Winona Bennett

BUDA — Winona Jean Bennett, 85, of Buda died at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, at Liberty Village of Princeton.

Born Dec. 21, 1928, in Princeton to Fred and Edith (Arnold) Hayden, she married John T. Hood Feb. 23, 1947, in Neponset. He died Jan. 27, 1986. She then married Edwin G. Bennett March 3, 1990, in Neponset. He died Feb. 9, 2005.

She was a 1946 graduate of Buda High School. She was a homemaker.

She was a Bureau County 4-H leader for 15 years, and a member of the United Methodist Women in Neponset and the First United Church of Christ in Sheffield.

Surviving are three daughters, Becky Hood of Peoria, Deborah Ruebush of Lomax and Laura (Kevin) Rose of Buda; one son, Thomas Hood of Belle Fourche, S.D.; one stepson; six grandchildren, Tony (Elaine) Gambiani of St. Louis, Mo., Mary (Jeremy) Sterzinger of Princeton, Mike (Heidi) Ruebush of Lomax, Jennifer Ziebarth of Minot, N.D., Jaime (Jeremy) Nickels of Glasgow, Mont., and Thomas (Andrea) Folger of Savage, Minn.; 14 great-grandchildren; and several stepgrandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by four sisters, one brother and one stepson.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10, at the Grant-Johnson Funeral Home, Princeton, with Pastors Doug Karius and Amy Holman officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Garden, Kewanee.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, at the Grant-Johnson Funeral Home in Princeton.

Memorials may be directed to the Buda Rescue Squad and O.S.F. St. Francis School of Nursing.