Rita Ann Bennett, 90, died Aug. 17 in Omaha.
She was born April 14, 1925, in Dalton, Neb. She was raised in Dalton but also lived in Fort Collins, Colo., Sidney, Neb., and Cheyenne. She lived the last 10 years in Omaha, Neb.
She and her husband of 47 years, Gene Bennett, raised their four children in Sidney. She worked for Union Pacific Railroad, St. Patrick's School in Sidney and retired from AT&T in Cheyenne.
She was an active volunteer in her church parishes.
She loved being a grandmother and took pride in meeting her great-grandchildren and bragging about all of them.
She was an avid reader and completed a lot of puzzles in the last year.
She is survived by family all over the United States including four children, Kathleen Howard, Jack Bennett, Jill Stoffer and Glen Bennett; as well as 10 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters, Marcella Wheeler and Marie Fraass; and brothers, Joe, Cyril, Don and Jim Henke.
© Wyoming Tribune Eagle August 20, 2015
She was born April 14, 1925, in Dalton, Neb. She was raised in Dalton but also lived in Fort Collins, Colo., Sidney, Neb., and Cheyenne. She lived the last 10 years in Omaha, Neb.
She and her husband of 47 years, Gene Bennett, raised their four children in Sidney. She worked for Union Pacific Railroad, St. Patrick's School in Sidney and retired from AT&T in Cheyenne.
She was an active volunteer in her church parishes.
She loved being a grandmother and took pride in meeting her great-grandchildren and bragging about all of them.
She was an avid reader and completed a lot of puzzles in the last year.
She is survived by family all over the United States including four children, Kathleen Howard, Jack Bennett, Jill Stoffer and Glen Bennett; as well as 10 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters, Marcella Wheeler and Marie Fraass; and brothers, Joe, Cyril, Don and Jim Henke.
© Wyoming Tribune Eagle August 20, 2015
Rita Ann Bennett, 90, died Aug. 17 in Omaha.
She was born April 14, 1925, in Dalton, Neb. She was raised in Dalton but also lived in Fort Collins, Colo., Sidney, Neb., and Cheyenne. She lived the last 10 years in Omaha, Neb.
She and her husband of 47 years, Gene Bennett, raised their four children in Sidney. She worked for Union Pacific Railroad, St. Patrick's School in Sidney and retired from AT&T in Cheyenne.
She was an active volunteer in her church parishes.
She loved being a grandmother and took pride in meeting her great-grandchildren and bragging about all of them.
She was an avid reader and completed a lot of puzzles in the last year.
She is survived by family all over the United States including four children, Kathleen Howard, Jack Bennett, Jill Stoffer and Glen Bennett; as well as 10 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters, Marcella Wheeler and Marie Fraass; and brothers, Joe, Cyril, Don and Jim Henke.
© Wyoming Tribune Eagle August 20, 2015
She was born April 14, 1925, in Dalton, Neb. She was raised in Dalton but also lived in Fort Collins, Colo., Sidney, Neb., and Cheyenne. She lived the last 10 years in Omaha, Neb.
She and her husband of 47 years, Gene Bennett, raised their four children in Sidney. She worked for Union Pacific Railroad, St. Patrick's School in Sidney and retired from AT&T in Cheyenne.
She was an active volunteer in her church parishes.
She loved being a grandmother and took pride in meeting her great-grandchildren and bragging about all of them.
She was an avid reader and completed a lot of puzzles in the last year.
She is survived by family all over the United States including four children, Kathleen Howard, Jack Bennett, Jill Stoffer and Glen Bennett; as well as 10 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters, Marcella Wheeler and Marie Fraass; and brothers, Joe, Cyril, Don and Jim Henke.
© Wyoming Tribune Eagle August 20, 2015
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