Leonard, Thelma Mae

1912 - 1993  (81 years)

• Name	Leonard, Thelma Mae
  Birth	5 May 1912	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	LEON.T002
  _FGRAVE	40912703
  Death	13 Dec 1993	Starke Memorial Hospital, Knox, Starke County, Indiana
  Burial	Crown Hill Cemetery, Knox, Starke County, Indiana
  Person ID	I28732	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Leonard, Maurice Manly,   b. 29 Apr 1878, Clay County, Illinois d. 10 Jan 1968 (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Johnson, Clara,   b. 7 Apr 1888   d. 14 Nov 1939 (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	1904
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 25 years and 8 months - She : ~ 15 years and 8 months.
  Family ID	F12212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bennett, Chester Edward,   b. 1907   d. 1953 (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F19169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Thelma M. Bennett May 5, 1912 - Dec. 13, 1993 KNOX -- Services for Thelma M. Bennett, 81, of 25 N. Indiana 35, who died at 1:50 a.m. Monday in Starke Memorial Hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Braman and Son Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Eagle Creek Church. Mrs. Bennett was employed at the Knox License Bureau for years, Cook's Jewelry Store and Alan's Jewelry Store, and was the former owner of Farmer's Feed Store. She was born May 5, 1912, in Clay City, Ill. On June 16, 1930, in Plymouth, she married Chester "Chet" Bennett. He died Dec. 12, 1953. Surviving are four daughters, Barbara Gilliand of Dodge Center, Minn., Beverly Olson and Betty Osterreicher, both of Knox, and Bernice Koby of Cedar Lake, Ind.; two sons, Ben and Bruce, both of Knox; 16 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and five sisters, Violet Hasnerl, Maxine Binkowski and Dessie Anderson, all of Knox, Pansy Nulf and Betty Galloway, both of LaPorte. A son, Bill, died in December 1964. --The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, IN), Tues., Dec. 14, 1993, Pg. 17