Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bennett, Dorothy Jean (Neilsen) 2015 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net October 8, 2017, 1:58 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 16 Jan 2015 Dorothy Jean Bennett, 89, of Ionia passed away Jan. 13, 2015, at home surrounded by her family. She was born Sept. 17, 1925, in Lakeview, Michigan, the daughter of Samuel and Karin (Christiansen) Neilsen. Dorothy married Otis Bennett March 3, 1945. He preceded her in death in 1993. She loved gardening, band concerts and she adored her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Dorothy is survived by her daughter, Susan (Gerald) DenHouten of Ionia; grandchildren, Karen (Brian) Neeley of Ionia, Wendy Gillman of Ionia, Tammy Husted of Ionia, Bettie (Robert) White of Ionia, Todd (Jennifer) DenHouten of Ionia and Jamie (Marti) DenHouten of Lansing; sister, Marjorie (George) Chickering of Fenwick; and great grandchildren, Ryan, Arron, Robby, Brittney, Cody, Katie, Dennis, Hunter, Baily and Caleb. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son, Albert Bennett; daughter, Mary Bennett; brothers, Ken Neilsen and Carlton Neilsen; and sisters, Margarita Baker and Mattie Brooks. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17 at Lake Funeral Home in Ionia with Pastor Shane Prewitt officiating. Interment Sunset Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held Friday 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to her family. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/bennett6758gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb