Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bennett, Sophia December 25, 1940 ************************************************ 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 May 21, 2010, 7:34 pm The Daily Sentinel, Thursday, December 26, 1940 Mrs. Sophia Bennett, 91, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ida Tew in Lake Odessa, Christmas night after a long illness. She was born in Canada in 1849 and came to Michigan in 1868 with her husband, Miles Bennett, and settled on a farm in Berlin township. They made their home there for many years. He died in 1900. Twenty years ago she went to Lake Odessa to make her home with her daughter. She was a member of the Wesleyan Methodist church in Berlin. Surviving are the daughter, Mrs. Tew; and two sons, William D. and Charles R. of Berlin township. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. from the home in Lake Odessa. Rev. Leon Manning of Charlotte will officiate. Interment will be at Balcom cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/bennett4410nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb