Alice Bennett

She was a woman before her time. She dedicated her life to educating children whether they were her own or those who lived in the community she loved and served. ""Miss Alice"" began her teaching career as a second grade teacher at Cannelton Elementary School. She worked there from 1946-1948. She took some time off to begin her family but returned to teaching in Troy, Indiana where she instructed special education students. She then took another maternity leave but was requested by name to join the Tell City School District as a homebound instructor during the 1964-65 school year. In January of 1966, the Superintendent of the Cannelton School District personally called her to return to her home school to teach once again. She continued working for the Cannelton City Schools from 1966 until her retirement in 1990 balancing both family and career. ""Miss Alice"" began the first Kindergarten classes in Cannelton. She also pioneered the Cannelton Elementary Fall Festival Queen Coronation which has become a community traditional event. This year marked the 64th Annual Fall Festival and was the first year ""Miss Alice"" missed since she initiated it. Mrs. Bennett loved to follow sports - especially the Bulldogs and the Cincinnati Reds. She belonged to the Cannelton Booster Club and attended all of the games proudly wearing her black and gold. She also loved following her grandchildren's sporting events as well. She was a lifelong member of St. John's United Church of Christ in Cannelton; she sang in the church choir there and also participated in the Women's Guild. She was a member and past president of the Harry G. Myers Post #142 American Legion Auxiliary. She was a member of the Indiana Retired Teachers' Association. She served on the Cannelton Library Board. Her hobbies were raising children, doing crossword and jigsaw puzzles, playing euchre, and shopping on Saturdays with her family. Surviving her are her nine children and their families, Daughter, Jane Snyder, her husband, Ken, Cannelton and their family, Matthew and Andrea Snyder, Jeffersonville, Indiana, their children, Alexandria Snyder, of Richland, Indiana, Zachary, Sarah, Joshua and Elijah Nunn, Borden, Indiana, Michael Snyder, Amber Roby, their children, Rylan Snyder, Ayla Snyder, all of Spring Hills, Tennessee, Timothy Snyder, Cannelton and Andreas Hagan, Copenhagen Denmark Daughter, Marsha Stowe, Newburgh, Indiana, Kristy and Jamie Holland and daughters, Kylie and Katelyn Holland, Newburgh, Neil and Andrea Stowe, and daughters, Lydia and Meredith Stowe, Newburgh, Adam and Amber Stowe, their children Brayden and Emma Stowe, Brandenburg, Kentucky Daughter, Kathy Labhart, her husband, Jerry, Flaherty, Kentucky, and their children, Chad Labhart, Flaherty, Kentucky and Alicia Labhart, Fishers, Indiana Son, William ""Bill"" Bennett, Cannelton, and his family, Geoff and Lindsay Bennett, and their son, Hank Bennett, Newburgh, Mary Kate and Michael Hurt and their children, Nathan, Ethan and Lyla Hurt of Rockport, Indiana and Jacob Bennett, Newburgh, Indiana Daughter, Beverly ""Ginger"" Conrad and her husband, Bill, Tell City, and their family, Amanda and Nathan Hopster and their children, Payton, Lilly, Kalyssa and Berytt Hopster, Mariah Hill, and David ""Andy"" Conrad and his fiance' Kati Webb and her twins Kami and Uriah, Evansville Daughter, Debbie Bennett-Stearsman and her husband, Dr. Bradley Stearsman, Owensboro, Kentucky, and their family, Emily Thomasson and Thea Lynne Thomasson, Owensboro, Maria Gerlach and Kaylee Basham, Tell City, Maria's fiance', Mike Shouse, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Eli Gerlach and his fiance' Tiffaney Vaal and her son Braydon Vaal, Tell City Daughter, Angela Henning and her husband Rob, Tell City, and their family, Kassi Henning and fiance' Kyle Harpenau and Tyler Henning, all of Tell City Son - Steven Bennett and his wife, Julie, Cannelton, and their family, Danielle and Steve Kirtley, Kendall Bennett, Will and Drew Kirtley, all of Tell City, Jeremy and Laura Bennett, Owensboro and Brooke Bennett, Cannelton Daughter - Mikki Garrett and her husband, Brian, Cannelton, and their children, Jaci, Allicyn, Rafe and Bria Garrett Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, November 28, 2009, at St. John United Church of Christ, Seventh & Taylor Streets, in Cannelton with burial in New Cliff Cemetery. Rev. Mike Thompson will officiate. Friends, former colleagues, and community members may visit at Huber Funeral Home, 129 North Sixth Street in Cannelton, on Friday, November 27th, between the hours of 2 and 8 PM. and on Saturday, from 9:00 - 10:30 AM. For those visiting on Friday evening, the Cannelton Christmas parade will start at 7:00 PM and will be in procession along Highway 66 for a brief time, therefore bringing traffic to a halt. If you plan on entering Cannelton from Tell City, you may want to consider using Hwy. 37 and ""new"" 237, instead, to avoid possible delays. The family requests, in lieu of flowers, that memorial contributions are made to the William and Alice Bennett Memorial Scholarship Fund at Old National Bank, P. O. Box 159, Tell City, IN 47586 or St. John United Church of Christ Memorial Fund, Seventh & Taylor Streets, Cannelton, IN 47520. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.