Anna F. Bennett

Anna F. Bennett, 92, of Spokane former Bonner County resident died Monday, Nov. 15, 2010 in Spokane. Funeral services will be conducted 1:00PM, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 at Coffelt Funeral Chapel, 109 N. Division in Sandpoint, ID. Private interment will take place in Pinecrest Memorial Park. She was born Anna F. Pavliska in Odessa, Washington on Sept. 20, 1918 the daughter of Joe and Anna Pavliska. She graduated from Odessa High School and Kinman Business University. She worked as a sales clerk in various stores. She married Kenneth G. Bennett on Oct. 6, 1948. She helped him build a cabin on Lake Pend Oreille’s Bottle Bay. She did a lot of fishing and once caught a 171/2 pound Kamloop. She enjoyed traveling, having visited 45 of these United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe. She also went on two cruises, one to Alaska and one to the Caribbean. She wintered in Arizona for ten years. She is survived by her son Patrick M. Bennett, one sister: Betty Kruse; one brother: Louis Pavliska; nieces, nephews, and grand nieces and nephews too numerous to list. She was preceded in death by a second sister: Josephine, and by her husband Ken.