GENEVIEVE BENNETT, Obituary

FORT BENTON Genevieve Pauline Bennett, 86, died Monday, Oct. 14, 2002, of natural causes.

Memorial service will be 1 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church in Fort Benton. A reception will follow.

Genny was born on Aug. 20, 1916, in Big Sandy to Ida B. and Jesse "Gene" Willis. She grew up on the family homestead, ESKAY, south of Big Sandy in the Hopp/Illiad area with her parents, sister and brother.

On Aug. 5, 1945, she married Ray. L. Bennett. They worked on the family farm until 1955, when Ray decided to buy a grocery store and move to Fort Benton. Working side by side, they ran Bennett'...