The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., Jan 26, 1989, page 12

ROBERT BENNINGTON

     Robert Harold Bennington, died Saturday at his home in Bingen, at the age of 77.
     He was born July 18, 1911, in West Union, Ohio, to Mr. and Mrs. William Bennington. He spent most of his young life as a farmer in Ohio and always said he wanted to go West. This he did in 1940. He married his wife, Margaret Wotton of Trout Lake, on Aug. 14, 1942, in Reno, Nev. He learned to play the guitar at an early age and music was always a very important part of his life. He had his own Western band at one time, but later played only in church and for senior citizens.
     During his early year in the West, he worked in the logging industry and sawmills. He returned to Ohio in 1964, where he joined the heavy equipment union and worked as an operator until his retirement in 1973. He returned West in 1979 and bought a house in Bingen, where he lived the remainder of his life.
     He is survived by his wife, Margaret, Bingen; sons Robert W., Portland, and Barry, Pebbles, Ohio; daughters Ann Edres, Hillsboro, Ore., Marelne Starr, White Salmon, Misty Lynn Bennington, Manchester, Ohio, and Bonnie Jean Douglas, Hood River; a sister Irene King, Blue Creek, Ohio; a brother Roy Dale Bennington, Blue Creek; six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
     Services were held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Gardner Funeral Home, with Rev. Dave Garrison officiating. Interment was in the White Salmon Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Heart and Lung Association.

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