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Austin Bennett Obituary
June 26, 2021
Austin Tyler Bennett, age 19 of Morley, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, June 26, 2021. He was born March 4, 2002 to Christopher and Nancy (Pryslek) Bennett in Grand Rapids. Austin grew up in Morley, graduating from Morley Stanwood High School in 2020. During high school Austin excelled in sports; he played football but his passion was track and field. Always a go-getter, Austin had built his own successful lawn care and landscaping business naming it "Lawn Bros". He loved everything about the outdoors; skiing, hunting, fishing, boating, and swimming. Austin also enjoyed photography and videography using his talents producing projects for his high school. He was a productive member of the Makers Group in Lakeview. To prepare for his next adventure in life Austin had been serving drill weekends with the Army National Guard and was scheduled to enter basic training on June 30th.
He will be forever missed by his beloved family including his parents, Christopher and Nancy Bennett of Morley; his four siblings Jessica Bennett of Grand Rapids, Jacob Bennett of Kansas City, MO, Shawna Bennett of Grand Rapids and Trisha Bennett of Morley; grandparents, Keith (Deb) Bennett of Croton, Kathleen Stevenson of School Section Lake; great-grandparents Larry and Kathleen Madole of Houston, TX; many aunts, uncles, cousins and a nephew.
Austin was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Raymond and Frances Pryslek and his great-aunt Elaine.
A Celebration of Austin's Life will take place 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 2nd at the Northland United Methodist Church in Stanwood. Additionally, on Friday everyone is invited to a food-get-together at 3:00 p.m. at the Morley American Legion.
Memorial contributions in Austin's name may be given to his family, who will gift the money locally, to charities with the same spirit of helping that Austin's life represented.
Share a memory, condolence or a photo with the family at www.daggettgilbertfuneralhome.com
Arrangements entrusted to the Daggett-Gilbert Funeral Home in Big Rapids.
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Mr. Mike:
June 28, 2021
My most sincere condolences to the Austin's family...Austin was one of my favorites in our classes several years ago...Austin was always curious and eager to learn and showed great interests in engineering, design, electronics and computers... A great personality and easy to teach and work with...I know he will be missed by many...
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