Lot 5, N. C. and Wayne Bennett
Bennett, Dorothy Anne August 2, 1931 – March 21, 2000
Dorothy Anne, the daughter of Wayne Cecil and Ruth Elizabeth Sharer Bennett was an avid genealogist. Her mother died shortly after her birth at the Robert Packer Hospital. Dorothy was responsible for the completion of the Bennett Genealogy started by her father. She contributed many articles for the New Bradford County History, which was published in 1995. Dorothy did much to preserve our local history.
Daily Review March 23, 2000
DOROTHY ANNE BENNETT, 68, of Wyalusing, passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2000, at the Memorial Hospital in Towanda. Dorothy was born Aug. 2, 1931 in Sayre, daughter of the late Wayne C. and Ruth Sharer Bennett, who were at the time residents of Capital Heights, Md. As her mother died a few days after her birth, she grew up in the home of her grandparents, L. E. and Angeline Sharer on Clapper Hill, Stevens Township. Dorothy attended Stevensville Elementary School and the Camptown High School. In 1947, she moved with her father to Gaylord Street in Wyalusing and graduated from the Wyalusing Valley High School, a member of the class of 1949. She graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in 1955 with a BA in liberal arts. She remained an avid Penn State football fan. After working part-time as a feature writer for the Wyalusing Rocket, and serving as secretary for Wyalusing Borough, in 1962, she joined the staff of the Bradford County Assistance Office as a caseworker. She later became a supervisor and was the Agency's income maintenance manager when she retired in 1991. In 1970, Dorothy moved to Hornbrook, Sheshequin Township, where she lived until 1986, when she purchased a home on Front Street, in Wyalusing. She vividly remembered the June day in 1972 when her home, along with thousands of others, fell victim to the Hurricane Agnes flood. Since her retirement, Dorothy has continued her involvement with local civic organizations. She was the founder of the Wyalusing Valley Museum Association and served for a number of years on its board of directors, holding the office of president, vice-president and secretary. She was a member and past president of the Wyalusing Lioness Club. Dorothy was an active member of the Wyalusing United Methodist Church, where she served as the church's outreach chairman and historian and in several other offices. She was very active with the Girl Scouts and a volunteer for the Red Cross and a former member of the Towanda Branch AAUW. The funeral service will be held on Friday, March 24, 2000, at 11 a.m. at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Groverdale Lane, Wyalusing, with the Rev. Beverly Davenport, her pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. Friends may call at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Groverdale Lane, Wyalusing, on Thursday, March 23, 2000, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Memorials are directed to the Wyalusing Museum Association, Wyalusing, Pa.; Wyalusing United Methodist Church, or the charity of one's choice.
I would like to add a little precious memory of Dorothy by Toot Cobb
Carol,
I didn't know Dorothy all that well, but I recall on incident that happened at the Wyalusing High School, the old two story building. When she came to the school, she of course had to use crutches. All of upper grade classes were located on the second floor. The principal at that time called about 8 of seniors in to his office and showed us how to make a chair linking our hands together so we could carry her from the building when we had a fire alarm.
On the first time that the alarm sounded after that another fellow and myself happened on to her standing at the top of the stairs. We formed the chair and step up behind her to lift her up to take her out of the building, unfortunately the principal hadn't informed her of what was to take place. The scream that issued forth was enough to raise the dead up from their grave at the Wyalusing Cemetery.
After we got her calmed down and explained what was going on thing went along just fine. It was that year that I graduated from school and went off to the military. For all intents and purposes, I have been absent from the Wyalusing area since that time. My wife, Ruth, and I were married on March 7, 1953. I left the area shortly afterwards to work near Phila, then to school at Penn State. Going to teach in southern PA and then on to Wellsboro. I think the scream was the start of my hearing lose, but I chuckle when I think of what happened and what she must have thought when our hands came up behind her knees.
Calvin "Toot" Cobb, November 17, 2002
Bennett, Dorothy Anne August 2, 1931 – March 21, 2000
Dorothy Anne, the daughter of Wayne Cecil and Ruth Elizabeth Sharer Bennett was an avid genealogist. Her mother died shortly after her birth at the Robert Packer Hospital. Dorothy was responsible for the completion of the Bennett Genealogy started by her father. She contributed many articles for the New Bradford County History, which was published in 1995. Dorothy did much to preserve our local history.
Daily Review March 23, 2000
DOROTHY ANNE BENNETT, 68, of Wyalusing, passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2000, at the Memorial Hospital in Towanda. Dorothy was born Aug. 2, 1931 in Sayre, daughter of the late Wayne C. and Ruth Sharer Bennett, who were at the time residents of Capital Heights, Md. As her mother died a few days after her birth, she grew up in the home of her grandparents, L. E. and Angeline Sharer on Clapper Hill, Stevens Township. Dorothy attended Stevensville Elementary School and the Camptown High School. In 1947, she moved with her father to Gaylord Street in Wyalusing and graduated from the Wyalusing Valley High School, a member of the class of 1949. She graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in 1955 with a BA in liberal arts. She remained an avid Penn State football fan. After working part-time as a feature writer for the Wyalusing Rocket, and serving as secretary for Wyalusing Borough, in 1962, she joined the staff of the Bradford County Assistance Office as a caseworker. She later became a supervisor and was the Agency's income maintenance manager when she retired in 1991. In 1970, Dorothy moved to Hornbrook, Sheshequin Township, where she lived until 1986, when she purchased a home on Front Street, in Wyalusing. She vividly remembered the June day in 1972 when her home, along with thousands of others, fell victim to the Hurricane Agnes flood. Since her retirement, Dorothy has continued her involvement with local civic organizations. She was the founder of the Wyalusing Valley Museum Association and served for a number of years on its board of directors, holding the office of president, vice-president and secretary. She was a member and past president of the Wyalusing Lioness Club. Dorothy was an active member of the Wyalusing United Methodist Church, where she served as the church's outreach chairman and historian and in several other offices. She was very active with the Girl Scouts and a volunteer for the Red Cross and a former member of the Towanda Branch AAUW. The funeral service will be held on Friday, March 24, 2000, at 11 a.m. at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Groverdale Lane, Wyalusing, with the Rev. Beverly Davenport, her pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. Friends may call at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Groverdale Lane, Wyalusing, on Thursday, March 23, 2000, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Memorials are directed to the Wyalusing Museum Association, Wyalusing, Pa.; Wyalusing United Methodist Church, or the charity of one's choice.
I would like to add a little precious memory of Dorothy by Toot Cobb
Carol,
I didn't know Dorothy all that well, but I recall on incident that happened at the Wyalusing High School, the old two story building. When she came to the school, she of course had to use crutches. All of upper grade classes were located on the second floor. The principal at that time called about 8 of seniors in to his office and showed us how to make a chair linking our hands together so we could carry her from the building when we had a fire alarm.
On the first time that the alarm sounded after that another fellow and myself happened on to her standing at the top of the stairs. We formed the chair and step up behind her to lift her up to take her out of the building, unfortunately the principal hadn't informed her of what was to take place. The scream that issued forth was enough to raise the dead up from their grave at the Wyalusing Cemetery.
After we got her calmed down and explained what was going on thing went along just fine. It was that year that I graduated from school and went off to the military. For all intents and purposes, I have been absent from the Wyalusing area since that time. My wife, Ruth, and I were married on March 7, 1953. I left the area shortly afterwards to work near Phila, then to school at Penn State. Going to teach in southern PA and then on to Wellsboro. I think the scream was the start of my hearing lose, but I chuckle when I think of what happened and what she must have thought when our hands came up behind her knees.
Calvin "Toot" Cobb, November 17, 2002
Lot 5, N. C. and Wayne Bennett
Bennett, Dorothy Anne August 2, 1931 – March 21, 2000
Dorothy Anne, the daughter of Wayne Cecil and Ruth Elizabeth Sharer Bennett was an avid genealogist. Her mother died shortly after her birth at the Robert Packer Hospital. Dorothy was responsible for the completion of the Bennett Genealogy started by her father. She contributed many articles for the New Bradford County History, which was published in 1995. Dorothy did much to preserve our local history.
Daily Review March 23, 2000
DOROTHY ANNE BENNETT, 68, of Wyalusing, passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2000, at the Memorial Hospital in Towanda. Dorothy was born Aug. 2, 1931 in Sayre, daughter of the late Wayne C. and Ruth Sharer Bennett, who were at the time residents of Capital Heights, Md. As her mother died a few days after her birth, she grew up in the home of her grandparents, L. E. and Angeline Sharer on Clapper Hill, Stevens Township. Dorothy attended Stevensville Elementary School and the Camptown High School. In 1947, she moved with her father to Gaylord Street in Wyalusing and graduated from the Wyalusing Valley High School, a member of the class of 1949. She graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in 1955 with a BA in liberal arts. She remained an avid Penn State football fan. After working part-time as a feature writer for the Wyalusing Rocket, and serving as secretary for Wyalusing Borough, in 1962, she joined the staff of the Bradford County Assistance Office as a caseworker. She later became a supervisor and was the Agency's income maintenance manager when she retired in 1991. In 1970, Dorothy moved to Hornbrook, Sheshequin Township, where she lived until 1986, when she purchased a home on Front Street, in Wyalusing. She vividly remembered the June day in 1972 when her home, along with thousands of others, fell victim to the Hurricane Agnes flood. Since her retirement, Dorothy has continued her involvement with local civic organizations. She was the founder of the Wyalusing Valley Museum Association and served for a number of years on its board of directors, holding the office of president, vice-president and secretary. She was a member and past president of the Wyalusing Lioness Club. Dorothy was an active member of the Wyalusing United Methodist Church, where she served as the church's outreach chairman and historian and in several other offices. She was very active with the Girl Scouts and a volunteer for the Red Cross and a former member of the Towanda Branch AAUW. The funeral service will be held on Friday, March 24, 2000, at 11 a.m. at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Groverdale Lane, Wyalusing, with the Rev. Beverly Davenport, her pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. Friends may call at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Groverdale Lane, Wyalusing, on Thursday, March 23, 2000, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Memorials are directed to the Wyalusing Museum Association, Wyalusing, Pa.; Wyalusing United Methodist Church, or the charity of one's choice.
I would like to add a little precious memory of Dorothy by Toot Cobb
Carol,
I didn't know Dorothy all that well, but I recall on incident that happened at the Wyalusing High School, the old two story building. When she came to the school, she of course had to use crutches. All of upper grade classes were located on the second floor. The principal at that time called about 8 of seniors in to his office and showed us how to make a chair linking our hands together so we could carry her from the building when we had a fire alarm.
On the first time that the alarm sounded after that another fellow and myself happened on to her standing at the top of the stairs. We formed the chair and step up behind her to lift her up to take her out of the building, unfortunately the principal hadn't informed her of what was to take place. The scream that issued forth was enough to raise the dead up from their grave at the Wyalusing Cemetery.
After we got her calmed down and explained what was going on thing went along just fine. It was that year that I graduated from school and went off to the military. For all intents and purposes, I have been absent from the Wyalusing area since that time. My wife, Ruth, and I were married on March 7, 1953. I left the area shortly afterwards to work near Phila, then to school at Penn State. Going to teach in southern PA and then on to Wellsboro. I think the scream was the start of my hearing lose, but I chuckle when I think of what happened and what she must have thought when our hands came up behind her knees.
Calvin "Toot" Cobb, November 17, 2002
Bennett, Dorothy Anne August 2, 1931 – March 21, 2000
Dorothy Anne, the daughter of Wayne Cecil and Ruth Elizabeth Sharer Bennett was an avid genealogist. Her mother died shortly after her birth at the Robert Packer Hospital. Dorothy was responsible for the completion of the Bennett Genealogy started by her father. She contributed many articles for the New Bradford County History, which was published in 1995. Dorothy did much to preserve our local history.
Daily Review March 23, 2000
DOROTHY ANNE BENNETT, 68, of Wyalusing, passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2000, at the Memorial Hospital in Towanda. Dorothy was born Aug. 2, 1931 in Sayre, daughter of the late Wayne C. and Ruth Sharer Bennett, who were at the time residents of Capital Heights, Md. As her mother died a few days after her birth, she grew up in the home of her grandparents, L. E. and Angeline Sharer on Clapper Hill, Stevens Township. Dorothy attended Stevensville Elementary School and the Camptown High School. In 1947, she moved with her father to Gaylord Street in Wyalusing and graduated from the Wyalusing Valley High School, a member of the class of 1949. She graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in 1955 with a BA in liberal arts. She remained an avid Penn State football fan. After working part-time as a feature writer for the Wyalusing Rocket, and serving as secretary for Wyalusing Borough, in 1962, she joined the staff of the Bradford County Assistance Office as a caseworker. She later became a supervisor and was the Agency's income maintenance manager when she retired in 1991. In 1970, Dorothy moved to Hornbrook, Sheshequin Township, where she lived until 1986, when she purchased a home on Front Street, in Wyalusing. She vividly remembered the June day in 1972 when her home, along with thousands of others, fell victim to the Hurricane Agnes flood. Since her retirement, Dorothy has continued her involvement with local civic organizations. She was the founder of the Wyalusing Valley Museum Association and served for a number of years on its board of directors, holding the office of president, vice-president and secretary. She was a member and past president of the Wyalusing Lioness Club. Dorothy was an active member of the Wyalusing United Methodist Church, where she served as the church's outreach chairman and historian and in several other offices. She was very active with the Girl Scouts and a volunteer for the Red Cross and a former member of the Towanda Branch AAUW. The funeral service will be held on Friday, March 24, 2000, at 11 a.m. at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Groverdale Lane, Wyalusing, with the Rev. Beverly Davenport, her pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. Friends may call at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Groverdale Lane, Wyalusing, on Thursday, March 23, 2000, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Memorials are directed to the Wyalusing Museum Association, Wyalusing, Pa.; Wyalusing United Methodist Church, or the charity of one's choice.
I would like to add a little precious memory of Dorothy by Toot Cobb
Carol,
I didn't know Dorothy all that well, but I recall on incident that happened at the Wyalusing High School, the old two story building. When she came to the school, she of course had to use crutches. All of upper grade classes were located on the second floor. The principal at that time called about 8 of seniors in to his office and showed us how to make a chair linking our hands together so we could carry her from the building when we had a fire alarm.
On the first time that the alarm sounded after that another fellow and myself happened on to her standing at the top of the stairs. We formed the chair and step up behind her to lift her up to take her out of the building, unfortunately the principal hadn't informed her of what was to take place. The scream that issued forth was enough to raise the dead up from their grave at the Wyalusing Cemetery.
After we got her calmed down and explained what was going on thing went along just fine. It was that year that I graduated from school and went off to the military. For all intents and purposes, I have been absent from the Wyalusing area since that time. My wife, Ruth, and I were married on March 7, 1953. I left the area shortly afterwards to work near Phila, then to school at Penn State. Going to teach in southern PA and then on to Wellsboro. I think the scream was the start of my hearing lose, but I chuckle when I think of what happened and what she must have thought when our hands came up behind her knees.
Calvin "Toot" Cobb, November 17, 2002
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