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Schools of this district were
dismissed for the afternoon this Wednesday, February 7, 1979,
for Memorial Services held at 2 p.m. in the High School
Gymnasium, for Ralph James Bennett, lifetime resident of the
Parma and Roswell area, and faculty members at Parma High
School since 1964. The Rev. Edson Pederson, minister of
the Kirkpatrick Memorial Community Presbyterian Church,
conducted the service. Private interment was at the
Roswell Cemetery under the direction of Dakan Funeral Chapel
of Caldwell.
Mr. Bennett died Sunday
morning Feb 4, at the Caldwell Hospital. He was 62.
He was born September 19, 1916 at Mountain Home, Idaho and
moved to the Roswell area when he was 2. He graduated
from Roswell High School and attended Boise Junior College and
the College of Idaho. He married Margaret Allen,
September 9, 1941, at Roswell. During World War II he
served with the Air Force in Europe. He farmed in the
Roswell area for many years and had taught school in Parma
from 1964 until he became ill and was confined to his home and
in the hospital during the past four months.
He was a member of Kirkpatrick Memorial Presbyterian Church,
the Parma Masonic Lodge, was a Past President of the Parma
Lions Club and trustee of the Lion's Sight Foundation.
Surviving are his wife, Margaret, and a son, David Bennett,
both of Parma, three daughters, Jane----------------- Myers of
Parma, Carol Jensen of Escondido, California, and Susan Larson
of San Antonio, Texas; two brothers, Leroy and Willard, both
of Parma; two sisters, Blanche Stubblefield of Parma, and Mae
Church of Sacramento, Calif.; and seven grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Harvey and Marion.
Memorial donations may be given to the Parma High School
Athletic Field Lighting Fund or to the Lions Sight Foundation. |
