MILDRED BENNETT

LAMAR- A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Konantz Warden Funeral Home for Mildred Marie Bennett, 95, Lamar, who died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, at her home.

The obituary may be viewed and condolences sent online at www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include one son, Larry Bennett, Florida; a sister, Renola Schountz and husband Frank, Pittsburg, Kan., and two grandchildren. She will be missed by her neighbors, friends, family and caregivers.

Mrs. Bennett was born June 8, 1922, in Pittsburg, Kan., to Frank and Anna (Wilbert) Mertz. She married Caleb “Cal” Bennett on April 20, 1941 and he died April 17, 2012.

Together, they owned and operated several businesses, including a drive-in restaurant in Kansas, a laundromat in North Dakota, a cabin resort in Minnesota and a rabbit farm in Kansas.

They sold the farm and retired to Joplin before settling in Lamar, where they enjoyd being outside tending to their flowers, going for walks and visiting neighbors.