Our angel wife, mother, sister, and grandmother passed away peacefully at her home on October 25, 1999.
Mom was born November 3, 1921 to William Wiley Bennett and Ella Marcella Walker in Plymouth, California. She spent her growing up years enjoying the beauty of the northern California mountains, and later, the hills of Missouri. She graduated from Southeast Missouri State Teachers College and taught school for two years before enlisting in the Women's Army Corps. during World War II. It was there she met a special G.I. her eternal companion, Roland Nephi Wille, whom she married on July 3, 1944. After the war, they raised their family in the Chicago area.A stalwart member of the LDS Church, Mom had an unwavering testimony of Jesus Christ which she instilled in her five children whom she held most precious. A shining example of unselfishness and Christlike love, she spent her life serving, helping and "worrying" about others. Though timid by nature, she served in such callings as Primary and Relief Society President, as well as a temple ordinance worker with her husband.
Though she lived in this world, the world could never tarnish her pure, noble spirit. She is truly at home among the angels for that is what she was on earth.
She is survived by her husband of 55 years; a sister, Wanda Morgan; a brother, John (Zelma) Bennett; and her children, Mary Ellen (Reynold) Stout, Gregory (Shellie) Wille, Patricia (EksAyn) Anderson, John (Lois) Wille and Alice (Steve) Feld; 29 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Ella Mae Farrow.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 30, 1999, 2 p.m. in the Taylorsville 25th Ward, 4504 South 3420 West. Friends and family may call Friday, 5-8 p.m. at McDougal Funeral Home, 4330 South Redwood Road and Saturday at the church, 1-1:45 p.m. Interment will follow at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park.