Hilkin, Myrna M. (Fett) Bennett 1905-1985

HILKIN, BENNETT, FETT, WELTER

Posted By: Jym Montgomery - volunteer
Date: 10/15/2018 at 18:58:36

Services for Mrs. Myrna M. Hilkin, 79, formerly of 1790 Asbury Road, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Sunday at Ed Siegert-Al Didesch Colonial Funeral Home, 390 N. Grandview Ave., where the rosary will be said at 4 p.m. Sunday and the VFW Women's Auxiliary will have a memorial service at 7 p.m. Sunday.

Mrs. Hilkin, who was born in Watson, Iowa, died at 9:30 p.m. Thursday at Manor Care Nursing Home. She was a member of St. Anthony's Rosary Society, American Legion Auxiliary, VFW Auxiliary and was a Gold Star Mother.

Her first husband, James O. "Jack" Bennett died Nov. 3, 1943, and her second husband, Raymond Hilkin, died Feb. 6, 1985.

Surviving are a son, Donald Bennett of Manchester, Iowa; a step-daughter, Mrs. Harold (Betty) Welter of Dubuque, and 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

A son, Robert J. Bennett, was killed in action at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

~1985 newspaper clipping, unknown newspaper, month & day

Notes: A September 2018 news release detailing the recovery & DNA identification of her son, Robert from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), gives the following information about Myrna:
DOB: 02/02/1905, Watson, Clayton County, Iowa
Burial: Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa
Plot CHRISTUS-239-B-2
Memorial ID 13677106
Confirmed mother of Robert J. Bennett