The funeral of Lyman C. Bennett, father of Principal George L. Bennett of the Yonkers High School, who was asphyxiated yesterday at his home, will be held tomorrow afternoon. Services will be conducted at Mr. Bennett's late residence, 375 Bellevue Avenue, at 1 o'clock. The Rev. Wendell Prime Keeler, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Interment will take place in Mount Hope Cemetery. Coroner Fitzgerald, following an investigation of the death yesterday of Mr. Bennett, decided that death was accidental, that Mr. Bennett, who was subject to heart trouble, became faint and fell against a gas range in the kitchen of his home, turning on the fumes which asphyxiated him. Mr. Bennett was born at Clayton, Jefferson County, June 30, 1847. He attended the public schools at Clayton, later taking up farming. Subsequently, Mr. Bennett was employed by the New York Central Railroad and still later he went back to farming at Lowville, Lewis County. Mr. Bennett was married to Miss Lena O. Marshall at Clayton in 1868. Mrs. Bennett died in 1899. He came to Yonkers about four years ago, making his home with his son, Principal Bennett of the Yonkers High School. Besides his son, Mr. Bennett also leaves a daughter, Mrs. D. M. Rice at South Orange.
-obituary published in The Yonkers Statesman, Wednesday, 10/8/1924-2132
-obituary published in The Yonkers Statesman, Wednesday, 10/8/1924-2132
The funeral of Lyman C. Bennett, father of Principal George L. Bennett of the Yonkers High School, who was asphyxiated yesterday at his home, will be held tomorrow afternoon. Services will be conducted at Mr. Bennett's late residence, 375 Bellevue Avenue, at 1 o'clock. The Rev. Wendell Prime Keeler, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Interment will take place in Mount Hope Cemetery. Coroner Fitzgerald, following an investigation of the death yesterday of Mr. Bennett, decided that death was accidental, that Mr. Bennett, who was subject to heart trouble, became faint and fell against a gas range in the kitchen of his home, turning on the fumes which asphyxiated him. Mr. Bennett was born at Clayton, Jefferson County, June 30, 1847. He attended the public schools at Clayton, later taking up farming. Subsequently, Mr. Bennett was employed by the New York Central Railroad and still later he went back to farming at Lowville, Lewis County. Mr. Bennett was married to Miss Lena O. Marshall at Clayton in 1868. Mrs. Bennett died in 1899. He came to Yonkers about four years ago, making his home with his son, Principal Bennett of the Yonkers High School. Besides his son, Mr. Bennett also leaves a daughter, Mrs. D. M. Rice at South Orange.
-obituary published in The Yonkers Statesman, Wednesday, 10/8/1924-2132
-obituary published in The Yonkers Statesman, Wednesday, 10/8/1924-2132
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