Obituary for Arthur Bennett
BENNETT: ARTHUR GARNET
Peacefully at Huron Residential Hospice, Clinton, on Thursday April 28, 2022. Mr. Arthur Garnet Bennett BSc, P.Ag. of Bayfield in his 99th year. Beloved husband of Jean (Patterson) Bennett for 67 years. Loving father of Marie, John (Megan), and Miriam. Cherished grandfather of Brian (Kaya), and Luke. Dear brother of Jack (Joan), and Molly (Ted). He will be missed by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents Garnet & May Bennett, and by siblings Alice, Fred (Betty), Jim, and Dwight (Erma) and nephew James.
Art was one of seven brothers and sisters born on the family farm in Spencerville, Ontario. He trained as a paratrooper during WWII and then attended both Kemptville Agricultural School (’48) and Ontario Agricultural College (’51) before completing a long and distinguished career with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Art then spent 40 plus years in his retirement splitting time between the farm in Huron County and the cottage on High Lake. Art stayed involved in many agricultural ventures and was a Senator of the University of Guelph. He was inducted into the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame in 2013. He was an avid gardener and orchard tender, water-skier, Boom Island Hunt Camp executive and the navigator as he and Jean traversed Ontario and the Northern US on their many road trips.
As per Art’s wishes there will be no visitation or funeral. A private family interment will be held at Union Cemetery, Spencerville, Ontario at a later date. Messages of Condolence for the Bennett Family are welcome at www.falconerfuneralhomes.com Funeral arrangements entrusted to Falconer Funeral Homes – Clinton.
Peacefully at Huron Residential Hospice, Clinton, on Thursday April 28, 2022. Mr. Arthur Garnet Bennett BSc, P.Ag. of Bayfield in his 99th year. Beloved husband of Jean (Patterson) Bennett for 67 years. Loving father of Marie, John (Megan), and Miriam. Cherished grandfather of Brian (Kaya), and Luke. Dear brother of Jack (Joan), and Molly (Ted). He will be missed by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his parents Garnet & May Bennett, and by siblings Alice, Fred (Betty), Jim, and Dwight (Erma) and nephew James.
Art was one of seven brothers and sisters born on the family farm in Spencerville, Ontario. He trained as a paratrooper during WWII and then attended both Kemptville Agricultural School (’48) and Ontario Agricultural College (’51) before completing a long and distinguished career with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Art then spent 40 plus years in his retirement splitting time between the farm in Huron County and the cottage on High Lake. Art stayed involved in many agricultural ventures and was a Senator of the University of Guelph. He was inducted into the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame in 2013. He was an avid gardener and orchard tender, water-skier, Boom Island Hunt Camp executive and the navigator as he and Jean traversed Ontario and the Northern US on their many road trips.
As per Art’s wishes there will be no visitation or funeral. A private family interment will be held at Union Cemetery, Spencerville, Ontario at a later date. Messages of Condolence for the Bennett Family are welcome at www.falconerfuneralhomes.com Funeral arrangements entrusted to Falconer Funeral Homes – Clinton.