Carol was a very talented lady, and she could do many things and do them well. She was an artist and painted beautiful pictures. She was also a talented seamstress, and she enjoyed sewing clothing, dolls, and stuffed animals, and making quilted items for her family to enjoy. Carol crocheted and knitted many lovely things, including hats for cancer patients and newborns at the Ottumwa Regional Health Center.
She loved nature and flowers and found great enjoyment in the hummingbirds and Baltimore orioles that came to visit the feeders in her yard. She also enjoyed talking about a baby robin she found in her driveway one summer. He was so young that he hardly had any feathers, and when the parents did not return for him, she named him Bobbin and fed and nurtured him until he was old enough to survive on his own. Another one of Carol's favorite activities was watching the eagles in Decorah, Iowa, on the Decorah Eagles Nest Live Cam.
Most of all, Carol loved her family. She took great delight in talking about them and sharing pictures of her granddaughters and great-grandchildren. When she was in her eighties, she joined facebook, so she could keep up with her granddaughters' activities.
She also shared her time helping others by volunteering at the Ottumwa Regional Health Center and later Hospice and the Mississippi Regional Valley Blood Center.
Carol's favorite expression was, "Lord help me, the sea is so wide & my boat is so small."
She will be greatly missed by her family and by her many good friends, including myself.
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Obituary From Ottumwa Evening Post, January 12, 1917:
AGENCY-Carol Lee Bennett, 86, of Agency, formerly of Ottumwa, died at 2:55 p.m. January 11, 2017 at Hospice House in Ottumwa.
She was born November 10, 1930 to Floyd and Almeda Henderson Proctor. She married Robert L. Bennett on August 15, 1948 and he preceded her in death on October 4, 1997.
Carol and her husband owned and operated Ottumwa Glass for many years. She had volunteered for Ottumwa Regional Health Center Auxiliary, Hospice Serving Davis & Wapello Counties, and the Mississippi Regional Valley Blood Center. She was a member of a women's group at the YWCA.
Surviving are her sons, Evan (Sue) Bennett of Blakesburg and Brian (Marcy) Bennett of Agency; two grandchildren, Jennifer (Chris) Brandhorst of Reinbeck, Sarah Bennett of Agency; two great-grandchildren, Cohen Martin and Madeline Brandhorst; a brother-in-law, Joe (Gretchen) Larson of Ottumwa; a niece Tammi Epp and a great-nephew, Caden.
She was preceded in death by an infant brother.
Graveside services and burial will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Shaul Cemetery.
Visitation begins at 11 a.m. Friday at Reece Funeral Home with the family present from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice Serving Davis & Wapello Counties, 927 Pennsylvania Ave., Ottumwa, IA 52501 or Mississippi Regional Valley Blood Center.
She loved nature and flowers and found great enjoyment in the hummingbirds and Baltimore orioles that came to visit the feeders in her yard. She also enjoyed talking about a baby robin she found in her driveway one summer. He was so young that he hardly had any feathers, and when the parents did not return for him, she named him Bobbin and fed and nurtured him until he was old enough to survive on his own. Another one of Carol's favorite activities was watching the eagles in Decorah, Iowa, on the Decorah Eagles Nest Live Cam.
Most of all, Carol loved her family. She took great delight in talking about them and sharing pictures of her granddaughters and great-grandchildren. When she was in her eighties, she joined facebook, so she could keep up with her granddaughters' activities.
She also shared her time helping others by volunteering at the Ottumwa Regional Health Center and later Hospice and the Mississippi Regional Valley Blood Center.
Carol's favorite expression was, "Lord help me, the sea is so wide & my boat is so small."
She will be greatly missed by her family and by her many good friends, including myself.
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Obituary From Ottumwa Evening Post, January 12, 1917:
AGENCY-Carol Lee Bennett, 86, of Agency, formerly of Ottumwa, died at 2:55 p.m. January 11, 2017 at Hospice House in Ottumwa.
She was born November 10, 1930 to Floyd and Almeda Henderson Proctor. She married Robert L. Bennett on August 15, 1948 and he preceded her in death on October 4, 1997.
Carol and her husband owned and operated Ottumwa Glass for many years. She had volunteered for Ottumwa Regional Health Center Auxiliary, Hospice Serving Davis & Wapello Counties, and the Mississippi Regional Valley Blood Center. She was a member of a women's group at the YWCA.
Surviving are her sons, Evan (Sue) Bennett of Blakesburg and Brian (Marcy) Bennett of Agency; two grandchildren, Jennifer (Chris) Brandhorst of Reinbeck, Sarah Bennett of Agency; two great-grandchildren, Cohen Martin and Madeline Brandhorst; a brother-in-law, Joe (Gretchen) Larson of Ottumwa; a niece Tammi Epp and a great-nephew, Caden.
She was preceded in death by an infant brother.
Graveside services and burial will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Shaul Cemetery.
Visitation begins at 11 a.m. Friday at Reece Funeral Home with the family present from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice Serving Davis & Wapello Counties, 927 Pennsylvania Ave., Ottumwa, IA 52501 or Mississippi Regional Valley Blood Center.
Carol was a very talented lady, and she could do many things and do them well. She was an artist and painted beautiful pictures. She was also a talented seamstress, and she enjoyed sewing clothing, dolls, and stuffed animals, and making quilted items for her family to enjoy. Carol crocheted and knitted many lovely things, including hats for cancer patients and newborns at the Ottumwa Regional Health Center.
She loved nature and flowers and found great enjoyment in the hummingbirds and Baltimore orioles that came to visit the feeders in her yard. She also enjoyed talking about a baby robin she found in her driveway one summer. He was so young that he hardly had any feathers, and when the parents did not return for him, she named him Bobbin and fed and nurtured him until he was old enough to survive on his own. Another one of Carol's favorite activities was watching the eagles in Decorah, Iowa, on the Decorah Eagles Nest Live Cam.
Most of all, Carol loved her family. She took great delight in talking about them and sharing pictures of her granddaughters and great-grandchildren. When she was in her eighties, she joined facebook, so she could keep up with her granddaughters' activities.
She also shared her time helping others by volunteering at the Ottumwa Regional Health Center and later Hospice and the Mississippi Regional Valley Blood Center.
Carol's favorite expression was, "Lord help me, the sea is so wide & my boat is so small."
She will be greatly missed by her family and by her many good friends, including myself.
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Obituary From Ottumwa Evening Post, January 12, 1917:
AGENCY-Carol Lee Bennett, 86, of Agency, formerly of Ottumwa, died at 2:55 p.m. January 11, 2017 at Hospice House in Ottumwa.
She was born November 10, 1930 to Floyd and Almeda Henderson Proctor. She married Robert L. Bennett on August 15, 1948 and he preceded her in death on October 4, 1997.
Carol and her husband owned and operated Ottumwa Glass for many years. She had volunteered for Ottumwa Regional Health Center Auxiliary, Hospice Serving Davis & Wapello Counties, and the Mississippi Regional Valley Blood Center. She was a member of a women's group at the YWCA.
Surviving are her sons, Evan (Sue) Bennett of Blakesburg and Brian (Marcy) Bennett of Agency; two grandchildren, Jennifer (Chris) Brandhorst of Reinbeck, Sarah Bennett of Agency; two great-grandchildren, Cohen Martin and Madeline Brandhorst; a brother-in-law, Joe (Gretchen) Larson of Ottumwa; a niece Tammi Epp and a great-nephew, Caden.
She was preceded in death by an infant brother.
Graveside services and burial will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Shaul Cemetery.
Visitation begins at 11 a.m. Friday at Reece Funeral Home with the family present from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice Serving Davis & Wapello Counties, 927 Pennsylvania Ave., Ottumwa, IA 52501 or Mississippi Regional Valley Blood Center.
She loved nature and flowers and found great enjoyment in the hummingbirds and Baltimore orioles that came to visit the feeders in her yard. She also enjoyed talking about a baby robin she found in her driveway one summer. He was so young that he hardly had any feathers, and when the parents did not return for him, she named him Bobbin and fed and nurtured him until he was old enough to survive on his own. Another one of Carol's favorite activities was watching the eagles in Decorah, Iowa, on the Decorah Eagles Nest Live Cam.
Most of all, Carol loved her family. She took great delight in talking about them and sharing pictures of her granddaughters and great-grandchildren. When she was in her eighties, she joined facebook, so she could keep up with her granddaughters' activities.
She also shared her time helping others by volunteering at the Ottumwa Regional Health Center and later Hospice and the Mississippi Regional Valley Blood Center.
Carol's favorite expression was, "Lord help me, the sea is so wide & my boat is so small."
She will be greatly missed by her family and by her many good friends, including myself.
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Obituary From Ottumwa Evening Post, January 12, 1917:
AGENCY-Carol Lee Bennett, 86, of Agency, formerly of Ottumwa, died at 2:55 p.m. January 11, 2017 at Hospice House in Ottumwa.
She was born November 10, 1930 to Floyd and Almeda Henderson Proctor. She married Robert L. Bennett on August 15, 1948 and he preceded her in death on October 4, 1997.
Carol and her husband owned and operated Ottumwa Glass for many years. She had volunteered for Ottumwa Regional Health Center Auxiliary, Hospice Serving Davis & Wapello Counties, and the Mississippi Regional Valley Blood Center. She was a member of a women's group at the YWCA.
Surviving are her sons, Evan (Sue) Bennett of Blakesburg and Brian (Marcy) Bennett of Agency; two grandchildren, Jennifer (Chris) Brandhorst of Reinbeck, Sarah Bennett of Agency; two great-grandchildren, Cohen Martin and Madeline Brandhorst; a brother-in-law, Joe (Gretchen) Larson of Ottumwa; a niece Tammi Epp and a great-nephew, Caden.
She was preceded in death by an infant brother.
Graveside services and burial will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Shaul Cemetery.
Visitation begins at 11 a.m. Friday at Reece Funeral Home with the family present from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice Serving Davis & Wapello Counties, 927 Pennsylvania Ave., Ottumwa, IA 52501 or Mississippi Regional Valley Blood Center.
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