1940 Census of Salem, Marion Co OR
Household Members Age Relationship
Walter F Bennett 26 Head
Lois G Bennett 21 Wife
Allyn L Bennett 3 Son
Donna M Bennett 2 Daughter
Ronny L Bennett 2/12 Son
Walter F. Bennett4438A memorial service was held Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Huston Funeral Home for Walter F. Bennett. 74, of Lebanon. who died Friday, Nov. 11, at Lebanon I Community Hospital. Pastor Richard Headings officiated.
He was born March 13, 1914. in Yakima, Wash. When he was a small child, his family moved to Kamiah. Idaho, for a time before returning to Washington. He came to Oregon in 1928 and lived in Salem. He came to Lebanon in 1947 and was employed by Champion-International until his retirement in 1976.
He was a member of the Lebanon Elks Lodge. He married Irene Rhoda in 1949 in Stevenson. Wash. She survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Allyn Bennett, Dallas, and Ron Bennett, Salem; two daughters, Donna Morey of Keizer and Carmen Hampton of Salem; five sisters, Ruth Arnold of Coos Bay, Edna Cooksey, Donna Jeffers and Joy McDermitt, all of Salem, and Pennv Smith of Yachats; 12 grandchildren, and 7 greatgrandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and two brothers. Contributions in his memory may be made to the American Heart Assocaition or the American Cancer Society asnd left at the funeral home.