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Ralph Bennett

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Ralph Bennett

Birth
Westfield, Clark County, Illinois, USA
Death
21 Feb 1971 (aged 73)
Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Marengo, McHenry County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Obituary
Ralph Bennett, 73, 366 Home St., Sycamore, a former Marengo resident, died Sunday morning, Feb. 21, in the Sycamore Hospital. He was born in Westfield, April 29, 1897, the son of Riley and Minnie Hatley Bennett. He married Anna Perkinson who died in 1947. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the American Legion, and the Independence Insurance Underwriters. On Nov. 17, 1962, he married Jeanette Wilder, who survives, as well as two daughters, Mrs. Roger (Juanita) Colver of Toulon and Mrs. Wesley (Georgina) Yeager of Sycamore; one son, William of Silverton, Ore.; two step-sons, Frank and Elmo Higgins, both of Sycamore; two step-daughters, Mrs. Nettie Lindstrom of Sycamore and Mrs. Louisa Silver of Cypress, Calif.; and 16 grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Van Natta Funeral Home in Sycamore with the Rev. Howard Crawford officiating. Burial was in Marengo City Cemetery. Friends called at the Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

SO: The Marengo Beacon News (Marengo, Illinois) Thursday, February 25, 1971, pg. 12
Contributor: Prognatus (50501831)
Obituary
Ralph Bennett, 73, 366 Home St., Sycamore, a former Marengo resident, died Sunday morning, Feb. 21, in the Sycamore Hospital. He was born in Westfield, April 29, 1897, the son of Riley and Minnie Hatley Bennett. He married Anna Perkinson who died in 1947. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the American Legion, and the Independence Insurance Underwriters. On Nov. 17, 1962, he married Jeanette Wilder, who survives, as well as two daughters, Mrs. Roger (Juanita) Colver of Toulon and Mrs. Wesley (Georgina) Yeager of Sycamore; one son, William of Silverton, Ore.; two step-sons, Frank and Elmo Higgins, both of Sycamore; two step-daughters, Mrs. Nettie Lindstrom of Sycamore and Mrs. Louisa Silver of Cypress, Calif.; and 16 grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Van Natta Funeral Home in Sycamore with the Rev. Howard Crawford officiating. Burial was in Marengo City Cemetery. Friends called at the Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

SO: The Marengo Beacon News (Marengo, Illinois) Thursday, February 25, 1971, pg. 12
Contributor: Prognatus (50501831)

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  • Originally Created by: Phyllis
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47640062/ralph-bennett: accessed ), memorial page for Ralph Bennett (29 Apr 1897–21 Feb 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47640062, citing Marengo City Cemetery, Marengo, McHenry County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Iron Horse (contributor 46511764).