Myrtle Rosheger Bennett passed away January 11, 2009 at Harbor Hospice. She was born May 28, 1912 to Nick and Margaret Fazande Rosheger and was a life long resident of Beaumont. A proud graduate of the class of 1929 from Beaumont High School, she married Carlo D. Bennett in Beaumont on August 12, 1939. The ten years between graduation and marriage, Myrtle worked as a sales clerk in department stores and helped care for her younger siblings.
Mrs. Bennett was a long time active member of Washington Boulevard Christian Church, and in later years First Christian Church of Beaumont. She remained active in church activities well into her late eighties. After her husband’s death in 1970, she went to work at the White House Department store for approximately eight years, where she had many customers and friends before retirement.
She is survived by her daughter, Sandra F. Franklin and her husband Ken of Houston; sons, Nick Bennett and his wife Billie of Denton, Jody Bennett of Mid County; granddaughters, Caroline Bennett and Emily Bennett both of Denton; brothers, Reverend Vincent Rosheger and his wife Nina Lee of Bozeman, Montana, P.J. Rosheger of Glenwood Springs, Colorado; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and seven sisters.
A graveside service will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont. A Gathering of family and friends will be Tuesday, January 13, 2009 from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the mortuary.
The family wishes to thank Beaumont Health Care on Lindbergh Drive for caring for their mother for the past eight years, and also a special “Thank you” to Mercedes (Mercy) Merrick, her former neighbor, who regularly visited Mrs. Bennett for her years at the nursing home.
