R. Dorothy Bennett

R. Dorothy Bennett, age 92, of Thomson, Illinois died Monday, August 07, 2006 in Harbor Crest Nursing Home, Fulton, Illinois. Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Thursday, August 10, 2006, at the Law Jones Funeral Home, Thomson, Illinois with Reverend Dave Davies of Fairhaven United Methodist Church officiating. Visitation will be held 1 P.M. until the time of service. Burial will be in Upper York Cemetery, rural Thomson, Illinois. Memorials may be sent to the Methodist Church in Dorothy’s name. Dorothy was born Monday, October 13, 1913 in York Township to Joseph E. and Rachel D. Blair. She graduated from Thomson High School with the Class of 1930. Dorothy married Wayland D. Bennett on May 27, 1933 in East Peoria, Illinois. Wayland passed away November 13, 1968 in Monroe, Wisconsin.
Dorothy was a homemaker. She also worked part-time in the kitchen at the Thomson Schools. Dorothy enjoyed quilting and loved spending time with her family. She was a member of the Thomson Methodist Church and the Thomson’s Women’s Club.
Dorothy will be sadly missed by her daughter, Marianlee (Virgil) Jacobs of Mackinaw, Illinois; her sons, Terry Bennett of Grand Junction, Colorado and Aaron Bennett of Clinton, Iowa; fourteen grandchildren and twenty-two great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild; two sisters, Betty Fellows and Mary Johnson, both of Morrison, Illinois; and one brother William Blair of Morrison, Illinois.
Dorothy is preceded in death by her husband, Wayland; three sons, Walter, Paul and Earl; one daughter, Betty Lou; three sisters and two brothers.