Graciela Cela Bennett

Graciela Cela Bennett, age 74, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

Private interment was held at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

Graciela was born on January 26, 1935 in Veracruz, Mexico to Jeramino & Heraclia Reyes. On June 7, 1961 in Imperial County, California she married Richard Irving Bennett who died on June 5, 2005. While living on military bases, she provided childcare for military families. She especially enjoyed being a mother and grandmother.

She was a devoted member of the Catholic Church and attended St. Anne Catholic Church.

Survivors include three sons, Ray Bennett of Grants Pass, Paul Bennett of Hawthorne, California and Erich Bennett of Grants Pass and six sisters.