BENNETT, Harrison Eugene

BENNETT, AMBER, MCCORMAC, RAMER, WEHMEYER

Posted By: Connie Street, volunteer (email)
Date: 9/11/2003 at 23:17:08

BENNETT, Harrison Eugene

CONESVILLE, Iowa - Harrison E. Bennett, 81, of Conesville, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2001, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Services will be 10:30 am Thursday at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction. Burial will be at the Conesville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at the the funeral home. A memorial has been established for the Conesville Fire Department and the Conesville United Methodist Church.

Mr. Bennett was born Feb. 4, 1919, in Lovilia, the son of Walter and Carrie Amber Bennett.
He married Frances Ramer on Sept. 3,1938, in Muscatine.

He worked 26 years for the Bettendorf School District as the superintendent of buildings and grounds, retiring in 1980. He was a member of the Conesville United Methodist Church.
He enjoyed cooking, gardening, fishing, and feeding the birds.

Survivors include his wife, Frances, of Conesville; his son, James Bennett and his wife, Joanne, of Davenport; and his daughter, Norma Jean McCormac and her husband, Dick, of Columbus Junction; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a sister, Jessie Wehmeyer, of Lone Tree.

He was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Donald, Elbert, Gordon, Glenn, and Robert; and a sister, Ruby

Source: Muscatine Journal, Jan. 9, 2001
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