Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bennett, Velma L. January 12, 1939 ************************************************ 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 26, 2010, 4:06 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, January 17, 1939 Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, January 15, from the home of Mrs. Hannah Dickinson, near Fenwick for her daughter, Mrs. Velma L. Bennett, wife of Paul Bennett of Lyons. Interment was made in the Bushnell cemetery. The Rev. J. B. Wilson was in charge of the service. Mrs. George Steadman and Mrs. Ford Weaver furnished the music. Pallbearers were Elmer Hopkins, James Hopkins, Fay Nash, Lawrence Davis, Clare Galloway, and Ford Weaver. Mrs. Bennett died Thursday noon, January 12, at her home from the effects of severe burns suffered when she attempted to light a fire with kerosene in her home Wednesday morning. Mrs. Bennett was born March 28, 1910 in Bushnell township, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Dickinson. Surviving beside the mother and husband, are a small son, three sisters, two brothers, and several nephews and nieces. Among those attending the services from the Lyons vicinity were Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Sprague, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Riker, Mr. and Mrs. Fay Nash, Mr. and Mrs. Ford Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Davis, Mr. and Mrs. James Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. John Currigan, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ginebaugh, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Clements, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clements, Mr. and Mrs. George Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bennett, and Mr. and Mrs. Van Dine, Dr. and Mrs. A. C. German, Mrs. George Steadman, Mrs. V. F. Upton, Mrs. Woodruff, Mrs. S. N. Gamber, John Kalb, Jay Bennett and Mrs. R. C. Bogart. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/bennett4718nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb