Scott Bennett

Joseph Bennett

Joseph Francis (Joe) Bennett Jr passed away on December 1st, 2020 from conditions related to a stroke suffered on July 1st, 2019. He was 86 years old. At the time of his passing, Joe was residing at Mary’s Woods Continuing Care Retirement Community in Lake Oswego Oregon. He had his own private room, two beautiful windows to look out of, and a large screen TV where he liked watching favorite shows “Shark Tank” and “Family Feud”.
Born February 1st, 1934 in Brooklyn NY, the only child of Joseph (Sr) and Mary Bennett, Joe spent his youth playing stickball, cheering on his Yankees, and keeping an eye on the news of WWII.
After graduating from Manual Training High School (Brooklyn NY), Joe followed his passion for airplanes into the US Air Force where he enjoyed working on jet radar systems, “Defending the Mainland” during the Korean War, learning to drive (first car 1945 Plymouth), and “performing” comedy routines with fellow Air Force buddy, Gordon Fry (they considered themselves to be the “Original Rowan and Martin” comedy duo and had not cooler heads prevailed, Joe may have considered a career in entertainment). Joe served from 1952 to 1956 achieving the rank of SSgt (staff sergeant).
Air Force assignments took Joe around the West Coast and in 1956, following his honorable discharge, he chose to attend Eastern Washington University in Cheney, WA. It was there he met his beloved wife, Colleen, to whom he would be married for over 53 years until her passing in January 2011.
Joe and Colleen moved to Florida where he graduated from The University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida} earning a BA degree in Electrical Engineering (and becoming a lifelong Gators fan) in 1961.
Postgraduate job opportunities lead Joe, Colleen, and new son, Tim, back to the West Coast, this time to California, where he worked at Lockheed Missiles and Space Co (Sunnyvale), Sylvania Electronics Systems(Mountain View), the US Navy Dept (San Diego), and Hewlett Packard Co (Palo Alto). Along the way, sons Tom and Scott were born and the family of five settled into life in California.
Through the years, Joe shared his love of sports with his sons, first by coaching little league baseball for Tim and Tom. Later, when no soccer coach was available for Scott’s team, Joe stepped up, taught himself about the game, and became the coach, instituting such famous plays as the “give and go”.
Always one to seek new opportunities and follow his passions, Joe decided to switch careers and become a lawyer at the age of 38. The family moved from California to Oregon, where Joe attended Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College (Portland, Oregon) and was referred to as the “old guy” of the class. He graduated with a degree in Law in 1975 and would apply and be admitted to the Washington State Bar in May 1976. With his new Washington State Bar license in hand and much to the delight of Colleen’s parents, Howard and Francis Jacot (Spokane, Washington), the family moved to Spokane to pursue Joe’s career in law. The “Spokane Years” provided many wonderful family memories including large family gatherings at holidays (Joe moved his parents to Spokane as well), high school sporting events, Tim’s rotating car collection, and shoveling ash from Mt. St. Helens in May of 1980.
Joe would eventually land a job at the Bonneville Power Administration (Portland OR) in the Office of General Counsel, so it was back to Oregon where he worked at BPA from 1984 until his retirement in January 2010.
Known for his quick wit, love of movies, cars, and all things statistics (sports and weather!) Joe was an excellent “water cooler” discussion partner and many believed that this was the real reason he came to work each day, to see his friends and discuss the latest episode of “Lost”.
Friday night “Date nights” with Colleen consisted of dinner and a movie were routine - Joe loved routine - and he looked forward to sharing his movie reviews with film buff son Tim, and fellow work friends. Colleen helped Joe with his post-retirement movie review column “Average Joe” published in the Lake Oswego Review. Joe even co-owned a video store with Tim, called Video Gold, just in time to see the end of the “golden days” of video rentals.
Portland Trailblazer basketball became a passion that saw Joe taking time out from his Hawaiian vacations with Colleen, to sit and watch the entire NBA Draft, taking notes of each team’s selections on handwritten notepads (which he saved year after year for future reference).
Joe also had a passion for photography and his two greatest photography muses were sunsets and Mt Hood. Many photo albums and slide carousels were devoted to these subjects.
Yearly calendars were filled with special occasions and upcoming trips, but more importantly the HIGH and LOW temperature for each day. Years of calendars remain, a sort of an everyman’s almanac (also available for reference).
Joe loved cars. An avid collector of Automobile Magazines, Joe could refer back to decade’s old issues to offer advice for car purchases (most notably confirming that son Scott’s 1992 Geo Prizm was in fact a Toyota Corolla). Joe also restored cars. His favorites being two Ford Thunderbirds and a Lincoln Continental which he showed in a number of car shows.
One of Joe’s delights was shopping for new cars “for Colleen” and many a fellow co-worker was happy to buy a used car from him because he kept detailed records and maintained the cars with such care and commitment that nary an oil change or tire rotation ever was missed. The Portland Auto show was a yearly treat around Joe’s birthday where he would spend hours sitting in every car in the show. When told “You look good in that car” Joe’s favorite response was “You should see me in a Lexus”.
It could be argued that Joe’sTRUE passion in life was sitting in the sun. Co-workers, family members, and later, assisted living facility staff, would often find Joe sitting in the sun at every chance he could. Blessed with skin that tanned easily, Joe was always “working on his tan” in preparation for his yearly trips to Hawaii. Many marveled at how tan Joe could be in mid-February! In later years, Joe was always accompanied by his beloved dog, Katie, as they sat in the sun, spending hours reading the paper (only interrupted by naps “occasionally”). Sadly, Katie passed away at the age of 15, only four days after Joe. It is a comfort to know that somewhere, Joe and Katie are sitting in the sun together, napping, while Colleen continues to “get things done”.
After Colleen’s passing in 2011, Joe found the strength and courage to continue to remain active and live a meaningful life. He joined the Senior Studies Institute(SSI) at Portland Community College where he met lifelong friends and engaged in lively debates about current affairs.
In 2013 Joe, along with dear friend and date night partner Barbara Monson, traveled to Russia for a cruise down the Volga river from St. Petersburg to Moscow. Joe’s last trip was with his son Tom to attend Major League Baseball’s Spring Training 2019 in Arizona. Having loved baseball all of his life, then 85-year-old Joe brought along his glove, and was ready to catch any foul balls that might come their way.
Joe is survived by his three sons, Tim (Portland OR), Tom (Ogden UT), Scott and daughter-in-law Sarah (Seattle, WA), Former daughter in law Nancy (UT) and grandchildren Andy (with granddaughter-in-law Jerika), Sami, Ellie, Heidi, Bekah, and Great Grandchild, Zane (son of Andy and Jerika Bennett), born July 2020 to whom Joe was able to meet (via ZOOM) shortly thereafter.
Joe will be fondly remembered by friends, family, and anyone who had the pleasure of knowing him.
Joe will be placed alongside Colleen at Willamette National Cemetery sometime in early 2021.

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