Bernadette A. Bennett

Bernadette A. Bennett, 86, of Moline, Illinois, died Saturday, July 25, 2009, in Rosewood Care Center, Moline, Illinois.

Services are 1:00 p.m. Thursday in the Celebration of Life Chapel at Trimble Funeral and Cremation Center, Moline. Burial is in Rock Island National Cemetery. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

The former Bernadette Agatha Dresen was born January 8, 1923, in Racine, Wisconsin, the daughter of John and Veronica (Hellman) Dresen. She married Milton Bennett on October 10, 1970, in Rock Island, Illinois. She worked in the parts department at J. I. Case in Racine for several years prior to her marriage. She was a loving mother and grandmother, and enjoyed gardening, cooking and going on walks.

Bernadette is survived by her husband. Milton; four children and their spouses, Sue Ann and Bruce Reber of Denton, Texas, Rose Nelson of Silvis, Illinois, Diane Bennett of Independence, Iowa, and Michele and Jamie Jackson of Deatsville, Alabama; six grandchildren, Paul Reber and his wife Kay, Laura Reber, Robert Nelson and his wife Nicole, and Jacob, Sarah, and Noah Williams; five great grandchildren, Jasmynn Reber, Alec, Reid and Brett Nelson, and Annabelle Burr; and a brother, Thomas Dresen of Sturtevant, Wisconsin. She was preceded in death by three sisters and five brothers.

Bernadette?s family invites friends to sign her guestbook or light a candle in her memory at www.TrimbleFuneralHomes.com.