Birth date: Mar 1, 1923 Death date: Oct 5, 2012
William Palmer Bennett of Federalsburg died at Compassionate Care in Richmond, KY on Friday, October 5, 2012. He was 89. He was born on March 1, 1923 in Salisbury, MD the son of the late Raymond Bennett and Lelia Shockley Bennett Read Obituary
Bill and family: We are so sorry that we just learned about the passing of your dad. We always enjoyed being with him and your mother. We have many, many golf stories that could be shared, along with many laughs. We know you will find strength each day to get through this difficult time. Blessings to you and we have surely lost a good friend. Gene and Lynda Palmatary, Centreville, Md.
SO SORRY TO HEAR OF THE PASSING OF MR. BENNETT. OUR SYMPATHY TO BILL AND STEVE. YOUR PARENTS WERE GOOD PEOPLE AND YOU ALL HAVE LEFT GOOD MEMORIES IN FEDERALSBURG. GOD BLESS YOU IN YOUR SORROW.
WAYNE AND MARIE [TURPIN] COULBOURNE
Bill and Steve, I am so sorry for your loss. Uncle William will be sorely missed. Always enjoyed seeing him when I came home and going to the VFW to get a good old cheese burger. Wish I could have been there to say good bye to your Dad.
The Family of Freddie Hubbard would like to express our sincere sympathy to "Bill and Betty's two sons and their families. Your Mother and Father were two of the greatest people I ever knew. When Freddie pasted away they were there for us in so many wonderful ways. We all thought the world of them and will never forget them. We know they both will be so Happy to be together again. God Bless all of you. Janet Hubbard Brown and her Family.
The Kozich and Hackett family would like to express its sincere sympathy on the passing of William P. (Bill) Bennett to his two sons William R. and Steven C. Bennett. We [Peggy Kozich Selser, M. Ellen Kozich, and Ella A. Kozich Hackett] have known Mr. Bennett and his family for many years. Ellen and Peggy lived on the same street as "Dickie and Stevie's" grandmother, Mrs Venus Carroll, and Ella lived a few houses away from Bill at 209 LIberty Road in Federalsburg. Peggy's friend Frieda lived with and/or visited her grandmother and Peggy met Bill's sons through that connection, probably about 50 or so years ago. She also knew Bill and Betty because Frieda's mother was Betty's sister.
My father, Charles Kozich, my uncle, Harry Hackett, and Bill served in WWII at the same time. As I have been cleaning up Aunt Ella's house, I have found many pictures of the three of them in their unifroms and pictures of Dickie and his father together. Mr. Bill was very kind to Aunt Ella after the death of Uncle Harry in 2003. He checked on her almost daily and she him. He visited her a number of times after she moved into an assisted living community in Salisbury, which was always a special treat for Aunt Ella (having a visitor from Federalsburg). As was my father and uncle, I am sure Bill was proud to serve his country.
Aunt Ella is still alive and doing quite well, and my mother, Ellen, resides with me and my husband, Alan, in Salisbury, Md. She, too, is doing well health wise. Ella (my father's sister) and my mother are both 94 years of age. We were aware already that Bill had moved to Kentucky after a recent illness. We hope he passed peacefully into the next life.
If I can be of help to the family in the disposal of the house and property I would be happy to hear from them. My address is Peggy Selser, 3068l Willis Way, Salisbury, MD 21804, telephone 410-749-2442 email [email protected].
I have found that as one adjusts to death or a change of circumstances, all sorts of memories from the past come to the surface again. They are not always good memories, but as time goes on, one tends to remember the good over the not so good, which is part of life. Aunt Ella had hundreds of pictures and other memorablilia which caused me to journey through the past. It is not an easy path, but I cannot say that I am not glad for my journey and the many memories evoked.
Again, our condolences to Bill's family.
Written by Peggy on behalf of all of us.
