Marie Bennett
Published March 18, 2007
Longtime Whidbey Island resident Marie Bennett passed away March 18, 2007, in Auburn due to natural causes. She was 92.
Marie was born Dec. 10, 1914 in Sedro-Woolley. She lived in multiple locations along both U.S. coasts during World War II while her husband George was in the Coast Guard. They eventually settled in Tacoma and opened a flower nursery. They built their Ledgewood home in 1965. Marie lived there until 2002.
Marie is survived by her sister Phyllis, brother Don, daughter Dorothy, four grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be held 2 p.m., March 30, at St. James Episcopal Church in Kent. Contributions can be made to St. Augustine’s In-the-Woods Episcopal Church in Freeland.