A graveside service and interment was held Monday, March 27, 2023, at Home Cemetery in Tarkio, Missouri, for Linda F. Bennett. Reverend Glenn Scott officiated. Services were under the direction of Davis Funeral Home, Tarkio.

Linda, the daughter of Gerald and LaVerda (Tucker) Jacobsen, was born April 9, 1949, in Norfolk, Nebraska. She attended Wisner High School, Wisner, Nebraska, graduating in 1967.

On March 13, 1970, Linda was united in marriage to Wayne Bennett at the Fairfax Christian Church, Fairfax, Missouri. The couple made their home in Omaha, Nebraska, and Rock Port, Missouri, for a couple of years before moving to Tarkio until the present time. They became the parents of two children, Rob and Lori.

Linda was employed by J and J Products, Tarkio; Excel Beef Packers, Phelps City, Missouri; Dial Greenhouses, Shenandoah, Iowa; Rock Port Market and FC Food Country, both of Rock Port; and R and L Grocery Store, Fairfax, Missouri. She was also employed by American Meter, Nebraska City, Nebraska. Linda often helped Wayne with automotive interior work at Bennett Body Shop, Tarkio.

Linda loved flowers, particularly yellow roses, working in the yard, celebrating Christmas, and had a huge Santa collection. Linda passed away Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Community Hospital-Fairfax, Fairfax, at the age of 73.

Besides her parents, Linda was preceded in death by son, Rob Bennett; seven brothers and sisters; and fur babies, Bridget and Poppy. Survivors include husband, Wayne Bennett, Tarkio; daughter, Lori and her husband, Kurt Clark, Tarkio; fur babies, Josie and Sophie; seven brothers and sisters; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be directed to Paw Prints (Atchison County’s animal rescue fund), c/o Farmers State Bank, P.O. Box 158, Tarkio, MO 64491. Online condolences may be left at www.minterfuneralchapels.com.