Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bennett, Helen M. 1996 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net August 15, 2011, 5:31 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Monday, January 8, 1996 Helen M. Bennett, 77, of Ferndale died Saturday, Jan. 6, 1996, at Ionia County Memorial Hospital. She was born Helen May Harris on Oct. 13, 1918 in Richmond, the daughter of Johnson and Martha (Ogden) Harris. She graduated from McKenzie High School in Detroit in 1937. She married John C. Bennett in Detroit and they moved to Ferndale in 1954. She was an avid bowler and enjoyed camping. She was also a member of the Drayton Avenue Presbyterian Church in Ferndale. She is survived by two daughters, Joan (Daryle) Fountain, of Ionia, and Judith (Robert) Dobbs, of New York state; son Robert Bennett, of Florida; sisters: Marie Archibald, of Novi, and Dorothy (William) Woodmancy, of Harbor Beach; two brothers; Robert Harris, of Novi, and Norman Gerald Harris, of Milan; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 12 at the Drayton Avenue Presbyterian Church in Ferndale with Rev. James Faile officiating. Interment will be in the Drayton Avenue Presbyterian Church Columbarium. At the family’s request in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Drayton Avenue Presbyterian Church Tribute Fund. Envelopes are available at the church or the Cook Funeral Home in Ionia, which is in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/bennett16420nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb