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Donna H. Bennett (Madonna Avis Hood), 94, of Windsor died at 2:15 a.m. Thursday (November 6, 2008) at her home.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday in the Windsor Christian Church with Rev. Richard Eident officiating. Visitation will be from 5:000 to 8:00 p.m. Friday in the Lovins-Lockart Funeral Home. Windsor. Burial will be in Ash Grove Cemetery near Windsor. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be made to the Lincolnland Hospice of Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System.
Donna was born August 26, 1914 in Moweaqua, IL, the daughter of Walter and Catherine Halpin Hood. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leo C. Bennett, on August 11, 1994, whom she married June 16, 1937 in Shelbyville. Also preceding her in death was her daughter, Alice Suzanne Rudin, her great-grandson, Andrew Wittenberg and sisters, Opal Reid and Dorthea Willard.
Donna is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Jim Hooten (Sally) of Gays, IL and Mrs. Byron Cartwright (Katie) of Fayetteville, GA; son, Allen F. Bennett of Windsor; brother-in-law, Dean Bennett; two sister-in-laws, Blondelle Bennett and Dorene Waggoner all of Windsor; 23 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
After growing up in Shelbyville, IL, and graduating from Shelbyville High School in 1931, Donna graduated from De Pauw University in Greencastle, IN, in 1935. She taught music in Windsor public schools until retiring in 1967. Donna was a member of the Methodist Church in Shelbyville. Following her marriage to Leo, she joined him in membership at the Windsor Christian Church where the two of them were actively involved throughout their lives. Among other activities, Donna directed the choir, led worship, and taught a Bible School class. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Sigma Alpha Iota music sorority.
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