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BENOIT, Archie
BENOIT, Bernard Joseph
(1913-1987)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. SCHWERDFEGER, Jean Campbell

BENOIT, Bernard Joseph 2 3 4

  • Born: 1913 2 4 5
  • Marriage (1): SCHWERDFEGER, Jean Campbell on 20 Jun 1953 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada 1
  • Died: 20 Jul 1987, Norway Bay, Pontiac, Québec, Canada at age 74 2 4 5
  • Buried: Jul 1987, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada 4

  Facts and details for Bernard Joseph Benoit:



• He was buried at the Pincrest Cemetery, Section 4 Columbarium Wall in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada in Jul 1987. 4

• His obituary was published in the Ottawa Citizen on 21 Jul 1987 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. It read as follows:

BENOIT, Bernard Joseph Suddenly at Norway Bay, Quebec, on Monday, July 20, 1987, in his 74th year. Bernard (Benny) Benoit, beloved husband of Jean Swerdfager. Dear father of Nancy (Mrs. Steven Cape), Kim (Mrs. Ian Mitchell) and Richard Benoit. Loving poppa of Jeff and Melissa Cape and Todd Mitchell. Brother of Lillian Olsen, Phyllis Kollesh and Lois Matheson. Friends may call at the Tubman Funeral Home, Westboro Chapel, 403 Richmond Road at Roosevelt Ave., on Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday, 2 to 9 p.m. Funeral service will be held in the chapel on Thursday at 11 a.m. Those wishing may make a memorial donation to The Ottawa-Carleton Lung Association. 5


Bernard married Jean Campbell SCHWERDFEGER, daughter of Allen Bertram SCHWERDFEGER and Winnifred Margaret CAMPBELL, on 20 Jun 1953 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada.1 (Jean Campbell SCHWERDFEGER was born in 1921,6 died on 30 Apr 1993 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada 7 and was cremated in 1993 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada 6.)

  Facts and details related to their marriage were:

• A wedding announcement was published in Ottawa Citizen on 23 Jun 1953 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. 1 It read as follows:

Miss Swerdfager Wed On Saturday
At a quiet ceremony Miss Jean Swerdfager and Bernard Benoit were united in marriage on Saturday. Miss Swerdfager is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Swerdfager and Mr. Benoit is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Benoit. The couple were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Benoit. The bride wore a white linen suit with navy blue accessories and a corsage bouquet of red roses. Following the ceremony the couple left on a motor trip to New York. For travelling the bride wore a navy blue tropical linen two-piece dress with white accessories.

Sources

1 "Swerdfager-Benoit," (Ottawa) Ottawa Citizen, 23 Jun 1953, p. 12.

2 , http://trees.ancestry.ca/pt/person.aspx?pid=-2116046640&tid=167570.

3 "Death of Winnifred Margaret Swerfager," (Ottawa) Ottawa Citizen, 28 Mar 1988, p. 36.

4 "Find a Grave," database (www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 Feb 2023), Bernard Benoit #55196174.

5 "Death of Bernard Joseph Benoit," (Ottawa) Ottawa Citizen, 21 Jul 1987, p. 31.

6 "Find a Grave," database (www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 Feb 2023), Jean Benoit #55196175.

7 "Death of Jean Campbell Benoit," (Ottawa) Ottawa Citizen, 2 May 1993, p. 50.