Charles Doyle Bennett Sr.

Charles D. "Chuck" Bennett Sr. 77, a Wenatchee area resident for over 70 years, passed away at his home in East Wenatchee on Thursday evening, August 4, 2011, following a sudden illness. He was born on February 5, 1934, at Miller, SD to the late Charles & Bertha (Ruston) Bennett. As a young child, he moved with his family to Wenatchee, where he started first grade at Whitman Elementary School, attended Lewis and Clark Middle School and Wenatchee High School. He graduated from Wenatchee High School in 1952, and went to work at the Keokuk Silicon Metal Plant in Rock Island. He was married to Ruth Elizabeth Dorsett on June 6, 1954, in Wenatchee, and made their first home briefly in East Wenatchee, before moving in the early 1960's to the Baker Flats area. They returned to make their home in East Wenatchee in 1971. He continued working at Keokuk, later becoming Foreman and continued his employment with them through the name changes to Hannah Mining and SMI. He retired in 1996, and later that year became a Greeter at Wal- Mart. He has since continued visiting with the customers at Wal-Mart, where he especially enjoyed running into old schoolmates. He enjoyed watching his family members and grandkids play sports and following his children's careers. He is survived by his wife, Ruth Bennett, East Wenatchee; three daughters and two son's-in-law, Teresa and Steve Cox, Goldendale, WA; Alice and Bruce Dawson, Waterville; Cynthia Mitchell, Clarkston, WA; one son and daughter-in-law, Charles D. Jr., and Paula Bennett, Wenatchee; one sister and brother-in-law, Mary and Hugh Newberry, Cashmere; one brother, Carl Bennett, Wenatchee; 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Lawrence Bennett, Clarence Bennett; and three sisters, Doris Weeks, Margaret Kushel & Fern Highfill. Commemoration Services will be held on Wednesday, August 10, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. at the Valley View Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1201 10th St NE, East Wenatchee, with Pastor Jason Canfield officiating. Concluding services and the Entombment will follow in the Evergreen Memorial Park, Mausoleum. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Tuesday from noon to 8:00 p.m. Friends who wish may make a memorial contribution in his name at any Peoples Bank location. Please sign in or leave a memory for the family online at www.HeritageMemorialChapel.com. Arrangements are in the care of Heritage Memorial Chapel, East Wenatchee.

Charles Doyle Bennett Sr.

February 5, 1934 - August 4, 2011