Services held for Dorothy Bensend, 72

Dorothy “Dottie” Bensend, age 72, of Osage died Monday, May 29, 2000 at the Stacyville Community Nursing Home, Stacyvilie, Iowa. Dottie was born May 3, 1928 on the family farm near New Haven, the daughter of Theodore and Mabel (Quinn) Klaes. She attended St. Mary’s School in New Haven, graduating in 1946. She was united in marriage to Bob Bensend June 18, 1949 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in New Haven. Dottie was a longtime area resident. She was employed at Marr Knitting Mill, AVCO Finance and was a bankteller at Home Trust and Savings Bank, retiring in 1993. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, the Sacred Heart Guild and Bible study group. She loved to cook, bake and care for her grandchildren. Many lives were touched by her loving and caring nature.

. She is survived by her husband, Bob Bensend of Stacyville; three daughters, Jeannine Roufs and her husband Jim of Loretto, Minn, and their three children, Patricia Fuller of Mason City and her two children, and Marilyn Adams and her husband Jerry of Stacyville and daughter; one son, Richard Bensend and wife Jean of Osage and their two children; one sister, Eugenia Wagner and her husband Bob of Riceville and one brother, Ray Klaes and his wife Lorraine of New Haven.    /

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Champion Funeral Home in Osage handled arrangements.

Source: Riceville Recorder June 8, 2000
from Elma library collection assembled by Marian (Marr) McGee