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Surnames: BENNETT, BORUFF, GAINEY, HARRIS, HOLT, RILEY
Classification: Obituary
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THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, January 22, 1959,
Volume LXXXIV, Number 15, Page 1, Column 2, “County Native Taken By Death.” [Transcribed
on November 28, 2005 by RLJ from microfilm of the original newspaper on file in the
Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library.]
Mrs. Frances Elazan “Fannie” (BENNETT) GAINEY, 84-year-old resident of Owensburg, died at
3:30 o’clock Monday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Edith BORUFF, of Owensburg.
She had been seriously ill for two weeks.
Mrs. GAINEY was born in Greene County on April 7, 1874, and was the daughter of George and
Nancy (RILEY) BENNETT. She was the widow of Riley Owens GAINEY, who preceded her in death
in 1894. Mrs. GAINEY was a member of the Owensburg Baptist Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. BORUFF, at whose home she died, and Mrs. Jennie HOLT, of
Danville, Illinois; a son, George GAINEY, of Koleen; four grandchildren, and 11
great-grandchildren. A son Walter GAINEY, also preceded her in death. Three brothers,
Clyde BENNETT, of Scotland; Ora BENNETT, of Linton; Ott BENNETT, of Doans, and a sister
Mrs. Minnie HARRIS, of Chicago, Illinois, also survives.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon at the Owensburg Baptist Church. The Rev. Merla CRAIG was the
officiating minister, and burial in charge of the Lehman Funeral Home, was made in the
Scotland Cemetery.
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Link to the Obituary of her mother, Nancy (RILEY) BENNETT [1849OH—1931IN]:
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Link to the Obituary of her father, George Washington BENNETT [1838OH—1909IN], A Civil War
Veteran:
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Link to the Obituary of her brother, Otto Bointman BENNETT [1886IN—1969IN]:
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Link to the Obituary of her brother, Oren Wilbur BENNETT [1878IN—1960IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/rw/localities.northam.usa.state...
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Link to the Obituary of her maternal grandfather, Elza S. RILEY [1806PA—1878IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.n...
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Link to the Obituary of her sister, Ellen Florence (BENNETT) EMERY [1872IN—1948IN]:
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