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Margie R. Gentry Scherer
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Birth: May 19, 1922
Lawrence County
Illinois, USA
Death: Oct. 6, 2007
Vincennes
Knox County
Indiana, USA
Margie R. (Bennett) Scherer, 85, of rural Sumner, died at 1:32 a.m. Saturday, October 6, 2007, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Ind.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. today at Beulah United Methodist Church, located south of Sumner. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Burial will be in Crest Haven Memorial Park in rural Claremont.
Mrs. Scherer was born May 19, 1922, in Lawrence County, the daughter of Wilbur and Pearl (Henry) Gentry. She married Claude A. Bennett on March 11, 1941. He preceded her in death on January 12, 1988. She married Russell Scherer on September 18, 2004. He survives.
She was a farmwife and a member of Beulah United Methodist Church. She was active in Sign of the Kingdom and was a board member of Senior Citizens.
Mrs. Scherer is survived by her sons, Phillip Bennett and his wife, Marylin, of Topeka, Kan., Ronnie Bennett and his wife, Deanna, of rural Sumner, and Greg Bennett and his wife, Vickie, of rural Sumner; daughters, Carolyn McDonald, of Olney, and Gwyn Wilson and her husband, Wade, of Olney; stepsons, Bob Scherer, of rural Bridgeport, Dan Scherer, of rural Bridgeport, and Scott Scherer, of Laurel, Md.; brother-in-law, Gail Bennett, of rural Sumner; sister-in-law, Eunice Gentry, of rural Lawrenceville; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and several step-grandchildren, step-great-grandchildren and step-great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Wilbur and Pearl Gentry; first husband, Claude A. Bennett; four brothers; two sisters; and one grandchild.
Memorials may be made to the Beulah Church Building Fund or Mt. Gilead Church Building Fund.
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Parents:
Wilbur Gentry (1879 - 1961)
Pearl Henry Gentry (1889 - 1965)
Spouses:
Russell C. Scherer (1923 - 2011)*
Claude A. Bennett (1917 - 1988)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Crest Haven Memorial Park
Claremont
Richland County
Illinois, USA
Created by: Lady In Black
Record added: Oct 08, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 22041084
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