Rev. Arthur James Bennink

Obituary

Pella Chronicle Advertiser; March 28th, 1967

Rev. Bennink Dies in Phoenix

Rev. Arthur J Bennink, former pastor in Sully and Professor of Phycology and Bible at Central College passed away in Phoenix, Ariz., March 21. He was 55

Rev Bennink was born at Leighton September 13, 1911. He received his education at Leighton school and graduated high school at Armour, South Dakota. He received his B.A. degree from Central College in 1935 and was ordained into the ministry in 1938.

He served churches in Tyre, N.Y., Palmayer, N Y. and the First Reformed Church in Sully.

From 1948 to 1958 he was Professor of Phsycology and Bible at Central College. He moved to Phoenix in 1958, and had been serving as Asst. Librarian at Arizona State University.

He is survived by his wife, the former Helen Huyser, two children, five brothers and three sisters.

Services for Rev Bennink were held Monday, March 27 at VanDyk-Duven Funeral Chapel. Rev. Henry J. Vermer, H R. Wierenga and Frank Snittjers officiated Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Pella Chronicle Advertiser; April 13th, 1967

OBITUARY

Rev. Arthur J. Bennink 1911-1967

Arthur J. son of Doris and Jane Van Roekel Bennink was born at Leighton, Ia., on Spet. 13, 1911 His elementary education began at the Leighton Schools graduating from high school at Armour, South Dakota.

He was united in marriage with Helen Huyser at Pella on June 16, 1938. To this union 2 children were born Darl, presently serving the U.S. Army stationed in Viet Nam and Ellen living at home

Rev Bennink received his B.A degree from Central College in 1935 and was graduated from Western Theological Seminary in 1938 and received his Master's Degree in Psychology from Iowa University in 1951. Rev Bennink was ordained into ministry and served the Reformed Church at Tyre, New York from 1938 to 1940. From 1940 to '44. he was a Palmyra, N Y. and at the First Reformed Church in Sully, Ia, from '44 to '48. From 1948 till the later part of 1958, he served on the faculty of Central College as Professor of Psychology and Bible it was after this time that his family moved to Phoenix, Ariz., for the betterment of his health.

At that time of his death, Arthur was serving as Asst. Librarian at the Arizona State University. He passed away at the Good Samaritan Hosptial in Phoenix on Tuesday, March 21st. at the age of 55 yrs. Surviving beside his wife and 2 children are following brothers and sisters: John; and nie, Mrs. L. B. LaClair both of Sacramento Calif.; William of Pampa, Texas; Gerard of Bellingham, Wash.; Betty, Mrs. Wayne Woltz of El Paso, Texas; Paul of Yankton, So. Dak., Merle of Grand Island, Nebr. and Mrs. Dorothy Gilmore of Des Moines, Ia. Preceding him in death his parents was one sister, Lucille.

Services were held Friday, March 24, 1967 at 10:00 a m. in Phoenix Arizona and Monday, 27, 1967 at 2:00 p m. at the Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home Chapel.

Revs Henry J. Vermeer, Harmon Wierenga and Frank Snuttjer, were officiating.

Internment was at Oakwood Cemetery at Pella, Iowa.