Ralph E. Bennett, Jr.

Ralph E. Bennett, Jr., 63, of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Sunday morning, May 8, 2011 at his home. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, on Feb. 3, 1948, he was a son of the late Florence Marie (Cramer) and the Reverend Ralph E. Bennett Sr. After graduating high school, Ralph spent four years at Culver-Stockton College and he also studied at Columbia College Divinity School. He was a member of St. Johns Evangelical Slovak Lutheran Church, Nanticoke. Ralph worked at A. Rifkin from April 15, 1976 until he retired on Jan 7, 2011. On July 8th, 1989, Ralph married the love of his life, Sylvia A. (Glosenger) Bennett. Left to cherish his memory, are his wife of 21 years, Sylvia A. Bennett, Wilkes-Barre; brother, Gregory R. Bennett, El Lago, TX; sisters, Joyce Van Cura, Riverside, IL and Jana Stewart, San Antonio, TX; and two nephews. Services are private and entrusted to Kniffen OMalley Funeral Home, Inc., Wilkes-Barre. On-line condolences can be sent to www.BestLifeTributes.com . Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 613 Baltimore Dr. #3, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 or St. Johns Evangelical Slovak Lutheran Church, 231 State Street, Nanticoke, PA 18634.