The Citizen, 2014-12-25, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2014. PAGE 7.
NH Food Share continues to see rise in use
RON BENNETT
Ronald Rae Bennett of Seaforth
and formerly of Winthrop, passed
away on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 at
Seaforth Community Hospital. He
was 88.
Ron is survived by his “wee bride”
of 65 years, Paulene Bennett
(Merkley), Seaforth. He was the
loving dad and father-in-law of Gary
and Dianne Bennett, Seaforth and
Joan and Art McNaughton,
Egmondville. He was the proud
grandpa and great-grandpa of Tracey
and Steven Eckert, Kelsey, Kassidy,
Karissa and Tyler, Egmondville;
Scott and Sherri McNaughton and
Leah, Hamilton and Kevin and
Leanne McNaughton and Harper,
London. Ron is also survived by his
brothers- and sisters-in-law Reta
Merkley, Harley and Barb Merkley,
Anna Merkley, George and Phyllis
Merkley, Sharon and Jim Adams and
several nieces and nephews. Ron
will also be fondly remembered by
Dianne’s family.
Ron was predeceased by his
parents Ken and Ilene Bennett,
stepmother Pat Bennett, infant
brother Kenneth, sister Shirley
Walters, brothers-in-law Bruce
Walters, Ernie Merkley, Elmer
Merkley and father- and mother-in-
law Bill and Marie Merkley.
Visitation was held at McGlynn
Family Funeral home on Sunday,
Dec. 21. The funeral service to
celebrate Ron’s life was held at the
funeral home on Monday, Dec. 22.
Pastor Mary Fletcher officiated. A
reception immediately followed the
service at the Northside United
Church Hall. Cremation followed
and interment of Ron’s urn will take
place at Maitland Bank Cemetery in
the spring.
Pallbearers were Scott and Kevin
McNaughton, Steve and Tyler
Eckert, Jack McIlwain and Bill
Hughes. Flower bearers were
Tracey, Kesley, Kassidy and Karissa
Eckert and Sherri and Leanne
McNaughton.
Memorial donations to the
Seaforth Community Hospital,
Northside United Church or the
Seaforth Legion Branch 156 would
be appreciated and can still be made
through the funeral home or by
visiting Ron’s online memorial at
www.mcglynnfamilyfuneral
home.com
ELIZABETH “BETTE” ANNE
(McCONNELL) LEE
Elizabeth “Bette” Anne Lee of
Blyth, passed away peacefully and
suddenly, surrounded by her family
at Stratford General Hospital on
Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014. She was in
her 68th year.
Bette was the beloved wife of Ken
Lee and loving mother and mother-
in-law of Kevin and Mandy Lee,
Belwood; Karin and Phil Hubbard,
Blyth and Kim and Dan Shetler,
Carlow. She was the cherished
grandmother of Mitchal, Haidan and
Hunter Lee; Natasha, Jordan,
Samantha and Shyanne Hubbard;
Christina, Jamie-Lee and Jason
Eckert and Kevin Shetler and great-
grandmother of Lukas and Mia.
Bette is survived by her sister
Dianne McConnell, three sisters-in-
law and one brother-in-law. She was
predeceased by her parents Arnold
and Dorothy McConnell and sister-
in-law Marie.
Cremation has taken place.
Visitation was held at the Falconer
Funeral Homes, Blyth on Tuesday,
Dec. 23 until the time of the
memorial service.
Memorial donations to the
Parkinson’s Society or a charity of
one’s choice would be appreciated as
expressions of sympathy.
Condolences for the Lee family
may be placed at
www.falconerfuneralhomes.com
THE EDITOR,
At this time, our Board of
Directors would like to say thank
you for all the generous donations to
keep out food bank fully stocked
over the holiday season. The
ongoing generosity of you, our
supporters, when asked time and
again to donate more food, shows
the compassion that small towns and
rural areas have for the less
fortunate.
We have seen a continuing rise in
the use of the food bank, with 47
families accessing our services the
first week in December this year. I
think it’s important that people
realize that we only supplement the
client’s existing food and they can
only access our services once a
month. We still use the same criteria
for allotting food to families based
on the number of family members as
was established in 1995 when the
food bank opened. Unfortunately we
have had to cut back on handing out
vouchers for eggs and milk so that
we can use that money to buy more
groceries to help the increasing
number of clients.
We are having new families come
to the Food Share almost every
week. These are not new families to
our area, but rather families that
now, due to health, lack of work or
even marital situations, find
themselves a little short of food each
month. It takes a lot of soul
searching to finally admit that you
need to come to the Food Share for
assistance.
The directors of the North Huron
Community Food Share are
continuing to come up with
fundraiser ideas. We seem to be
preaching the same message, but the
fact remains we are in need of food
and monetary donations every
month. not just Christmas.
I’m proud to once again mention
that all our directors and our many
volunteers are not paid for their
valuable service to the Food Share.
All monies and food that we receive,
stay right here to serve Wingham
and the surrounding area.
Gord Kaster, North Huron
Community Food Share.
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