Beverley Bennett Passes in Medford


Beverley Loree Bennett
The memorial service for Beverley Bennett will be held Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 3:30 p.m., at the Sunset Room of the Rogue Valley Manor, 1200 Mira Mar Avenue, Medford, Ore. Private inurnment will be in Mountain View Cemetery, Ashland, Ore.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to a scholarship fund for women physical education majors.
Miss Bennett, 82, formerly of Ashland, died Friday, October 31, 2008 at her Medford residence.
Miss Bennett was born November 19, 1926 in Dallas, Oregon to Albert J. Bennett and the former Myrtle C. Chase.
She was a graduate of the University of Oregon with Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Health and Physical Education, and advanced studies at the University of California, Berkeley. After teaching two years at the University of Oregon she moved to Ashland and taught thirty-four years at Southern Oregon State College (currently SOU) where she was one of two women of twelve initial inductees into the S.O.S.C., Athletic Hall of Fame.
Miss Bennett was a member of the Ashland City Council from 1984 to 1987, at which time she moved to the Rogue Valley Manor in Medford. There she continued her community involvement by serving as Vice-President and President of the Residents' Council; past chair of the Health Center Service and Health Services Advisory Committee; co-chair and chair of other various committees serving the Manor residents.
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