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Glendon Purl “GP” Bennett

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Glendon Purl “GP” Bennett

Birth
Douglas County, Illinois, USA
Death
16 Sep 1992 (aged 74)
Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Oakland, Coles County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Glendon (G.P.) Bennett, 74, of Oakland, died at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday (Sept. 16, 1992) at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.

The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Taber Funeral Home in Oakland with the Rev. Martin Gutzmer officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery with military graveside rites. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today with Masonic services at 8 p.m.

He was born April 2, 1918, in Douglas County, the son of Purl Bennett and Okel Peters-Bennett. He married Betty Hanner May 13, 1946, in Oakland; she survives.

Also surviving are two sons, Mike Bennett of Charleston and Chuck Bennett of Oakland; three sisters, Louise Ney of Morton Grove; Leoma Allison of Oakland and Ruth Barnett of Baytown, Texas.

He was also preceded in death by a brother and a sister.

Mr. Bennett was a retired tank truck operator and livestock hauler and an Army veteran of WWII. He was a member of Oakland VFW Post No. 3637, Brocton American Legion Post No. 977, Oakland Masonic Lodge 219 and the Danville Consistory.
Glendon (G.P.) Bennett, 74, of Oakland, died at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday (Sept. 16, 1992) at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.

The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Taber Funeral Home in Oakland with the Rev. Martin Gutzmer officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery with military graveside rites. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today with Masonic services at 8 p.m.

He was born April 2, 1918, in Douglas County, the son of Purl Bennett and Okel Peters-Bennett. He married Betty Hanner May 13, 1946, in Oakland; she survives.

Also surviving are two sons, Mike Bennett of Charleston and Chuck Bennett of Oakland; three sisters, Louise Ney of Morton Grove; Leoma Allison of Oakland and Ruth Barnett of Baytown, Texas.

He was also preceded in death by a brother and a sister.

Mr. Bennett was a retired tank truck operator and livestock hauler and an Army veteran of WWII. He was a member of Oakland VFW Post No. 3637, Brocton American Legion Post No. 977, Oakland Masonic Lodge 219 and the Danville Consistory.


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