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- Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 9/9/1969
NIAGARA FALLS - Funer-
al services have been scheduled
for Thursday for two Niagara
Falls men killed about 9 a.m.
Monday when an auto crashed
into the read of a refuse truck
in Lockport Road, Town of
Wheatfield.
Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Robert Nagel
and Deputy Richard Bunnell
said the refuse truck, owned by
Niagara Sanitation Service, 85
Michigan St., Buffalo, was stopped
in the westbound lane when
a westbound car, driven by Den
nis S. Barnette, 35, of 1335 Ash
land Ave., Niagara Falls, crash
ed into the rear of it.
They said Kenneth Bennion,
54, of 569 Third St., a sanitation
worker, was standing behind
the truck at the time of fte
crash.
Mr. Barnette and Mr. Bennion
were pronounced dead at
the scene, A second sanitation
worker, Roy Doolittle, 61, of 334
First St., Niagara Falls, was released
after treatment at Niag
era Falls Memorial Hospital for
chest, back, arm and hand in
juries.
Services for Mr. Barnette will
be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at
the Rhoney Funeral Home. The
Rev. John Del Turco of the
Walnut Ave. Christian Church
will officiate. Burial wW be in
Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr. Barnette attended Ntaga
ra Falls High School, served
four years in the U.S. Navy and
worked at various Loblaw stores
in the area until joining Harri
son Radiator Division, General
Motors Corp,
Survivors include a son. Denms
J, Barnette of Olympia,
Wash.; two daughters. Miss Robin
Barnette of Olympia, Wash
and Miss Barbara Barnette of
North Tonawanda; his mother,
Mrs. J. Marvin Barnette of Ni-
agara Falls; a brother, James
E. Barnette of Niagara Falls'
two sisters, Miss Janice Barnet-
te of Niagara Falls and Mrs.
Alfred Harvey of San Jose, Cal-
if.
Funeral services for Mr.
Bennion will be held at 1:30
p.m. Thursday at the Cornell
and Daggett Funeral Home,
Niagara Falls. The Rev. Cuthbert
MacLean, rector of St.
Stephen's Episcopal Church,
will officiate. Burial will be in
akwood Cemetery.
Mr. Bennion was a native of
Warsaw. He had lived in Niagara
Falls since 1932 and had
been a foreman at the Kimberly
- Clark Corp. and at the
Vanadiitm Corp. before becoming
a truck driver for the sanitation
firm.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs, Virginia Bennion; two
daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Mar
garet) Dougherty of Niagara
Falls and Miss Cynthia Bennion
at home; two sons, Kenneth
and William, both at
home; a sister, Mrs. John Bossier
of Batavia; a granddaughter
and several nieces and ne
phews.
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