Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bennett, Flora Jane (Brooks) March 15, 1963 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com January 21, 2021, 4:08 pm Ionia County News - Thursday, April 4, 1963 Mrs. Flora Jane Bennett, 53, of Muir, died Friday, March 15, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Marron, of Grand Rapids. Mrs. Bennett had been a surgical patient at Blodgett hospital and was taken to the home of her daughter on Saturday, March 9. Born April 14, 1909, in Leland county, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Brooks, she graduated from the Traverse City high school and was married June 15, 1930, to Edward Bennett. They lived most of their married life in the Lyons-Muir area. Mrs. Bennett was a member of the First Christian Church, in Muir, for 32 years, the Evergreen Chapter, OES and also assisted her husband in his Boy Scout work. Survivors include her husband, Edward; one son, Edward Jr., of Flint; three daughters, Mrs. Ada Jane Johnson of Triangle, Virginia, Mrs. Cora Louise Marron of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Anna Rose Gillett of Muir; two brothers, Thomas Armstrong of Roseville and Emmet Armstrong of Traverse City; and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Monday, March 18, at the First Christian Church in Muir with the Rev. Roger Wright officiating. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery in Muir. Additional Comments: Age: 53 Funeral: Monday, 18 March 1963 Muir, Mich. Oakwood cemetery, #42 New File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/bennett39514nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb