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DEATHS

Former clerk,
school board
veteran dies

FLAT ROCK — Edwin V. Ben-
nett Sr., 72, a former Flat Rock
clerk and long-time school board
member, died at 11:25 a.m. Fri-
day. at Seaway Hospital, Trenton,
where he had been for a week with
a heart ailment.

Visitation is from 4 to 9 p.m. |
Sunday and noon to 9 p.m. Mon-
day at the Arthur Bobcean Funeral
Home, Flat Rock Chapel, where a
Scripture service is set for 8:45
p.m. Monday and pragers will be
offered at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Services are set for 10 a.m.
Tuesday at St. Roch’s Catholic
Church, Flat Rock. The Rev. Fred
Misiolek will officiate. Burial will
be in Huron Valley Cemetery, Flat
Rock.

Born June 20, 1920, in Penns-
grove, N.J., he was the son of
Edwin R. and Blanche (Bellinger)
Bennett.

He married Yvonne M. King on
Feb. 3, 1945, at St. Mary’s
Catholic Church, Rockwood. |

He had worked as a plant super-
intendent for Petroleum Special-
ties of Flat Rock since 1946 and
was a private flight instructor and
an FAA flight examiner.

He served in the U.S. Navy for
36 years, retiring as a captain. A °
1942 graduate of the Navy Flight
School in Pensacola, Fla., he was
a Navy flight instructor.

He was a member of St. Roch’s
Catholic Church; the Aircraft
Owners & Pilots Association; the
Experimental Aircraft Association
and Family Motor Coach Associa-
tion. He was elected Flat Rock vil-
lage clerk in 1955 and served two
terms. He also was a member of
the Flat Rock Community Schools
Board of Education from 1965 to
1985 and served several years as
its president.

Surviving are his wife; a son,
Edwin V. Bennett of Brownstown
Township; two daughters, Mrs.
James (Caroline) Diesi of Chicago
and Mrs. Gregory (Patricia)
Larkins of Largo, Fla.; and three
brothers, William, Melvin and
Donald, all of New Jersey.

He was preceded in death by a

brother, Charles; a sister, Joan
Hessler; and a granddaughter.