Berniece Gladys Bennett

Berniece G. Zimmer Bennett, 101, of Tipton, died Saturday at 1:45 AM, Cedar Manor Nursing Home, Tipton. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 10:30 AM, First United Methodist Church, Tipton. Burial will follow in the Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 4:00 - 7:00 PM at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. A memorial has been established for the First United Methodist Church. Berniece was born on September 6, 1910 in Neola, Iowa to Royal M. and Elsie Lee Jones Zimmer. She was a 1927 graduate of the Ida-Grove High School and received her Public School Music Degree from the Iowa State Teachers College in 1931. Berniece was united in marriage to Ralph Stephen Bennett on June 1, 1935 in Otho, Iowa. Berniece was a music teacher, mother, housewife and bookkeeper for the family business, Bennett Plumbing & Heating, in Tipton. She was a long-time member of the First United Methodist Church, Tipton Study Club, Child Conservation League, Mary Martha Circle, and Cecelians Glee Club, all of Tipton. Berniece is survived by her daughter, Karen L. Hux of Hunt, Texas; her son, Stephen and wife, Ann, of Littleton, Colorado; 4 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband who died February 2, 1988.