Clarence Harold Bennett

CLARENCE HAROLD BENNETT (9-28-1926 / 8-11-1992) BORN IN DETROIT, MI . MARRIED: MARY MARGARET CHOATE ON SEPTEMBER 5TH.1949. MARY MARGARET (CHOATE) (BENNETT) STOWERS (9-27-1931 / 12-21-2002 ) CLARE WAS A GUNNER IN THE NAVY (USA) DURING WWII. HE WORKED FOR GENERAL MOTORS IN LIVONIA, MI. HE WAS IN THE TOOL AND DIE TRADE. CLARE AND MARGARET WERE DIVORCED ON JUNE 30TH, 1967. THEIR CHILDREN LIVED WITH CLARE AFTER THE DIVORCE. HIS MOTHER HAZEL LIVED WITH CLARE AFTER HIS FATHER DIED. CLARE IS PROBABLY BEST REMEMBERED FOR HIS LOVE OF READING. CLARENCE AND MARGARET HAD 3 CHILDREN. KAREN SUE BENNETT (3-7-1950 / 8-12-2003 ) BRUCE WAYNE BENNETT (9-6-1952 - ) JEFFREY DEAN BENNETT (10-11-1956 - ) SECOND MARRIAGE: JUNE 6TH, 1970. NANCY LOUISE (KELLY) SMITH. (8-3-1934 / ) THERE WERE NO CHILDREN BY THIS MARRIAGE. NANCY'S CHILDREN RICHARD ALLAN SMITH (10-5-1953 - ) DEBRA LYNN SMITH (3-11-1956 - ) THOMAS JOSEPH SMITH (4-12-1957 - ) ELIZABETH ANN SMITH (6-17-1959 - ) CLARE DIED OF CANCER OF THE LUNGS SHORTLY BEFORE HE WAS TO RETIRE.