John T. Bennett Jr., 94

John Terrell Bennett Jr. passed away peacefully at home on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, on Sept. 17, 2023.

The son of John T. Bennett and Edna Mae Chennells Bennett, he was born on Jan. 26, 1929, and attended the Punahou School in Hawaii, Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard University, and Harvard Business School. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Atlantic fleet during the period between undergraduate and graduate school, attaining the rank of lieutenant junior grade.

A longtime resident of Weston, Massachusetts, before retiring to New Hampshire and South Carolina, John was a well-respected member of the Boston investment community where he held several senior executive positions, including at Putnam Investments, Batterymarch Investments and Essex Financial. At his retirement he created an independent investment management company.

Throughout his life he was an avid sailor, power boater, fisherman, golfer, tennis player and an enthusiastic traveler. He also gave his time generously to many organizations, including serving as treasurer for the Boston Center for Blind Children, the Squam Lakes Association and the Science Center of New Hampshire.

A deeply devout man, he was active in numerous congregations, including Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church in Weston, Massachusetts, the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit in Wayland, Maryland, the Anglican Church in Holderness, New Hampshire, and Saint Luke’s Church on Pope Avenue in Hilton Head, South Carolina. He was also a longtime member of the Chocorua Island Chapel Association on Squam Lake in New Hampshire.

A devoted husband and father, he is survived by his wife Sue Wright Bennett of Hilton Head, South Carolina; his children John Terrell Bennett III (Katherine) of Colrain, Massachusetts, Caroline Bennett Grady (Todd) of Andover, Massachusetts, and George Mifflin Bennett (George Patsouris) of Wayland, Massachusetts; as well as seven grandchildren, Langdon, John and Lincoln Grady, Alison O’Neill (Mike) and Robert Bennett, and Samuel (Hannah) and Margaret Bennett; and a great-granddaughter, Eleanor Bennett.

He was predeceased by his first wife, Ellen F. D. Bennett, and his son, David Chennells Bennett.

Services were held at The Cypress Clubhouse, 20 Ladyslipper Lane, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, on Saturday, Oct. 28, at 1 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice Care of the Lowcountry, 7 Plantation Park Drive, Bluffton, South Carolina 29910. Islandfuneralhome.com.