Gertrude E. Bennett 1912-2003 Obituary
Gertrude E. Bennett, 90, of Route 9, Box 270, Buckhannon, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2003, in Nella’s Nursing Home at Crystal Springs.
She was born Jan. 15, 1912, in Buckhannon, a daughter of the late Everett and Lois Hiner Hinzman.
On Dec. 24, 1927, she married Lloyd B. Bennett, who preceded her in death in Nov. 1971.
Surviving are two daughters, Wilma F. Saunders and Goldie D. Posey, both of Buckhannon; six sisters, Anna Jean Kelly, Buckhannon, Geneva Brady, Logan, Ohio, Tina Browning, Sewickley, Pa., Roberta Fulton, Baden, Pa., Clara Anderson, Aliquippa, Pa., and Lee Ellen Carpenter, Warren, Ohio; one daughter-in-law, Margaret Bennett of Buckhannon; 11 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and 22 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one son, David R. “Bud” Bennett; one brother, Oran Hinzman; one sister, Melva Goad; and one grandson, Danny Posey.
She was a homemaker and attended Sand Run Baptist Church.
Friends will be received at Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be in the funeral home chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Donald Butcher officiating. Interment will follow in Buckhannon Memorial Park in Buckhannon.
Gertrude E. Bennett 1912-2003 Obituary
