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William Bennison: Babylon FD Captain and 68-year resident dies
"He was very thorough and detail oriented," said Richard Krollage, Chief of the Babylon Fire Department who said that two Babylon Fire Depart- ment members were flown to pay their respects at his funeral. "In fact, he was a charter member and backbone of our cook's committee who was cooking for us well into his 80's." For more than 60 years Mr. Bennison was an active member at the Hook & Ladder #1 House in the BFD where he served as captain, department warden, department secretary and a member of the welfare committee. According to Chief Krollage, he joined in his 30s during World War II when volunteers were much needed. Born in Archdale, North Carolina on November 26, 1906 to William E. and Mary A. (Maher), he lived on Litchfield Avenue in Babylon Village for 68 years. For 50 years, he served as trustee for St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Babylon and was a 4th Degree Knight at Our Lady of Fatima Council of the Knights of Columbus. He retired from the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, where he worked as a store manager and district supervisor for 44 years. In his spare time he was an avid member of the Ama- teur Radio Relay League and loved to fish and boat on the Great South Bay. He and his wife, Betty, retired to Carrollton, Georgia in 1994. He leaves behind his children: Bernice Germinario and her husband Philip of Cumming, Georgia, Betty Couch of Carrollton, Georgia, Ann Marie Pavona and her husband Philip of Riviera Beach, Florida, William Jr. and his wife Delores of Port Jefferson, New York and Martin and his wife Linda of Oxford, Ohio; his grandchildren: Mark and Michael Germinario, Mary Beth Germinario-Brady, Dean, Bill, Tom, Jim, Martin and Christine Couch, William III, Geneva and Rachel Conaway-Bennison and Maureen Bennison-Bender; and 26 great grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife of 68 years, Elizabeth "Betty" (nee Magenhiemer); his father and mother, William E. and Mary A.; his siblings: Teresa Grise and her husband Fred and Herbert and his wife Madeline; his son-in-law, Sam Couch; his grandchildren: Cathy Couch-Kuhns, Paul Couch, Steven Couch and two infant great grandchildren.
Mr. Bennison reposed at the Almon Funeral Home, Carrollton, Georgia on May 7, 2007. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated by Rev. Father Paul Williams at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Carrollton, Georgia on May 8, 2007 with a Fire Department Ceremony followed by interment in the church cemetery.
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