Richard Paul Chisholm Bennett ("Dick"), loving husband, father, brother, grandfather and uncle, passed away peacefully aged 83 at his home in Frankfort, Illinois, on December 27, 2009, after a long battle with multiple myeloma.
Dick is survived by his wife of 56 years, Doris Bennett, nee Kirkpatrick; his two children, Cathie Bennett Warner of San Anselmo, California, and Richard C Bennett II, DPM, of Chicago Illinois; his brotherGordon of Seattle, Washington; niece Diane Bennett Simpson and nephewStephen Bennett; as well as his son in law Christopher Warner and daughter in lawElizabeth Bennett.
Mr. Bennett was a proud grandfather to Christopher and Cody Warner.
Richard Bennett was the son of Rufus and Ruth Bennett, and a member of one of Illinois' pioneering families, the Bennett Mill family of Geneva, Illinois.
Mr Bennett traced his family back to the Revolutionary War and preserved a strong sense of history in his children and grandchildren.
He served his country in the mechanized cavalry of George Patton's Third Army in its liberation of Europe during the last days of World War II. In Germany on April 16, 1945, as an enemy soldier attempted to ambush him and members of his company, Private Bennett calmly stood up in his jeep and fired his machine gun, saving his life and the lives of his fellow soldiers.
For this bravery, he was awarded the Bronze Star, citing his "alertness, quickness in face of grave peril" and "heroic action." His discharge rank was Staff Sergeant.
Mr Bennett earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1951, where he met his future wife, Doris Kirkpatrick of Kankakee, Illinois.
They were married on September 12, 1953, and enjoyed 56 loving years together.
Mr Bennett worked for Swenson Process Equipment, Inc. and its successors in Harvey for over 40 years, where he rose to become its President and was an internationally renowned expert on crystallization and evaporator technology, in which he held numerous patents on behalf of his company.
He authored a chapter on liquid-solid operation and equipment for Perry's Chemical Engineering Handbook, which to this day is a required handbook for chemical engineering students, used in universities around the world.
In addition, he authored a chapter on evaporators for Dorf's The Engineering Handbook, another respected chemical engineering textbook.
He traveled the world advising global companies on chemical processes throughout the US, Europe, Southeast Asia, China, the Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc and the Middle East.
He was highly sought after for his expertise, including his early work on the team that developed the process to extract potash out of the Dead Sea in the late 1960's. Dick was a Registered Professional Engineer and a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
He was sought after for his professional consulting advice well past his eightieth birthday.
Mr Bennett loved ham radio, and was a long time member of the Tri-Town Amateur Radio Club, where his claim to fame was a 15-foot mobile antenna, located in his backyard to "bounce" radio signals off the moon.
He spent many enjoyable weekends traveling to "hamfests" around the Midwest.
Other family members were happy to indulge him in his quest for the perfect "transistor." He was devoted to his family and in his later years, enjoyed traveling with his wife to Europe and they accompanied their college friends each year to their beloved University of Illinois Homecoming games.
He delighted in watching his grandsons grow up. Richard Bennett and his family were original members of the Parish of St. Lawrence O'Toole, attending mass at the church for over 50 years.
A celebration of Richard's life will be held on Wednesday, December 30 , from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Kurtz Frankfort Funeral Home, 65 Old Frankfort Way, Frankfort, IL. A funeral mass will be held at St Lawrence O'Toole Church, 4101 St. Lawrence Avenue, Matteson, IL, on Thursday, December 31, 2010, at 10am.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in his honor may be made to St. Lawrence O'Toole Church or to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, to further research on multiple myeloma and lymphoma.
Chicago Tribune
29 Dec 2009
Dick is survived by his wife of 56 years, Doris Bennett, nee Kirkpatrick; his two children, Cathie Bennett Warner of San Anselmo, California, and Richard C Bennett II, DPM, of Chicago Illinois; his brotherGordon of Seattle, Washington; niece Diane Bennett Simpson and nephewStephen Bennett; as well as his son in law Christopher Warner and daughter in lawElizabeth Bennett.
Mr. Bennett was a proud grandfather to Christopher and Cody Warner.
Richard Bennett was the son of Rufus and Ruth Bennett, and a member of one of Illinois' pioneering families, the Bennett Mill family of Geneva, Illinois.
Mr Bennett traced his family back to the Revolutionary War and preserved a strong sense of history in his children and grandchildren.
He served his country in the mechanized cavalry of George Patton's Third Army in its liberation of Europe during the last days of World War II. In Germany on April 16, 1945, as an enemy soldier attempted to ambush him and members of his company, Private Bennett calmly stood up in his jeep and fired his machine gun, saving his life and the lives of his fellow soldiers.
For this bravery, he was awarded the Bronze Star, citing his "alertness, quickness in face of grave peril" and "heroic action." His discharge rank was Staff Sergeant.
Mr Bennett earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1951, where he met his future wife, Doris Kirkpatrick of Kankakee, Illinois.
They were married on September 12, 1953, and enjoyed 56 loving years together.
Mr Bennett worked for Swenson Process Equipment, Inc. and its successors in Harvey for over 40 years, where he rose to become its President and was an internationally renowned expert on crystallization and evaporator technology, in which he held numerous patents on behalf of his company.
He authored a chapter on liquid-solid operation and equipment for Perry's Chemical Engineering Handbook, which to this day is a required handbook for chemical engineering students, used in universities around the world.
In addition, he authored a chapter on evaporators for Dorf's The Engineering Handbook, another respected chemical engineering textbook.
He traveled the world advising global companies on chemical processes throughout the US, Europe, Southeast Asia, China, the Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc and the Middle East.
He was highly sought after for his expertise, including his early work on the team that developed the process to extract potash out of the Dead Sea in the late 1960's. Dick was a Registered Professional Engineer and a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
He was sought after for his professional consulting advice well past his eightieth birthday.
Mr Bennett loved ham radio, and was a long time member of the Tri-Town Amateur Radio Club, where his claim to fame was a 15-foot mobile antenna, located in his backyard to "bounce" radio signals off the moon.
He spent many enjoyable weekends traveling to "hamfests" around the Midwest.
Other family members were happy to indulge him in his quest for the perfect "transistor." He was devoted to his family and in his later years, enjoyed traveling with his wife to Europe and they accompanied their college friends each year to their beloved University of Illinois Homecoming games.
He delighted in watching his grandsons grow up. Richard Bennett and his family were original members of the Parish of St. Lawrence O'Toole, attending mass at the church for over 50 years.
A celebration of Richard's life will be held on Wednesday, December 30 , from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Kurtz Frankfort Funeral Home, 65 Old Frankfort Way, Frankfort, IL. A funeral mass will be held at St Lawrence O'Toole Church, 4101 St. Lawrence Avenue, Matteson, IL, on Thursday, December 31, 2010, at 10am.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in his honor may be made to St. Lawrence O'Toole Church or to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, to further research on multiple myeloma and lymphoma.
Chicago Tribune
29 Dec 2009
Richard Paul Chisholm Bennett ("Dick"), loving husband, father, brother, grandfather and uncle, passed away peacefully aged 83 at his home in Frankfort, Illinois, on December 27, 2009, after a long battle with multiple myeloma.
Dick is survived by his wife of 56 years, Doris Bennett, nee Kirkpatrick; his two children, Cathie Bennett Warner of San Anselmo, California, and Richard C Bennett II, DPM, of Chicago Illinois; his brotherGordon of Seattle, Washington; niece Diane Bennett Simpson and nephewStephen Bennett; as well as his son in law Christopher Warner and daughter in lawElizabeth Bennett.
Mr. Bennett was a proud grandfather to Christopher and Cody Warner.
Richard Bennett was the son of Rufus and Ruth Bennett, and a member of one of Illinois' pioneering families, the Bennett Mill family of Geneva, Illinois.
Mr Bennett traced his family back to the Revolutionary War and preserved a strong sense of history in his children and grandchildren.
He served his country in the mechanized cavalry of George Patton's Third Army in its liberation of Europe during the last days of World War II. In Germany on April 16, 1945, as an enemy soldier attempted to ambush him and members of his company, Private Bennett calmly stood up in his jeep and fired his machine gun, saving his life and the lives of his fellow soldiers.
For this bravery, he was awarded the Bronze Star, citing his "alertness, quickness in face of grave peril" and "heroic action." His discharge rank was Staff Sergeant.
Mr Bennett earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1951, where he met his future wife, Doris Kirkpatrick of Kankakee, Illinois.
They were married on September 12, 1953, and enjoyed 56 loving years together.
Mr Bennett worked for Swenson Process Equipment, Inc. and its successors in Harvey for over 40 years, where he rose to become its President and was an internationally renowned expert on crystallization and evaporator technology, in which he held numerous patents on behalf of his company.
He authored a chapter on liquid-solid operation and equipment for Perry's Chemical Engineering Handbook, which to this day is a required handbook for chemical engineering students, used in universities around the world.
In addition, he authored a chapter on evaporators for Dorf's The Engineering Handbook, another respected chemical engineering textbook.
He traveled the world advising global companies on chemical processes throughout the US, Europe, Southeast Asia, China, the Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc and the Middle East.
He was highly sought after for his expertise, including his early work on the team that developed the process to extract potash out of the Dead Sea in the late 1960's. Dick was a Registered Professional Engineer and a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
He was sought after for his professional consulting advice well past his eightieth birthday.
Mr Bennett loved ham radio, and was a long time member of the Tri-Town Amateur Radio Club, where his claim to fame was a 15-foot mobile antenna, located in his backyard to "bounce" radio signals off the moon.
He spent many enjoyable weekends traveling to "hamfests" around the Midwest.
Other family members were happy to indulge him in his quest for the perfect "transistor." He was devoted to his family and in his later years, enjoyed traveling with his wife to Europe and they accompanied their college friends each year to their beloved University of Illinois Homecoming games.
He delighted in watching his grandsons grow up. Richard Bennett and his family were original members of the Parish of St. Lawrence O'Toole, attending mass at the church for over 50 years.
A celebration of Richard's life will be held on Wednesday, December 30 , from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Kurtz Frankfort Funeral Home, 65 Old Frankfort Way, Frankfort, IL. A funeral mass will be held at St Lawrence O'Toole Church, 4101 St. Lawrence Avenue, Matteson, IL, on Thursday, December 31, 2010, at 10am.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in his honor may be made to St. Lawrence O'Toole Church or to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, to further research on multiple myeloma and lymphoma.
Chicago Tribune
29 Dec 2009
Dick is survived by his wife of 56 years, Doris Bennett, nee Kirkpatrick; his two children, Cathie Bennett Warner of San Anselmo, California, and Richard C Bennett II, DPM, of Chicago Illinois; his brotherGordon of Seattle, Washington; niece Diane Bennett Simpson and nephewStephen Bennett; as well as his son in law Christopher Warner and daughter in lawElizabeth Bennett.
Mr. Bennett was a proud grandfather to Christopher and Cody Warner.
Richard Bennett was the son of Rufus and Ruth Bennett, and a member of one of Illinois' pioneering families, the Bennett Mill family of Geneva, Illinois.
Mr Bennett traced his family back to the Revolutionary War and preserved a strong sense of history in his children and grandchildren.
He served his country in the mechanized cavalry of George Patton's Third Army in its liberation of Europe during the last days of World War II. In Germany on April 16, 1945, as an enemy soldier attempted to ambush him and members of his company, Private Bennett calmly stood up in his jeep and fired his machine gun, saving his life and the lives of his fellow soldiers.
For this bravery, he was awarded the Bronze Star, citing his "alertness, quickness in face of grave peril" and "heroic action." His discharge rank was Staff Sergeant.
Mr Bennett earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1951, where he met his future wife, Doris Kirkpatrick of Kankakee, Illinois.
They were married on September 12, 1953, and enjoyed 56 loving years together.
Mr Bennett worked for Swenson Process Equipment, Inc. and its successors in Harvey for over 40 years, where he rose to become its President and was an internationally renowned expert on crystallization and evaporator technology, in which he held numerous patents on behalf of his company.
He authored a chapter on liquid-solid operation and equipment for Perry's Chemical Engineering Handbook, which to this day is a required handbook for chemical engineering students, used in universities around the world.
In addition, he authored a chapter on evaporators for Dorf's The Engineering Handbook, another respected chemical engineering textbook.
He traveled the world advising global companies on chemical processes throughout the US, Europe, Southeast Asia, China, the Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc and the Middle East.
He was highly sought after for his expertise, including his early work on the team that developed the process to extract potash out of the Dead Sea in the late 1960's. Dick was a Registered Professional Engineer and a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
He was sought after for his professional consulting advice well past his eightieth birthday.
Mr Bennett loved ham radio, and was a long time member of the Tri-Town Amateur Radio Club, where his claim to fame was a 15-foot mobile antenna, located in his backyard to "bounce" radio signals off the moon.
He spent many enjoyable weekends traveling to "hamfests" around the Midwest.
Other family members were happy to indulge him in his quest for the perfect "transistor." He was devoted to his family and in his later years, enjoyed traveling with his wife to Europe and they accompanied their college friends each year to their beloved University of Illinois Homecoming games.
He delighted in watching his grandsons grow up. Richard Bennett and his family were original members of the Parish of St. Lawrence O'Toole, attending mass at the church for over 50 years.
A celebration of Richard's life will be held on Wednesday, December 30 , from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Kurtz Frankfort Funeral Home, 65 Old Frankfort Way, Frankfort, IL. A funeral mass will be held at St Lawrence O'Toole Church, 4101 St. Lawrence Avenue, Matteson, IL, on Thursday, December 31, 2010, at 10am.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in his honor may be made to St. Lawrence O'Toole Church or to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, to further research on multiple myeloma and lymphoma.
Chicago Tribune
29 Dec 2009
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