Wayne Gilbert Benedict, Norwich HS Principle, 1912

New High School Principal

Prof. Wayne Benedict Returns to Norwich to Succeed Prof. Hill

Utica Saturday Globe, July 1912

 

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Wayne Gilbert Benedict

1881 - 1946

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Among the several changes in the faculty of Norwich High School announced for the opening of the fall term in September, the position of principal will be taken by Wayne Benedict, A.B., succeeding Addison L. Hill, who has accepted a position as instructor in the Rochester city schools.  Prof. Benedict is already well acquainted in Norwich through his attendance at the High School of which he is a graduate.  He received his degree from Colgate University.  Mr. Benedict married Miss Erma Sherwood, of Norwich, also a graduate of the  High School and of Syracuse University.  Prof. and Mrs. Benedict, with their three boys, will be welcomed again to Norwich. They will take up their residence on Division street about August 1.  [Glen Buell Collection, Guernsey Memorial Library, Norwich, NY]

 

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Obituary

The Courier, Brookfield, NY, April 11, 1946

 

Wayne Gilbert Benedict, 65, died in his home in Lebanon [Chenango Co., NY], April 8, 1946, following an illness of eight years.  He was graduated from Norwich High School and Colgate University in 1906.  He taught in Brookfield for two years and in Colgate Academy for four years.  Mr. Benedict was principal of the Norwich High School for three years and principal of Oxford High School for seven years.  He was district superintendent of school district number one in Madison County for 15 years.  Surviving, besides the widow, the former Erma Sherwood, are three sons;  Samuel, Kingsport, Tenn.; Lt. Paul, Fort Dix, N.J., and Daniel, Erieville; two daughters Mrs. Johnson, Lakeland, Fla., and Mrs. Robert Ward, New York City; three brothers, Ernest, Lebanon; Oliver, Cazenovia, and Zar, Georgetown; three sisters, Mrs. Fred Lewis, Madison; Mrs. Albert Rice, Georgetown, and Mrs. Harry Byre, Georgetown.  He was a member of the Oxford Lodge, 175, F&AM, and of the Lebanon Federated Church.  Funeral services will be held today at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Paul F Swartout, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Hamilton, and the Rev. Floyd Darling, pastor of the Baptist Church in Cazenovia, officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Norwich.