Rosemary Bennett

Rosemary A. Bennett, 88, of Jefferson City, died Thursday, February 18, 2010, at Heisinger Bluffs. Rosemary was born September 2Bennett.JPG14, 1921, in Jefferson City, the daughter of the late Victor and Bertha Schell Dulle. She was married July 18, 1942, in San Diego, Calif., to Karl McGee Bennett, who died August 20, 1973. A 1939 graduate of St. Peter High School, Mrs. Bennett worked for many years as an Executive Secretary in the Missouri Department of Revenue, in various state agencies, and in the Missouri House of Representatives before retiring in 1988. She was a member of St. Joseph Cathedral and the Women's Association of the church. She greatly enjoyed dancing and playing cards. She is survived by two children, Karlye (Michael) Keleher, Maryland Heights, and Tim (Jane Goedde) Bennett, Springfield; four grandchildren, Megan Keleher (Mike) Denslow, Wentzville, Tim Keleher, St. Louis, Adam Bennett, Charlottesville, Va., and Julia Bennett, Washington, D.C; two great-grandchildren, Hunter Denslow, Wentzville, and Katie Keleher, St. Charles; one sister, Margaret Burmeister, Jefferson City; one sister-in-law, Edna Bennett, Charleston, S.C.; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by one son, Jack Bennett; one granddaughter, Kathleen Mary Keleher; four sisters, Thelma Peterson, Mildred Jordan, Dorothy Dallas, and Mary Dolores Dulle; and two brothers, Louis Dulle and Cletus Dulle. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, February 22, 2010, at the Cathedral of Saint Joseph with the Rev. Clarence E. Wiederholt officiating. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Sunday at Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home with a prayer service at 7 p.m. conducted by Deacon Robert Dulle, and the Rev. James Mueller, Chaplain of Heisinger Bluffs. Memorials are suggested to Cathedral of Saint Joseph, 2305 W. Main Street, Jefferson City, MO 65109; or Hospice Compassists of Jefferson City, 600 Monroe Street, Suite 100, Jefferson City, MO 65101. Those wishing to email tributes or condolences to the family may do so at www.dulletrimble.com.