BENNET, Norman A.

Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona November 23, 1967 Wednesday Rites For Mr. Bennet Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon for Norman A. Bennet, widely know Wickenburg resident and businessman in the years following World War II who died November 18 in Community Hospital. The services will be conducted by the Rev. William D. White, Rector, at St. Alban's Episcopal Church. Burial will be in the Wickenburg Cemetery with graveside services by the American Legion followed by Masonic rites. Known to everyone as "Pappy," Mr. Bennet was born July 4, 1896 in London, England. He came to this country as a boy but returned to England when that country entered World War II, enlisting as an ambulance driver. He later transferred to the French army and then to the American forces upon this country's entry into the war. He came to Arizona in 1938 and with his wife Isabelle established and operated the 89'er Cafe in Peeple's Valley. In 1944 they moved to Wickenburg where Mr. Bennet founded the Hassayampa Butane Corp., distributing bottled gas over a large area. Upon the sale of that concern he engaged briefly in the real estate business, then, again with the aid of Mrs. Bennet, took over the operation of the restaurant five miles east of town which they named Pappy's Pepperwood Canyon Supper Club. After three years in Pepperwood Canyon, the Bennets moved to Phoenix where they had made their home until returning to Wickenburg to live two years ago. Mr. Bennet was active in many civic affairs, especially the local veteran organization, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and World War I Veterans. He, in conjunction with Roy Richards and Jim Cantrell, neither of whom now live here, negotiated for the purchase, by the Legion, of the building on Frontier Street which has been the Legion's home since. Mr. Bennet is survived by his wife Isabelle; two sons, Petty Officers 1st Class Fred Bennet in the Submarine Service and Sgt. John Bennet, with the U. S. Army in Vietnam; a daughter, Mrs. Leon Parma of San Diego and a sister living in Nice, France. The two sons were flown home for the funeral services. Four grandchildren also survive.