Gregory “Greg” Wayne Bennett, 66, a resident of Blue Springs, MO passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at his home. He was born February 11, 1956 to Samuel and Shirley (Haskins) Bennett in Kansas City, MO.
Greg served his country proudly in the United States Marine Corps. He was employed as a tile installer. Greg enjoyed being a Marine, shooting guns, watching western movies, cheering on his local sports teams and attending his grandchildren’s sporting events.
Survived by his wife, Dian Danko Bennett of Jacksonville, FL; daughters, Veronica Bennett of Blue Springs, MO, Jamie Schurig and husband Matt of Blue Springs, MO, Jessica Bennett-Poli and husband Cristian of Italy; sister, Sandi Grout of Blue Springs, MO; grandchildren, Linley and Charles Schurig, Ella Poli. Greg is preceded in death by his parents.
A gathering to celebrate Greg’s life will be held from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at Meyers Funeral Chapel, 1600 W. Main St, Blue Springs, MO. Memories of Gregory and words of comfort for his family may be shared at meyersfuneralchapel.com.
“TO HONOR A VETERAN HERO”
I want to tell you Gregg thank you so much for serving our country. Because of your service you have given each and everyone of us our freedom .
God bless you for keeping our country safe and for all the sacrifices you have made for our country for me and for all of us.
LINDA PETERSON
WIFE OF A (DECEASED) UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN
Veronica and Jessica, I am so sorry for the loss of your father! I have lots of good memories of him during our time at Southview! Love,hugs and prayers to you both!
Dear Sandi and Veronica and Jessica and Jamie- I just wanted to send my condolences from the Keith side of the family in the loss of your brother, and father. He loved you very much! We will be sending a flower arrangement.
I’m so sorry Sandi. Quite a hard thing to endure but know your friends are here to comfort you and your Faith will sustain you. God speed you and yours peace.
I’m so sorry for your loss, dear Sandi. Prayers for comfort and peace for you and all the family. May the love of the Father and the comfort of the Holy Spirit come to you all through the Lord Jesus. Sending you warm hugs, friend. Love you.
I am so very sorry to hear this. I worked with Gregg for several years at Kenny’s, years ago. He was most definitely one of my favorite co-workers. He will be missed greatly.
I met Greg when I went to work for Cal’s Service Master in 1988. I was young and inexperienced and Greg befriended me and mentored me in all areas of construction knowledge as well as general life lessons. He taught me how to deal with customers with that easy-going manner and to always qualify any scheduling promises with “Barring unforeseen circumstances…” Greg and I left Service Master and started our own business, Greg Bennett’s Repair and Restoration. We were in each others homes almost on a daily basis and worked many interesting jobs and met even more interesting people. I think it is safe to say that I did not have a closer friend than Greg for a three year period in the late 80s/early 90s. I loved the way he always answered the phone in a disinterested, gruff voice but then always softened. I loved the way he was generous with his money even when he didn’t have much. He was with my wife (Tammy) and I on the night she went into labor with our daughter (Katy) and he always loved being around her in the years following and always called her Katy-did or frequently referred to her as “The Did-Kid”. Greg would come over to our house and we would play baseball and golf on the old NES system, often times when we should have been out working. Sometimes we would go to the arcade at Blue Ridge Mall and pump endless streams of quarters into the game N.A.R.C. just trying to beat the final boss. In later years Greg was over at our house after we had purchased the Wii and of course we made him a Mii character and labeled it “Greg B.”. Any time I would tell a Greg story to my boys, who had only met Greg when they were very young, they would always ask, “Greg B?” as they recognized him from the Wii. I didn’t see Greg for many years face-to-face but always tried to call him once a year to check up. Two years ago we had the opportunity to get together and catch up on each other’s lives for a couple of hours. We shared 1000 memories in that short time. What a great guy and great friend. I am truly sorry for his loss as I know all of you are as well. How lucky we all are to have called him friend, or even luckier if you called him your Dad or Husband.
My love, my heart is eternally broken, I do not know how to continue my life without you, You were my everything, My husband, my best friend my reason for pushing on when life was challenging, You saved me in so many ways, You used to laugh when I said you were my voice of reason, You knew me inside and out and never forgot the least detail, You always had a solution to every situation no matter how big or how small. You always treated me like the true gentleman you were. I will forever cherish every memory we made, I will miss so many things, the many conversations, your whistling, your smile, your smell, your caring loving heart, the pride I felt with your hand in mine, your history lessons, Everything , This is so hard hunny, I know you said you didn’t want anyone to grieve over you if the time came but I feel lost and broken. As you always told me “ I love you best “ well I will continue to love you best too, Until I see you again my love you are forever in my heart, I love you ❤️
Greg was the only uncle I had growing up. He was a fun guy to be around and taught me everything I know about football and I became obsessed as he was. He even came to watch me play in high school and it made me nervous but it was precious to me.
He was a great role model and father and I will forever love Uncle Greg