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OAKWOOD CEMETERY, Bennington, Shiawassee, Michigan

Section 2

This section is located in the southwest corner of the cemetery, bound by the drive entering off M-52 and exiting onto Bennington Road and the roads themselves.  The stones were numbered from the north (drive) to the south (Bennington Road).  The rows were numbered from the west (M-52) to the east (drive).

row 1

1

Robert HUDSON Jr.

US Navy

World War II

1919-1992

2

Louie E. LUFT

Michigan

PFC 41 Balloon Co Air Service

World War I

April 23, 1895 - March 20, 1947

row 2

3

Veteran marker, no stone

4

Albert R. RIDEOUT

1933-1990

5

VanHOUSEN

Mom                  married                       Dad

Irene M              Oct. 2,                        Robert T.

1919-1996         1942                          1916-

double stone

6

LUFT

Dad

Edward E.

June 8, 1907

March. 4, 1978

7

LUFT

Mom

Ila I.

August 21, 1917

Octobert 7, 1999

row 3

8

LUFT

F. Lee                          Virginia L.

1936-1985                   1938-1998

double stone

row 4

9

MACKLIN

Geraldine                      Leroy N.

August 17, 1945           December 8, 1941

                                    August 8, 1992

double stone

10

KUIPERS

Vickie A.            married              Robert D.

1947                  Dec. 18, 1963   1947-1989

double stone

11

EARLY

Merlyn              married              Paul

“Petie”              May 16,            “Papa”

Jan. 6, 1948     1970                 Jan.24, 1948

Nov. 19, 1997

double stone

12

ARISS

Marie F.            married                   James F.

1938-1997       January 28, 1957    1936-2001

double stone

13

SHEETS

Plen J.                   Barbara L

1921-1997           1945

double stone

row 5

14

Our precious Daughter

Ashley Lauren BROTHERS

Nov. 7, 1990

Dec. 5, 1990

15

Loving Mother

Elmeda N. MACKLIN

Dec. 1, 1920

Oct. 22, 2000

16

Denny K. MACKLIN

Nov. 16, 1952

Feb. 22, 2000

Loving Father, Son, Brother and Friend

row 6

17

My Son

Billy R. DUMOND

1970- 1973

18

Audrey J. DUMOND

Aug. 30, 1926-

Robert Carl DUMOND

Michigan

S 1 US Navy

World War II

Nov. 7, 1923    - July 8, 1973

double stone

19

CAVERLY

Berniece I.                       Harry E.

July 24, 1926                   Dec 28, 1929

March 23, 1987               May. 30, 2000

double stone

20

HICKMOTT

Lorna G.                 married             Wayne A.

1943-                     July 14, 1962     1943-1994

double stone

row 7

21

NOBLE

Ruberta M.                     John A.

1915-1997                     1907-1985

double stone

22

Beloved Mother, Grandmother & great Grandmother “Mimi”

Marguerite G. HEARIN

April 23, 1919

December 13, 1994

23

Husband

William E. PRATT

May 23, 1938 - June 19, 1967

24

Beloved Husband

Harry WIELER Jr.

1924-1974

25

Rose M.                    Ronald H.

1947-                       1945-1990

WIELER

double stone-veteran marker

row 8

26

William E. OVIATT

1937-2000

27

OVIATT

Doris B.                   married             Don A.

1906-                      June 30, 1926   1904-1978

double stone

28

COLLINS

Mabel E.                    Charles M.

1886-1969                1886-1972

double stone

29

Wayne LeRoy ANDREWS

US Navy

Korea

Jan. 8, 1934 - Jul. 11, 2000

30

GARDNER

Claude                     Ruth SAWYER

1900-1969              1903-1986

double stone

row 9

31

ALEXANDER

Delbert E.                 Margaret A.

1919-                       1924-

double stone

32

FOSTER

Glen B.                     Margaret

1901-1976               1910-1999

double stone

33

Jean OLMSTEAD WARREN

Dec. 28, 1925

34

Basil George WARREN

Nov. 19, 1907

Apr. 13, 1985

35

LEONARD

Pauline A.                     Russell C.

1915-                           1912-

double stone

36

COULSON

Edwin

1925-1994

double stone left side is blank

37

SCHMIDTFRANZ

Ethel M.               married              Wayne A.

1928-                  Sept. 27, 1947   1928-

double stone

row 10

38

Mary E. CLAYTON

1887-1950

39

JENISON

Beth E.                           Chester B.

1922-1996                     1910-1972

                                      Vet WWII

double stone-veteran marker

40

FOESZ

Anna B.                        Alfred J.

1896-1976                   1891-1978

double stone

41

GALE

Husband                           Wife

Earl W.                             Helen A.

1903-1990                       1908-1985

double stone

42

MILLER

Mother                             Father

Imelda F. (BACON)        Donald J.

Feb. 17, 1931                   January 21, 1925

                                       November 27, 1998

double stone

row 11

43

LONG

Berniece                           Harold E.

1897-1984                      1895-1972

double stone

44

Chester L. CASE

S 1 US Navy

Apr. 5, 1905 - Mar. 20, 1974

45

Leota E. CASE

July 22, 1916

Mar. 12, 1997

46

Clifford W. WRIGHT

WR  US Army

Korea

1933-1993

47

Maurice SCHELL

May 2, 1932 - July 31, 1999

Read and prepared by S. Gorman October 2002. Copyright © 2002 – 2003.