Lebanon Express
Linn County, Oregon
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
David Bruce Bennett
May 2, 1923 - June 20, 2009
David Bruce Bennett, 86, of Sweet Home, died June 20, 2009, at home. He was recovering from surgery for a brain tumor.
Viewing will be held from 4 to 7 p.m., today, June 24, at Sweet Home Funeral Chapel. A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. on June 25, also at Sweet Home Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Lewis Cemetery by the side of son, Jim.
He was born in Carlisle, Ark., on May 2, 1923, to George and Ida (Caulkins) Bennett.
In 1942, he graduated from Colony High School in Western Oklahoma.
He attended Cameron Jr. College, before volunteering for Navy duty in early 1943. While serving in the South Pacific aboard the SubChaser 699 during the Battle at Biak, his ship was attacked by one of the first kamikaze planes. He stayed aboard ship and assisted in throwing over live ammunition so that it would not explode on the ship's deck. For this, he received the Bronze Star Medal and a Presidential Citation signed by President Harry Truman.
After returning from South Pacific Navy duty, he married his grade school sweetheart, Wilda Fullerton, on June 19, 1945, in San Diego.
As an electrician's mate, he worked on dismantling the ships until his discharge in 1946. He then worked for Marine Advisors with Jacque Cousteau to build and instrument for measuring the speed of under-water currents during the deep dive into the Marianas Straits.
Later, with another firm, he helped to design and build the locator to pin-point the landing site of the first space astronauts. After this, he owned a pizza restaurant for a few years, and then returned to work as a construction electrician.
He moved to Sweet Home in 1973.
Mr. Bennett is survived by his wife Wilda; daughters and sons-in-law Linda and Robert Hervig of San Diego, and Brenda and Roger Kuchenbecker of Wasilla, Alaska; and many nieces and nephews.
His son Jim; parents; brothers Homer, Charles, Cliff, and Paul; and sisters Letha Paden and Nita Joyner died before he did.
Memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a member.
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Linn County, Oregon
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
David Bruce Bennett
May 2, 1923 - June 20, 2009
David Bruce Bennett, 86, of Sweet Home, died June 20, 2009, at home. He was recovering from surgery for a brain tumor.
Viewing will be held from 4 to 7 p.m., today, June 24, at Sweet Home Funeral Chapel. A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. on June 25, also at Sweet Home Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Lewis Cemetery by the side of son, Jim.
He was born in Carlisle, Ark., on May 2, 1923, to George and Ida (Caulkins) Bennett.
In 1942, he graduated from Colony High School in Western Oklahoma.
He attended Cameron Jr. College, before volunteering for Navy duty in early 1943. While serving in the South Pacific aboard the SubChaser 699 during the Battle at Biak, his ship was attacked by one of the first kamikaze planes. He stayed aboard ship and assisted in throwing over live ammunition so that it would not explode on the ship's deck. For this, he received the Bronze Star Medal and a Presidential Citation signed by President Harry Truman.
After returning from South Pacific Navy duty, he married his grade school sweetheart, Wilda Fullerton, on June 19, 1945, in San Diego.
As an electrician's mate, he worked on dismantling the ships until his discharge in 1946. He then worked for Marine Advisors with Jacque Cousteau to build and instrument for measuring the speed of under-water currents during the deep dive into the Marianas Straits.
Later, with another firm, he helped to design and build the locator to pin-point the landing site of the first space astronauts. After this, he owned a pizza restaurant for a few years, and then returned to work as a construction electrician.
He moved to Sweet Home in 1973.
Mr. Bennett is survived by his wife Wilda; daughters and sons-in-law Linda and Robert Hervig of San Diego, and Brenda and Roger Kuchenbecker of Wasilla, Alaska; and many nieces and nephews.
His son Jim; parents; brothers Homer, Charles, Cliff, and Paul; and sisters Letha Paden and Nita Joyner died before he did.
Memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a member.
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Lebanon Express
Linn County, Oregon
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
David Bruce Bennett
May 2, 1923 - June 20, 2009
David Bruce Bennett, 86, of Sweet Home, died June 20, 2009, at home. He was recovering from surgery for a brain tumor.
Viewing will be held from 4 to 7 p.m., today, June 24, at Sweet Home Funeral Chapel. A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. on June 25, also at Sweet Home Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Lewis Cemetery by the side of son, Jim.
He was born in Carlisle, Ark., on May 2, 1923, to George and Ida (Caulkins) Bennett.
In 1942, he graduated from Colony High School in Western Oklahoma.
He attended Cameron Jr. College, before volunteering for Navy duty in early 1943. While serving in the South Pacific aboard the SubChaser 699 during the Battle at Biak, his ship was attacked by one of the first kamikaze planes. He stayed aboard ship and assisted in throwing over live ammunition so that it would not explode on the ship's deck. For this, he received the Bronze Star Medal and a Presidential Citation signed by President Harry Truman.
After returning from South Pacific Navy duty, he married his grade school sweetheart, Wilda Fullerton, on June 19, 1945, in San Diego.
As an electrician's mate, he worked on dismantling the ships until his discharge in 1946. He then worked for Marine Advisors with Jacque Cousteau to build and instrument for measuring the speed of under-water currents during the deep dive into the Marianas Straits.
Later, with another firm, he helped to design and build the locator to pin-point the landing site of the first space astronauts. After this, he owned a pizza restaurant for a few years, and then returned to work as a construction electrician.
He moved to Sweet Home in 1973.
Mr. Bennett is survived by his wife Wilda; daughters and sons-in-law Linda and Robert Hervig of San Diego, and Brenda and Roger Kuchenbecker of Wasilla, Alaska; and many nieces and nephews.
His son Jim; parents; brothers Homer, Charles, Cliff, and Paul; and sisters Letha Paden and Nita Joyner died before he did.
Memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a member.
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Linn County, Oregon
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
David Bruce Bennett
May 2, 1923 - June 20, 2009
David Bruce Bennett, 86, of Sweet Home, died June 20, 2009, at home. He was recovering from surgery for a brain tumor.
Viewing will be held from 4 to 7 p.m., today, June 24, at Sweet Home Funeral Chapel. A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. on June 25, also at Sweet Home Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Lewis Cemetery by the side of son, Jim.
He was born in Carlisle, Ark., on May 2, 1923, to George and Ida (Caulkins) Bennett.
In 1942, he graduated from Colony High School in Western Oklahoma.
He attended Cameron Jr. College, before volunteering for Navy duty in early 1943. While serving in the South Pacific aboard the SubChaser 699 during the Battle at Biak, his ship was attacked by one of the first kamikaze planes. He stayed aboard ship and assisted in throwing over live ammunition so that it would not explode on the ship's deck. For this, he received the Bronze Star Medal and a Presidential Citation signed by President Harry Truman.
After returning from South Pacific Navy duty, he married his grade school sweetheart, Wilda Fullerton, on June 19, 1945, in San Diego.
As an electrician's mate, he worked on dismantling the ships until his discharge in 1946. He then worked for Marine Advisors with Jacque Cousteau to build and instrument for measuring the speed of under-water currents during the deep dive into the Marianas Straits.
Later, with another firm, he helped to design and build the locator to pin-point the landing site of the first space astronauts. After this, he owned a pizza restaurant for a few years, and then returned to work as a construction electrician.
He moved to Sweet Home in 1973.
Mr. Bennett is survived by his wife Wilda; daughters and sons-in-law Linda and Robert Hervig of San Diego, and Brenda and Roger Kuchenbecker of Wasilla, Alaska; and many nieces and nephews.
His son Jim; parents; brothers Homer, Charles, Cliff, and Paul; and sisters Letha Paden and Nita Joyner died before he did.
Memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, where he was a member.
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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