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Ethna Bennert Obituary
Ethna was the daughter of Herbert and Sara Wilkinson of Kearny, New Jersey. She was an alumna of St. Cecilia's High School in Kearny and the Latin American Institute of America in New York, New York.
Her professional career began as a translator for the United Nations. She then worked for IBM in Manhattan as an executive secretary and met her future husband Art while at the shore in Sea Girt, New Jersey. They moved to Ohio in 1965 where she continued to work as a bilingual administrative assistant for Champion Papers International and as a mother raising and caring for her family.
She loved her family, vacations at her beach house on Fripp Island and cross stitching. On almost any given day, she could be found sitting on her porch with her husband, Art, enjoying a perfect Rob Roy on the rocks with a twist and listening to Broadway musicals or Pavarotti with the volume turned up! She also never missed an opportunity to make a donation to CarolinaEast Foundation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital or St. Judes's Children's Hospital.
Her husband, Art, preceded her in death on January 8, 2014, and she is survived by their three children, the Honorable Ethna Bennert Cooper and her husband, Todd Laurence Cooper of Cincinnati, Ohio and their three sons Todd, Jr., Wilkie, and Peter; Arthur J. Bennert, Jr. and his wife Virginia Riehl Bennert of San Antonio, Texas and their children Kate and Chris; and Keith W. Bennert, M.D. and his wife Elizabeth A. Benson, M.D. of New Bern, North Carolina and their children Kevin and Ryan Elizabeth.
A private funeral service for the family will be held June 8, 2015 at St. Paul Catholic Church. Memorials in Ethna's name may be made to CarolinaEast Foundation Hospice Fund, PO Box 1576, New Bern, NC 28563,www.crmcfoundation.com or to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105,www.stjude.org. or Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 9002, Cincinnati, OH 45229,www.cincinnatichildrens.org/giving.
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Memories and Condolences
for Ethna Bennert
June 16, 2015
Sorry for the loss of your loved one. May the true God the "Hearer of Prayer" be of comfort to you at this time. (Psalms 83:18)
young
June 13, 2015
May the love of friends and family carry you through your grief.
June 12, 2015
Dear Bennerts, we are thinking of all of you and send our love. We will miss your mom. Much Love, The Riehls and Kimbells
Nancy Weekley-Piper
June 9, 2015
I worked with Ethna many years ago at Champion in the Accounting Department. Her enthusiasm and smile were contagious. She was such a joy. I am so sorry for your loss.
June 8, 2015
June 8, 2015
So sorry for your loss. Sending love and prayers for comfort to the Bennert family during this difficult time.
-Liz/Detroit, Michigan
Dean and Marysue Wright
June 7, 2015
Our condolences on the loss of your Mother. We remember how proud she was of all three of you, as you made your way through Badin High School and beyond. Our thoughts and prayers are with you...
June 7, 2015
So sorry for your loss...
Connie Kostomay-Frank
Hamilton, OH
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