Samuel Bennett

Visitation: will be one hour prior to the service at 9:00 AM, at the Blanche Beck Memorial Chapel in Gillette.

Funeral Service: 10:00 AM, Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at the Blanche Beck Memorial Chapel in the Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Gillette, WY

Interment: will also be held 2:00 PM, Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at the Sheridan Elks Lodge #520 Memorial Cemetery in Sheridan, WY

Funeral service for Sam D. Bennett will be 10:00 AM, Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at the Blanche Beck Memorial Chapel in the Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Gillette, Wyoming with Pastor James McConnel of the Gillette Episcopal Church officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at 9:00 AM, at the Blanche Beck Memorial Chapel in Gillette. A graveside service will also be held 2:00 PM, Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at the Sheridan Elks Lodge #520 Memorial Cemetery in Sheridan, Wyoming. Stevenson-Wilson Funeral Home of Gillette is entrusted with the arrangements.

Sam Bennett, age 95, of Gillette, died Friday, May 28, 2004, at the Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Gillette, Wyoming of natural causes.

Samuel Dale Bennett, known to his family and friends as Sam, was born August 18, 1908, the son of James and Sara (Procunier) Bennett in Newcastle, Wyoming. As a young child, he moved with his parents to their homestead, just south east of Gillette, Wyoming, which is now known as Sleepy Hollow. He was raised and educated in Gillette, Wyoming. After his schooling, he helped on the family farm. On November 25, 1935, he married Ivalee Coy Osborn in Spearfish, South Dakota. In 1941, he moved to town and worked for the highway department and the City of Gillette until 1949, when he began working for the CB&Q Railroad, which took him and his family to Sheridan, Wyoming. In the early 1960s, he retired from the CB&Q Railroad. In the mid 1970s, after his wife passed away, he moved to Bakersfield, California. In 1985, he returned to Gillette, Wyoming. During his retirement, he was very active in the Campbell County Senior Center; he especially enjoyed playing cards there. In 1991, he moved into the Birchwood Apartments and in 2001, he became a resident of the Pioneer Manor Nursing Home.

Sam enjoyed fishing, hunting, and playing cards. He was also a lifetime member of the Elks BPO #520 in Sheridan, Wyoming. Sam enjoyed watching horse races and fireworks.

Sam is survived by three sons: Sam (Donna) Bennett; Jerry (Deborah Proctor) Bennett both of Gillette, Wyoming; Jack (Kay) Bennett of Boise, Idaho; two brothers: Charles Bennett of Oregon; Bob (Lilly) Bennett of Lewiston, Idaho; six grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife in 1971, and four brothers.

A memorial has been established in Sams name to benefit the Sheridan Elks PBO Lodge #520 Memorial Cemetery in Sheridan, Wyoming or the Campbell County Senior Center in Gillette, Wyoming. Donations and condolences may be sent in care of Stevenson-Wilson Funeral Home, 210 W. 5th Street, Gillette, Wyoming 82716 or via the internet at www.stevensonandsons.com.