Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bennett, Marjorie J. 1995 ************************************************ 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 July 30, 2010, 2:39 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, December 6, 1995 Marjorie J. Bennett, 85, of Ionia died December 5, 1995 at her home. She was born January 10, 1910 in Saranac, the daughter of Alpha and Alice (Torpy) Rogers. She graduated from Ionia High School and married Miles Bennett on July 8, 1942 in Stanton. She and her husband were the sextons of Balcom Cemetery for many years and attended the First Christian Church in Ionia. She was also a long-time farmer. Surviving are one sister-in-law Dorothy Bennett, of Ionia; nieces and nephews: Jean Bennett, Richard (Nancy) Bennett, William (LaVonne) Bennett, Charlotte Cooper and Robert (Melanie) Bennett, all of Ionia, Floyd Rogers of Sheridan and Joyce Rogers of California. She was preceded in death by her husband Miles on September 18, 1987, brother Bill Rogers and sister Donna Rogers. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday from the Cook Funeral Home of Ionia with Rev. Martha Chenault of the First Christian Church officiating. Interment will be in Balcom Cemetery, and visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Rich Street Chapel of the Cook Funeral Home in Ionia. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ionia Area Hospice or the American Cancer Society, Ionia Chapter. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/bennett7300nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb