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Rose Catherine <I>Bennett</I> Jenkins

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Rose Catherine Bennett Jenkins

Birth
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death
19 May 2014 (aged 83)
Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Burial
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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Rose Catherine Bennett Jenkins, 83, passed away peacefully on May 19, 2014 in Millcreek Township.

She was born in Salt Lake City on January 27, 1931, the fourth child of Harold Harper Bennett and Emily Higgs Bennett. She attended East High School and graduated from the University of Utah.

Rose married Joseph Richard Jenkins on September 9, 1952 in the Salt Lake Temple.

Rose was devoted to her family and friends. She loved her siblings and was proud of their shared Bennett and Higgs heritage. She was generous and loved to give small tokens of regard to friends, family, and even comparative strangers.

Rose was a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who possessed an abiding testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

For many years, Rose was the Director of the Wedding Registry at ZCMI, where she enjoyed working directly with brides and their families. Her impeccable taste was an enormous asset in her work. She supervised the entire operation, including the transition of the department to a multi-store operation.

Rose was a survivor. She had her first stroke during open-heart surgery at age forty-four, but fought her way back and continued to work and care for her family for many years, despite being widowed at age forty-nine. She was determined to maintain her independence for as long as possible, despite more strokes and cancer. Rose is an example of perseverance and enduring to the end.

Rose made friends easily and kept them long. A special treasure of her life was Dinner Group, consisting of friends from as far back as elementary school and their spouses, who have met for dinner every month for over sixty years.

Rose is survived by her brothers, John Bennett, Michael (Jan) Bennett, and Stephen (Susan) Bennett; brothers-in-law, Dean Belnap, David Lowden, and Nate Winters; sister-in-law, Rebecca Bennett; three children, Maren (Paul) Durham, Salt Lake City; Cathy (Douglas) Bates, West Jordan; and John Howard (Heidi), Salt Lake City; twelve grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father and mother; husband; sisters, Mary Elen Belnap, Anne Lowden, and Susan Winters; her brother, Peter Bennett; and sister-in-law, Moana Bennett.

The family wishes to thank the staff of Wellington Assisted Living and Brighton Hospice for their dedicated and caring service.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. in the Monument Park Stake Center, 1320 South Wasatch Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah. Friends may call on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Larkin Sunset Lawn, 2350 East 1300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah, and prior to the services at the church on Wednesday from 9:30 to 10:40 a.m.
Interment at Larkin Sunset Lawn.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune from May 25 to May 26, 2014.
Rose Catherine Bennett Jenkins, 83, passed away peacefully on May 19, 2014 in Millcreek Township.

She was born in Salt Lake City on January 27, 1931, the fourth child of Harold Harper Bennett and Emily Higgs Bennett. She attended East High School and graduated from the University of Utah.

Rose married Joseph Richard Jenkins on September 9, 1952 in the Salt Lake Temple.

Rose was devoted to her family and friends. She loved her siblings and was proud of their shared Bennett and Higgs heritage. She was generous and loved to give small tokens of regard to friends, family, and even comparative strangers.

Rose was a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who possessed an abiding testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

For many years, Rose was the Director of the Wedding Registry at ZCMI, where she enjoyed working directly with brides and their families. Her impeccable taste was an enormous asset in her work. She supervised the entire operation, including the transition of the department to a multi-store operation.

Rose was a survivor. She had her first stroke during open-heart surgery at age forty-four, but fought her way back and continued to work and care for her family for many years, despite being widowed at age forty-nine. She was determined to maintain her independence for as long as possible, despite more strokes and cancer. Rose is an example of perseverance and enduring to the end.

Rose made friends easily and kept them long. A special treasure of her life was Dinner Group, consisting of friends from as far back as elementary school and their spouses, who have met for dinner every month for over sixty years.

Rose is survived by her brothers, John Bennett, Michael (Jan) Bennett, and Stephen (Susan) Bennett; brothers-in-law, Dean Belnap, David Lowden, and Nate Winters; sister-in-law, Rebecca Bennett; three children, Maren (Paul) Durham, Salt Lake City; Cathy (Douglas) Bates, West Jordan; and John Howard (Heidi), Salt Lake City; twelve grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father and mother; husband; sisters, Mary Elen Belnap, Anne Lowden, and Susan Winters; her brother, Peter Bennett; and sister-in-law, Moana Bennett.

The family wishes to thank the staff of Wellington Assisted Living and Brighton Hospice for their dedicated and caring service.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. in the Monument Park Stake Center, 1320 South Wasatch Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah. Friends may call on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Larkin Sunset Lawn, 2350 East 1300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah, and prior to the services at the church on Wednesday from 9:30 to 10:40 a.m.
Interment at Larkin Sunset Lawn.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune from May 25 to May 26, 2014.


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