Winnebago County WI Archives Obituaries.....Bennett, Jane May 11, 1928
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Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Oshkosh Northwestern Friday, May 11, 1928, p. 16

MISS JANE BENNETT DIES
Former Operator of Main Street Store Passes Away at Her Home After Brief
Illness

Miss Jane Bennett, 81 years old, died Thursday evening at 10 o’clock at her
home, 347 Main street. She had been a partial invalid for a number of
years, but had been seriously ill only a few days preceding her death, the
end coming suddenly. Miss Bennett was born in the state of Ohio, Jan. 7,
1847. She resided in this city for a number of years and operated a small
children’s and ladies’ ready-to-wear store at 349 Main street with her
sister, the late Mrs. Lewis Lewis. The company was known as the Bennett
Sisters and was in operation for many years. The business was sold in 1922
to Mrs. L. P. B. Arnold, proprietor of the firm at present. Mrs. Lewis was
formerly Miss Martha V. Bennett before her marriage to Lewis Lewis in this
city. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lewis were asphyxiated Feb. 11, 1923, when a gas
heater in their home on Division street leaker. They had been preparing for
church when they were found dead in the bathroom of their home. The only
survivor of Miss Bennett is a brother, Edward E. Bennett of Lincoln, Neb.
He was to arrive in this city today. Funeral arrangements have not been
made pending the arrival of Mr. Bennett.

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