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Lebanon, IL, past president of the Lebanon Library Board, past president of the Kaskaskia Library Board, past president of the Illinois State Library Trustees, a Paul Harris Fellow with the Lebanon Rotary Club, a life member of the Masonic Lodge, and was a clock maker certified by the American Watchmakers
Institute. During his retirement, he served as a Red Cross volunteer at the pharmacy of the Scott Air Force Base Medical Center. Col. Bennet entered the service during World War II in the Horse Cavalry, and transferred into the Army Air Corps. He received a battlefield commission of first lieutenant during that war. Col. Bennet then joined the Air Weather Service as a meteorologist and a command navigator. He served in Bermuda with the Hurricane Hunters in the 1950s. He received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Southern Florida. He served on the founding academic staff of the Air Force Academy teaching meteorology and navigation. Later in his career, Col. Bennet was stationed in many overseas tours of duty including Newfoundland, Bermuda, Korea, Germany, Okinawa, and Vietnam. He served in World War II, Korean War, and the Vietnam conflict. In Vietnam, Col. Bennet commanded the 1st Weather Group responsible for providing all meteorological support in S. E. Asia to U. S. and Allied forces. In addition, Col. Bennet served tours of duty at Scott AFB at HQ Air Weather Service.
During the last part of his career, Col. Bennet was a senior Department of Defense environmental official responsible to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon. He represented the United States in environmental affairs as a representative to the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) in The Hague, Belgium.
Surviving are his wife, A. Geneva, nee Schmid, Bennet of Lebanon, IL, whom he married in 1944, two children, Dr. Michelle Bennet of Boston, MA, and Kevin Bennet of Rochester, MN, a brother, Luther Bennet of Kirkwood, MO, and many nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of Mortimer Bennet, at the First United Methodist Church, 603 W. St Louis Street, Lebanon, IL 62254. Funeral services were held Saturday, April 22, 2000, at the First United Methodist Church, Lebanon, IL. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C., with full military honors.
Institute. During his retirement, he served as a Red Cross volunteer at the pharmacy of the Scott Air Force Base Medical Center. Col. Bennet entered the service during World War II in the Horse Cavalry, and transferred into the Army Air Corps. He received a battlefield commission of first lieutenant during that war. Col. Bennet then joined the Air Weather Service as a meteorologist and a command navigator. He served in Bermuda with the Hurricane Hunters in the 1950s. He received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Southern Florida. He served on the founding academic staff of the Air Force Academy teaching meteorology and navigation. Later in his career, Col. Bennet was stationed in many overseas tours of duty including Newfoundland, Bermuda, Korea, Germany, Okinawa, and Vietnam. He served in World War II, Korean War, and the Vietnam conflict. In Vietnam, Col. Bennet commanded the 1st Weather Group responsible for providing all meteorological support in S. E. Asia to U. S. and Allied forces. In addition, Col. Bennet served tours of duty at Scott AFB at HQ Air Weather Service.
During the last part of his career, Col. Bennet was a senior Department of Defense environmental official responsible to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon. He represented the United States in environmental affairs as a representative to the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) in The Hague, Belgium.
Surviving are his wife, A. Geneva, nee Schmid, Bennet of Lebanon, IL, whom he married in 1944, two children, Dr. Michelle Bennet of Boston, MA, and Kevin Bennet of Rochester, MN, a brother, Luther Bennet of Kirkwood, MO, and many nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of Mortimer Bennet, at the First United Methodist Church, 603 W. St Louis Street, Lebanon, IL 62254. Funeral services were held Saturday, April 22, 2000, at the First United Methodist Church, Lebanon, IL. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C., with full military honors.
COLONEL (Ret.) MORTIMER F. BENNET, 75, of Lebanon, IL, born April 25, 1924, in Albion, IN, died Tuesday, April 18, 2000, at Scott Air Force Base Medical Center. Col. Bennet retired from the U.S. Air Force after 35 years of service in many roles including a meteorologist and master navigator. In his retirement, he and his wife operated Bennet's Scientific, a business that restored and sold antique clocks, barometers, and weather instruments. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Lebanon, IL, past president of the Lebanon Library Board, past president of the Kaskaskia Library Board, past president of the Illinois State Library Trustees, a Paul Harris Fellow with the Lebanon Rotary Club, a life member of the Masonic Lodge, and was a clock maker certified by the American Watchmakers
Institute. During his retirement, he served as a Red Cross volunteer at the pharmacy of the Scott Air Force Base Medical Center. Col. Bennet entered the service during World War II in the Horse Cavalry, and transferred into the Army Air Corps. He received a battlefield commission of first lieutenant during that war. Col. Bennet then joined the Air Weather Service as a meteorologist and a command navigator. He served in Bermuda with the Hurricane Hunters in the 1950s. He received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Southern Florida. He served on the founding academic staff of the Air Force Academy teaching meteorology and navigation. Later in his career, Col. Bennet was stationed in many overseas tours of duty including Newfoundland, Bermuda, Korea, Germany, Okinawa, and Vietnam. He served in World War II, Korean War, and the Vietnam conflict. In Vietnam, Col. Bennet commanded the 1st Weather Group responsible for providing all meteorological support in S. E. Asia to U. S. and Allied forces. In addition, Col. Bennet served tours of duty at Scott AFB at HQ Air Weather Service.
During the last part of his career, Col. Bennet was a senior Department of Defense environmental official responsible to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon. He represented the United States in environmental affairs as a representative to the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) in The Hague, Belgium.
Surviving are his wife, A. Geneva, nee Schmid, Bennet of Lebanon, IL, whom he married in 1944, two children, Dr. Michelle Bennet of Boston, MA, and Kevin Bennet of Rochester, MN, a brother, Luther Bennet of Kirkwood, MO, and many nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of Mortimer Bennet, at the First United Methodist Church, 603 W. St Louis Street, Lebanon, IL 62254. Funeral services were held Saturday, April 22, 2000, at the First United Methodist Church, Lebanon, IL. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C., with full military honors.
Institute. During his retirement, he served as a Red Cross volunteer at the pharmacy of the Scott Air Force Base Medical Center. Col. Bennet entered the service during World War II in the Horse Cavalry, and transferred into the Army Air Corps. He received a battlefield commission of first lieutenant during that war. Col. Bennet then joined the Air Weather Service as a meteorologist and a command navigator. He served in Bermuda with the Hurricane Hunters in the 1950s. He received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Southern Florida. He served on the founding academic staff of the Air Force Academy teaching meteorology and navigation. Later in his career, Col. Bennet was stationed in many overseas tours of duty including Newfoundland, Bermuda, Korea, Germany, Okinawa, and Vietnam. He served in World War II, Korean War, and the Vietnam conflict. In Vietnam, Col. Bennet commanded the 1st Weather Group responsible for providing all meteorological support in S. E. Asia to U. S. and Allied forces. In addition, Col. Bennet served tours of duty at Scott AFB at HQ Air Weather Service.
During the last part of his career, Col. Bennet was a senior Department of Defense environmental official responsible to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon. He represented the United States in environmental affairs as a representative to the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) in The Hague, Belgium.
Surviving are his wife, A. Geneva, nee Schmid, Bennet of Lebanon, IL, whom he married in 1944, two children, Dr. Michelle Bennet of Boston, MA, and Kevin Bennet of Rochester, MN, a brother, Luther Bennet of Kirkwood, MO, and many nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of Mortimer Bennet, at the First United Methodist Church, 603 W. St Louis Street, Lebanon, IL 62254. Funeral services were held Saturday, April 22, 2000, at the First United Methodist Church, Lebanon, IL. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C., with full military honors.
Gravesite Details
Interment date 5-9-2000. Colonel US Air Force. Veteran Service Dates from 10-01-1942 to 05-31-1977. Information extracted from the National Cemetery Administration's National Gravesite Locator. http://www.cem.va.gov/
