Gordon Larry Bennett

Gordon "Gordie" Bennett age 84 of Hastings, MI, unexpectedly went to be with his heavenly father on April 25, 2025, and will be dearly missed by his loving family.

He was born at Pennock Hospital in Hastings, MI on October 26, 1940.  He attended Hastings schools, graduating in 1958, where he met the love of his life, Delilah Durbin.  They were married in February of 1960, and spent 65 years together through thick and thin. Gordie worked at E.W. Bliss in Hastings for 25 years and then worked for Steelcase in Grand Rapids until he retired in 2006. He served in the Navy for 6 years starting in 1959.

Gordie became a Christian in his early life and dedicated a lot of his heart and life to Hope United Methodist Church, in the Choir, as an Usher, and many years as a Trustee.

Gordie enjoyed spending time with his camping buddies, hiking, biking, bowling and taking his children, grandchildren, and great grandson fishing.  Mostly he loved spending time with his wife and family, who loved cooking for him and feeding him his favorite foods.  He loved music, mostly the music of the 1950s, but also country and bluegrass.  Fishing was his thing, and he loved to take the kids out and teach them all he knew. He was also an expert on Morel hunting. He enjoyed feeding and watching the birds and the outdoors in general.

Gramps, Pops, Papa, as his family called him was known about town as a "social butterfly".  Everywhere he went he found someone he knew and talked to everyone.  He loved to meet new people. He was never anything but kind. If you didn't know him when he walked in, you knew him when he walked out. His daughters and granddaughters will always remember him as amazing, gentle, ready-with-a-joke, story, or some perspective on life who was, to his core, loving, hard-working, honest, ethical, patriotic and with a deep love of and trust in God.

Gordie is survived by the love of his life, Delilah Durbin Bennett, daughters Christine Zinn and Cindy Bennett, granddaughters Laura Martin, Alicia Kooistra (Stef) and Callan Warfield (Matt) and great grandson Elliot, and great granddaughter Harper, and his beloved cat Radar.  Pops will be joining in heaven family members he loved, his Grandmother Anna Edwards Brock, his mother Ellen Edwards Thaler, father Cecil Bennett, Aunt Elsie Sage, Uncle Marvin "Bud" and Aunt Mary Edwards, and brothers Joe Bennett and Lanny Bennett.

Funeral service will be at Hope United Methodist Church 2920 South M37 Highway, Hastings, Michigan 49058, on Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 2:00PM with a time of refreshments following. There will be Military Honors presented by the Hastings American Legion Post 45 and the active-duty members of the United States Navy. Private family interment at Ft. Custer National Cemetery in Augusta, Michigan. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in memory of Gordie can be made to Fig and Friends Pet Rescue, https://www.figandfriendspetrescue.org/donate.

Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home. To leave an online condolence visit www.girrbachfuneralhome.net.