Well Drilling for 36 years and retired in 2010. He was married to LaVerne Hall Bennett who survives. He was the son of the late Ray Algie Bennett and Sallie Bett Allen Bennett. He was born in Halifax County, VA on Augand was 75 Years of age. of Scottsburg, VA passed away July 13, 2021. Arrangements entrusted to the WALL-CUSTANCE FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL, 206 Norfolk St., Guelph (51/Dale Bennett, Sr. James the Apostle Anglican Church, Guelph would be appreciated. James the Apostle Anglican Church, 86 Glasgow St., Guelph on Wednesday, Februat 1 p.m. A service of celebration will be held at St. She loved young people and for most of her years shared their energy and always shared their enthusiasm for joy. Her children’s friends seemed to see things in Madeline that it took her children years to see themselves. She touched many lives and invariably people were drawn to her. Hers was a life well lived, one of serenity and grace, love and laughter. She is also survived by her nine grandchildren Lorie, Christopher, Jonathan, Michael, Stephanie, Joey, Trent, Kathryn and Natalie, great grandchildren (both current and pending) as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She is survived by her children Frances Bennett of Castro Valley California, Roger Bennett (Christy) Centreville Nova Scotia, Peter Bennett (Elva) of Saskatoon Saskatchewan and Susan Bennett (Gary Gushue) of Kitchener Ontario. Madeline was predeceased by her parents Ernest and Florence Glenn, her sister Florence Glenn, her brother Leonard Glenn, her sister Phyllis Dickson, and her husband of 52 years Ralph Ernest Bennett. They would frequently gather at Madeline’s home for spiritual discussions, good food and friendship. James the Apostle congregation in Guelph and helped form a widows group that brought much solace to newly bereaved widows of that congregation. Both had been to Florence separately in the thirties but now they were able to get there together in the last year of Ralph s life. They particularly enjoyed being able to travel to the UK with their children on different occasions and to Italy with their eldest daughter. They then began to travel and were fortunate to make a number of trips around North America and to Europe together before health considerations slowed them down. After Ralph’s retirement they moved to Guelph where Madeline was able to attend classes at the University of Guelph. It was an exhilarating time and Madeline was in the thick of it. For several years all their spare time was involved in putting on plays and encouraging the development of young actors and theatre people, many of whom went on to careers in the arts. There they were instrumental in helping to establish the Meaford Town Hall Players, a theatre group, and the Laughing Water Festival. After returning to Ontario, Madeline and Ralph settled in Meaford, a small town on the western shores of Georgian Bay. They would gather at her house with their professors and discuss a variety of subjects. A voracious reader throughout her life, she blossomed when able to share her studies with the young students in her classes. She loved philosophy and English literature. These were busy times with many distractions but even so Madeline was able to pursue the education that had been interrupted by the Depression and the Second World War. Four children ensued and they moved first to Montreal and then to California before returning to Ontario via Michigan. They were married in 1942 and spent their honeymoon canoeing in Algonquin (in the rain). Madeline was not having any of it and it took some time for Ralph to gain her favour. Ralph had the audacity to read her fortune and to suggest that they would be married. Madeline met Ralph Bennett while on a hostelling bike trip to Mount Albert. She returned to Toronto and worked as a bookbinder with Douglas Duncan at the Picture Loan Society where she was privileged to meet many of Canada s up and coming artists. She accompanied her sister Florence who was on a singing tour of France and Italy. In Paris she studied bookbinding while polishing her French. Madeline was fortunate to travel to France and Italy in the 30 s before the onset of the war. Those early years were a special time and often brought fond memories to the surface when recounting stories of their times together on camping trips to Algonquin and elsewhere. The Shawnees as they were know were a band of girls who formed a lifelong bond and celebrated their friendship on many occasions right up the present even as their numbers diminished. Madeline was an early and active participant in the CGIT at St. She grew up at the Beach (now the Beaches) in Toronto at a time when the world was transitioning from the Victorian to the modern age. Hers was a life full of music, love and adventure. BENNETT, Madeline Born Madeline Glenn in Toronto, Madeline died in Guelph Februwith her family by her side.
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