This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BRD.2ACEB/4759 Message Board Post: Muncie Star/Press, Muncie, IN April 9, 2003 Robert E. Bennett, 76 MUNCIE - Robert Eugene Bennett, 76, Muncie, passed away Monday evening at Ball Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was born March 25, 1927, in Muncie and was a lifetime resident. Mr. Bennett graduated from Muncie Central High School. He was employed at Chevrolet of Muncie for 30 years and was the general superintendent before retiring. Mr. Bennett was a member of Sound the Alarm Church. He was a proud Navy veteran who served in Okinawa during World War II. Survivors include wife loving wife of 55 years, Vetchell Criswell Bennett; two daughters, Lynda Stoner (husband: Earl), Muncie, and Vicki Duncan (husband: Walter), Muncie; a son, John Bennett, Noblesville; six grandchildren, Shawn Stoner (wife: Anne Marie) Winnetka, Calif., Christina Norman (husband: Casey) Muncie, Susanne Hanks (husband: Cbristopher), Muncie, Justin Duncan (wife: Shannon), Muncie, and Jeremy Duncan (wife: Brandy), Farmland; and six great-grandchildren, Emmett Robert Stoner, Riley Stoner, Lauren Hanks, Madeline Hanks, Hunter Dorgan and Hannah Norman. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Shirley McCormack; and a brother, Max Bennett. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Parson Mortuary with Rev. Ray Landes officiating. Burial will follow in Gardens of Memory Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the mortuary. Military rites will be conducted by the Veterans of Delaware County Honor Guard at the cemetery. Memorials may be given to the American Cancer Society. Online condolences may be sent to www. parsonmortuary.com (I also have a small picture that was included with the obit. If interested, please email me. ~cheryl)