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Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Bennett, W H "Race"
Race Bennett, 89, a resident of Emporia and formerly of Cottonwood Falls, died Sunday,
June 10,
2007, at
Newman
Regional
Health in
Emporia.
Willis Hay
Bennett was
born Dec. 16,
1917, at
Eskridge. He
was the son
of Dr. J.C. and
Florence Hay
Bennett. He
attended Eskridge schools, the College of Emporia and Kansas State Teachers College. He graduated from Williams Institute of Mortuary Science in Kansas City, Kan. He served in the U.S. Navy as a Medic from 1941 until 1945, and was stationed much of that time in Brazil.
He and Marilyn Oliver were married Oct. 26, 1945, at Seattle, Wash. She preceded him in death March 1, 1987.
He was associated with Stine-McClure Funeral Home of Kansas City, Mo. in 1941, the Freeman Mortuary of Kansas City,_ Mo. from 1945 until 1952, and Roberts-Blue-Barnett of Emporia from 1952 until 1957.
He and Marilyn purchased the Brown Funeral Home in Cottonwood Falls in 1957 and retired in 1982. For many years, the home provided an ambulance service. When Kansas became one of the first states to require training in Emergency Services, he was one of the first certified Emergency Medical Technicians.
He served as President of Chamber of Commerce, Twin Cities Lions Club, both of Cottonwood Falls. He was a Trustee and an Elder of the First Presbyterian Church, a member of Zeredatha Masonic Lodge #80, A.M. & F.M., and the American Legion, all of Cottonwood Falls. While in Emporia, he served as President of the Kiwanis Club and was a member of Ball-McColm Post #5 of the American Legion. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Emporia.
He is survived by three daughters, Bev Scott of Emporia, Nancy Nurnberg of Port Byron, Ill., and Terri Clendensen of Wichita; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Eldon L. Bennett and Dr. J. Dale Bennett.
Services will be held Friday, June 15, at 1 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church in Cottonwood Falls, with The Rev. Pat Ireland officiating. Interment will follow at Prairie Grove Cemetery in rural Cottonwood Falls.
The family will greet friends Thursday from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m., at the Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral Home. Friends may call Thursday from 9 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home and Friday, 9 a.m. until service time at the First Presbyterian Church.
Memorial contributions to the Emporia Friends of the Zoo or Chase County Emergency Medical Service may be sent in care of the funeral home, 201 Cherry, Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845.
wwwbrown-bennett-alexander.com
Chase County Leader News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Jun 14 2007.
by your Chase County Host, Lorna Marvin.
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