The Obituary of Clara Seward Mack Bennett
1898 - 6 June 1975
From the Genesee Country Express, 12 June 1975
Mrs. Clara Mack Bennett of 126 Lincoln St., Wayland, well-known author, die in Noyes Memorial Hospital Friday (June 6, 1975). She was 76.
Mrs. Bennett was a native of Springwater and had lived in this area all her life. She was the author of "Thoughts of a Country Woman" and "Easy Verses," two books of poetry. For many years, she also wrote a column for the Wayland Register.
She was a member of Wayland Chapter 499, Order of the Eastern Star, the Rochester Poetry Society, the Wayland United Methodist Church and its Women's Society and of the Wayland Lowell Club.
Mrs. Bennett was also active in Clara Barton American Red Cross Chapter. She had served several years as chairman of the unit's Wayland Branch. In the summer of 1963, she and Mrs. Schuyler B. Pratt went abroad and visited in Geneva, Switzerland, during the centennial year of the International Red Cross which was founded in that city. They reported on that visit at a chapter meeting following their return. Mrs. Bennett also was a member of the Wayland American Legion Auxiliary.
Surviving are her husband, Guy Bennett Sr.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Marion Johnson of Binghamton; a stepson, Guy B. Bennett Jr. of Wayland; six grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Melva Snyder and Mrs. Lucille Bartlett of Springwater; three brothers, Harold and Arthur Seward of Springwater and Horace Seward of Lakeville.
A funeral service was conducted in the Baird Funeral Home, Wayland, Monday afternoon. Burial was in Wayland Village Cemetery.
1898 - 6 June 1975
From the Genesee Country Express, 12 June 1975
Mrs. Clara Mack Bennett of 126 Lincoln St., Wayland, well-known author, die in Noyes Memorial Hospital Friday (June 6, 1975). She was 76.
Mrs. Bennett was a native of Springwater and had lived in this area all her life. She was the author of "Thoughts of a Country Woman" and "Easy Verses," two books of poetry. For many years, she also wrote a column for the Wayland Register.
She was a member of Wayland Chapter 499, Order of the Eastern Star, the Rochester Poetry Society, the Wayland United Methodist Church and its Women's Society and of the Wayland Lowell Club.
Mrs. Bennett was also active in Clara Barton American Red Cross Chapter. She had served several years as chairman of the unit's Wayland Branch. In the summer of 1963, she and Mrs. Schuyler B. Pratt went abroad and visited in Geneva, Switzerland, during the centennial year of the International Red Cross which was founded in that city. They reported on that visit at a chapter meeting following their return. Mrs. Bennett also was a member of the Wayland American Legion Auxiliary.
Surviving are her husband, Guy Bennett Sr.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Marion Johnson of Binghamton; a stepson, Guy B. Bennett Jr. of Wayland; six grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Melva Snyder and Mrs. Lucille Bartlett of Springwater; three brothers, Harold and Arthur Seward of Springwater and Horace Seward of Lakeville.
A funeral service was conducted in the Baird Funeral Home, Wayland, Monday afternoon. Burial was in Wayland Village Cemetery.
The Obituary of Clara Seward Mack Bennett
1898 - 6 June 1975
From the Genesee Country Express, 12 June 1975
Mrs. Clara Mack Bennett of 126 Lincoln St., Wayland, well-known author, die in Noyes Memorial Hospital Friday (June 6, 1975). She was 76.
Mrs. Bennett was a native of Springwater and had lived in this area all her life. She was the author of "Thoughts of a Country Woman" and "Easy Verses," two books of poetry. For many years, she also wrote a column for the Wayland Register.
She was a member of Wayland Chapter 499, Order of the Eastern Star, the Rochester Poetry Society, the Wayland United Methodist Church and its Women's Society and of the Wayland Lowell Club.
Mrs. Bennett was also active in Clara Barton American Red Cross Chapter. She had served several years as chairman of the unit's Wayland Branch. In the summer of 1963, she and Mrs. Schuyler B. Pratt went abroad and visited in Geneva, Switzerland, during the centennial year of the International Red Cross which was founded in that city. They reported on that visit at a chapter meeting following their return. Mrs. Bennett also was a member of the Wayland American Legion Auxiliary.
Surviving are her husband, Guy Bennett Sr.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Marion Johnson of Binghamton; a stepson, Guy B. Bennett Jr. of Wayland; six grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Melva Snyder and Mrs. Lucille Bartlett of Springwater; three brothers, Harold and Arthur Seward of Springwater and Horace Seward of Lakeville.
A funeral service was conducted in the Baird Funeral Home, Wayland, Monday afternoon. Burial was in Wayland Village Cemetery.
1898 - 6 June 1975
From the Genesee Country Express, 12 June 1975
Mrs. Clara Mack Bennett of 126 Lincoln St., Wayland, well-known author, die in Noyes Memorial Hospital Friday (June 6, 1975). She was 76.
Mrs. Bennett was a native of Springwater and had lived in this area all her life. She was the author of "Thoughts of a Country Woman" and "Easy Verses," two books of poetry. For many years, she also wrote a column for the Wayland Register.
She was a member of Wayland Chapter 499, Order of the Eastern Star, the Rochester Poetry Society, the Wayland United Methodist Church and its Women's Society and of the Wayland Lowell Club.
Mrs. Bennett was also active in Clara Barton American Red Cross Chapter. She had served several years as chairman of the unit's Wayland Branch. In the summer of 1963, she and Mrs. Schuyler B. Pratt went abroad and visited in Geneva, Switzerland, during the centennial year of the International Red Cross which was founded in that city. They reported on that visit at a chapter meeting following their return. Mrs. Bennett also was a member of the Wayland American Legion Auxiliary.
Surviving are her husband, Guy Bennett Sr.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Marion Johnson of Binghamton; a stepson, Guy B. Bennett Jr. of Wayland; six grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Melva Snyder and Mrs. Lucille Bartlett of Springwater; three brothers, Harold and Arthur Seward of Springwater and Horace Seward of Lakeville.
A funeral service was conducted in the Baird Funeral Home, Wayland, Monday afternoon. Burial was in Wayland Village Cemetery.
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