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Jean MacDonald Bennison

1925 - 2021

Jean MacDonald Bennison obituary, 1925-2021, Colorado Springs, CO

BORN

1925

DIED

2021

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Swan-Law Funeral Directors

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Colorado Springs, Colorado

Jean Bennison Obituary

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Jean MacDonald Bennison

February 4, 1925

October 28, 2021



Jean MacDonald Bennison of Colorado Springs peacefully passed away on October 28, 2021. Jean was born February 4, 1925 to Estelle Hogue MacDonald and Ralph Collins MacDonald in Utica, New York. She attended and graduated from New Hartford High School, New Hartford, New York and Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts. After graduation, she was employed by the Eastman School of Music. She went on to have a multi-faceted career in real estate and medical rehabilitation. She also lived in Louisville, Kentucky and Palatine, Illinois.

Jean married William Thomas Bennison in 1953. He proceeded her in death. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, William MacDonald Bennison and Laura Rountree Bennison, her daughter, Lisa Bennison Noll, her granddaughter and husband, Lindsay Bennison Paylor and Timothy David Paylor and her great granddaughter Violet Bennison Paylor.



She will be missed by all who knew and loved her. A private, family memorial is planned.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Gazette on Nov. 14, 2021.

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