Owen Bennion 1910 ~ 2008
Owen C. Bennion, 85, Stark City, died at 10:05 p.m., Friday, Jan. 25, 2008 at his home, following a short illness. He was born April 10, 1922, in Salt Lake City, UT, to Glynn Sharp Bennion and Lucile Morris (Cannon) Bennion. Mr. Bennion spent his early years homesteading and cattle ranching with his father in western Utah. He served as a missionary in the Central States Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1941 to 1943. He also served stateside in the US Army during World War II from 1943 to 1947 at Ft. Lewis, WA. Owen graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT in 1955 with a BS degree in Education. He also took graduate classes at University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, and received a Master of Science Education at the University of Utah in 1960. He taught in the science department of Lincoln High School in Orem, UT from 1955 to 1960; taught Physics and Earth Science in Brigham Young high school from 1960 to 1968; taught Chemistry, Physics and Geology in the Indian Education Department at Brigham Young University from 1968 through 1984. During this time he took frequent trips with his students to teach Geology and outdoor survival skills in Utah's west desert. He also taught Old Testament and Book of Mormon; went to Israel to work on biblical archaeological site at Tel Macal and taught geology at Crowder College from 1984 to 1986. Mr. Bennion was a lifetime member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a Sunday School teacher, Bishop, Branch President, High Counselor and Home Teacher. He was an avid gardener and loved fishing and back packing in the High Uintah Mountains in Utah, where as a Scout Master he frequently took his Boy Scout troop. Mr. Bennion was preceded in death by a brother, Glynn Colin Bennion, and a son, Matthew Wood Bennion. Owen married Lenore Wood, August 30, 1949 in Salt Lake City, UT.
Lenore survives along with 12 children; sons, Joseph and Lee Bennion, Spring City, UT; Glynn and Jodi Bennion, Scott City, KS; Howard and Holly Bennion, Fairfield, CA; Samuel and Miyuki Bennion, Stark City, MO; Jonathan and Clara Bennion, Camdenton, MO; daughters, Katherine and Dennis Pincock, West Valley City, UT; Anne and Darrell Hansen, Granby, MO; Jeanne and Brad Mitchell, Perry, OK; Mary Lois and Jonathan Snow, Burlington, IA; Eileen and John Bingner, Hillsborough, OR; Lillian and Doug Nehring, Billings, MT; Lucy and Bryan Byrd, Stark City, MO; two brothers and a sister, George and Joye Bennion, UT; Robert and Francine Bennion, UT; Eileen McKean, Salt Lake City, UT; Sergene Bennion (sister-in-law), Provo, UT; 67 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tues, Jan. 29 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Meeting House in Granby, MO, with Bishop Craig V. Millett officiating. Burial will follow at Macedonia Cemetery, Stella. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., where the family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. The family will also receive friends Tuesday at the church from 1 to 1:45 p.m. prior to the service. Memorial contributions may be made to The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, Granby Ward Mission Fund, c/o Clark Funeral Home, P.O. Box 26, Granby, MO 64844. Online condolences may be posted at www.clarkfuneralhomes.com Arrangements under direction of Clark Funeral Home, Granby, MO.
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Owen C. Bennion, 85, Stark City, died at 10:05 p.m., Friday, Jan. 25, 2008 at his home, following a short illness. He was born April 10, 1922, in Salt Lake City, UT, to Glynn Sharp Bennion and Lucile Morris (Cannon) Bennion. Mr. Bennion spent his early years homesteading and cattle ranching with his father in western Utah. He served as a missionary in the Central States Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1941 to 1943. He also served stateside in the US Army during World War II from 1943 to 1947 at Ft. Lewis, WA. Owen graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT in 1955 with a BS degree in Education. He also took graduate classes at University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, and received a Master of Science Education at the University of Utah in 1960. He taught in the science department of Lincoln High School in Orem, UT from 1955 to 1960; taught Physics and Earth Science in Brigham Young high school from 1960 to 1968; taught Chemistry, Physics and Geology in the Indian Education Department at Brigham Young University from 1968 through 1984. During this time he took frequent trips with his students to teach Geology and outdoor survival skills in Utah's west desert. He also taught Old Testament and Book of Mormon; went to Israel to work on biblical archaeological site at Tel Macal and taught geology at Crowder College from 1984 to 1986. Mr. Bennion was a lifetime member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a Sunday School teacher, Bishop, Branch President, High Counselor and Home Teacher. He was an avid gardener and loved fishing and back packing in the High Uintah Mountains in Utah, where as a Scout Master he frequently took his Boy Scout troop. Mr. Bennion was preceded in death by a brother, Glynn Colin Bennion, and a son, Matthew Wood Bennion. Owen married Lenore Wood, August 30, 1949 in Salt Lake City, UT.
Lenore survives along with 12 children; sons, Joseph and Lee Bennion, Spring City, UT; Glynn and Jodi Bennion, Scott City, KS; Howard and Holly Bennion, Fairfield, CA; Samuel and Miyuki Bennion, Stark City, MO; Jonathan and Clara Bennion, Camdenton, MO; daughters, Katherine and Dennis Pincock, West Valley City, UT; Anne and Darrell Hansen, Granby, MO; Jeanne and Brad Mitchell, Perry, OK; Mary Lois and Jonathan Snow, Burlington, IA; Eileen and John Bingner, Hillsborough, OR; Lillian and Doug Nehring, Billings, MT; Lucy and Bryan Byrd, Stark City, MO; two brothers and a sister, George and Joye Bennion, UT; Robert and Francine Bennion, UT; Eileen McKean, Salt Lake City, UT; Sergene Bennion (sister-in-law), Provo, UT; 67 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tues, Jan. 29 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Meeting House in Granby, MO, with Bishop Craig V. Millett officiating. Burial will follow at Macedonia Cemetery, Stella. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., where the family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. The family will also receive friends Tuesday at the church from 1 to 1:45 p.m. prior to the service. Memorial contributions may be made to The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, Granby Ward Mission Fund, c/o Clark Funeral Home, P.O. Box 26, Granby, MO 64844. Online condolences may be posted at www.clarkfuneralhomes.com Arrangements under direction of Clark Funeral Home, Granby, MO.
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Owen Bennion 1910 ~ 2008
Owen C. Bennion, 85, Stark City, died at 10:05 p.m., Friday, Jan. 25, 2008 at his home, following a short illness. He was born April 10, 1922, in Salt Lake City, UT, to Glynn Sharp Bennion and Lucile Morris (Cannon) Bennion. Mr. Bennion spent his early years homesteading and cattle ranching with his father in western Utah. He served as a missionary in the Central States Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1941 to 1943. He also served stateside in the US Army during World War II from 1943 to 1947 at Ft. Lewis, WA. Owen graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT in 1955 with a BS degree in Education. He also took graduate classes at University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, and received a Master of Science Education at the University of Utah in 1960. He taught in the science department of Lincoln High School in Orem, UT from 1955 to 1960; taught Physics and Earth Science in Brigham Young high school from 1960 to 1968; taught Chemistry, Physics and Geology in the Indian Education Department at Brigham Young University from 1968 through 1984. During this time he took frequent trips with his students to teach Geology and outdoor survival skills in Utah's west desert. He also taught Old Testament and Book of Mormon; went to Israel to work on biblical archaeological site at Tel Macal and taught geology at Crowder College from 1984 to 1986. Mr. Bennion was a lifetime member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a Sunday School teacher, Bishop, Branch President, High Counselor and Home Teacher. He was an avid gardener and loved fishing and back packing in the High Uintah Mountains in Utah, where as a Scout Master he frequently took his Boy Scout troop. Mr. Bennion was preceded in death by a brother, Glynn Colin Bennion, and a son, Matthew Wood Bennion. Owen married Lenore Wood, August 30, 1949 in Salt Lake City, UT.
Lenore survives along with 12 children; sons, Joseph and Lee Bennion, Spring City, UT; Glynn and Jodi Bennion, Scott City, KS; Howard and Holly Bennion, Fairfield, CA; Samuel and Miyuki Bennion, Stark City, MO; Jonathan and Clara Bennion, Camdenton, MO; daughters, Katherine and Dennis Pincock, West Valley City, UT; Anne and Darrell Hansen, Granby, MO; Jeanne and Brad Mitchell, Perry, OK; Mary Lois and Jonathan Snow, Burlington, IA; Eileen and John Bingner, Hillsborough, OR; Lillian and Doug Nehring, Billings, MT; Lucy and Bryan Byrd, Stark City, MO; two brothers and a sister, George and Joye Bennion, UT; Robert and Francine Bennion, UT; Eileen McKean, Salt Lake City, UT; Sergene Bennion (sister-in-law), Provo, UT; 67 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tues, Jan. 29 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Meeting House in Granby, MO, with Bishop Craig V. Millett officiating. Burial will follow at Macedonia Cemetery, Stella. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., where the family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. The family will also receive friends Tuesday at the church from 1 to 1:45 p.m. prior to the service. Memorial contributions may be made to The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, Granby Ward Mission Fund, c/o Clark Funeral Home, P.O. Box 26, Granby, MO 64844. Online condolences may be posted at www.clarkfuneralhomes.com Arrangements under direction of Clark Funeral Home, Granby, MO.
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Owen C. Bennion, 85, Stark City, died at 10:05 p.m., Friday, Jan. 25, 2008 at his home, following a short illness. He was born April 10, 1922, in Salt Lake City, UT, to Glynn Sharp Bennion and Lucile Morris (Cannon) Bennion. Mr. Bennion spent his early years homesteading and cattle ranching with his father in western Utah. He served as a missionary in the Central States Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1941 to 1943. He also served stateside in the US Army during World War II from 1943 to 1947 at Ft. Lewis, WA. Owen graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT in 1955 with a BS degree in Education. He also took graduate classes at University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, and received a Master of Science Education at the University of Utah in 1960. He taught in the science department of Lincoln High School in Orem, UT from 1955 to 1960; taught Physics and Earth Science in Brigham Young high school from 1960 to 1968; taught Chemistry, Physics and Geology in the Indian Education Department at Brigham Young University from 1968 through 1984. During this time he took frequent trips with his students to teach Geology and outdoor survival skills in Utah's west desert. He also taught Old Testament and Book of Mormon; went to Israel to work on biblical archaeological site at Tel Macal and taught geology at Crowder College from 1984 to 1986. Mr. Bennion was a lifetime member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a Sunday School teacher, Bishop, Branch President, High Counselor and Home Teacher. He was an avid gardener and loved fishing and back packing in the High Uintah Mountains in Utah, where as a Scout Master he frequently took his Boy Scout troop. Mr. Bennion was preceded in death by a brother, Glynn Colin Bennion, and a son, Matthew Wood Bennion. Owen married Lenore Wood, August 30, 1949 in Salt Lake City, UT.
Lenore survives along with 12 children; sons, Joseph and Lee Bennion, Spring City, UT; Glynn and Jodi Bennion, Scott City, KS; Howard and Holly Bennion, Fairfield, CA; Samuel and Miyuki Bennion, Stark City, MO; Jonathan and Clara Bennion, Camdenton, MO; daughters, Katherine and Dennis Pincock, West Valley City, UT; Anne and Darrell Hansen, Granby, MO; Jeanne and Brad Mitchell, Perry, OK; Mary Lois and Jonathan Snow, Burlington, IA; Eileen and John Bingner, Hillsborough, OR; Lillian and Doug Nehring, Billings, MT; Lucy and Bryan Byrd, Stark City, MO; two brothers and a sister, George and Joye Bennion, UT; Robert and Francine Bennion, UT; Eileen McKean, Salt Lake City, UT; Sergene Bennion (sister-in-law), Provo, UT; 67 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tues, Jan. 29 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Meeting House in Granby, MO, with Bishop Craig V. Millett officiating. Burial will follow at Macedonia Cemetery, Stella. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., where the family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. The family will also receive friends Tuesday at the church from 1 to 1:45 p.m. prior to the service. Memorial contributions may be made to The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, Granby Ward Mission Fund, c/o Clark Funeral Home, P.O. Box 26, Granby, MO 64844. Online condolences may be posted at www.clarkfuneralhomes.com Arrangements under direction of Clark Funeral Home, Granby, MO.
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