Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bennett, Richard  "Dick" Seigel February 26, 2020
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Ionia Sentinel Standard-Sat.February 29 2020

RICHARD BENNETT
Richard "Dick" Seigel Bennett, a long-time resident of Ionia County, passed 
away Wednesday February 26, at his home in Rougemont, North Carolina, after a 
long battle with cancer and congestive heart failure, is final days were 
filled with visits by family and friends. Dick was born in Ionia on July 8, 
1932, and attended Benedict School and Ionia High School. On July 12, 1952, 
he married Nancy Kathleen Weller, and they raised four sons, Richard Jr., 
David, Timothy, and Christopher, in Ionia.

After they married, Dick was drafted into the U.S. Army based at Fort Carson, 
Colorado. Upon returning to Ionia, Dick joined the Michigan National Guard 
and managed the Ionia National Guard Armory for seven years, where he was 
awarded the annual Best Soldier Award in 1965 by Governor George Rommey. 
Later, he joined the Carr Agency Insurance and Real Estate where he 
eventually became owner and worked until retirement.

Dick and Nancy were members of the First Methodist Church in Ionia. In 2014, 
they moved to Rougemont, North Carolina, to be closer to family and to live 
in  the Elderberry Co-housing community. Dick loved the outdoors and hiking 
the trails near Elderberry, making hiking sticks and other woodworking 
projects, and gatherings with his family. Dick will be greatly missed by his 
family and friends, but he will live on through the many contributions he 
made to all the communities he called home.

Dick is survived by his wife of 67 years, his sister Margaret Jean Bennett of 
Ionia, his four grandsons and their wives, and four great-grandchildren. The 
family requests that memorials be made to the Rougemont Food Pantry, 8111 
Bacon Road, Timberlake, NC 27583,


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