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Submitted: 1/13/22 • Approved: 1/19/22 • Last Updated: 1/22/22 • R1412494-G1412493-S3
June 12, 1933 - May 12, 2019
*Obituary
The Weekly Vista
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Ellen Ruth (Wood) Henning died Sunday, May 12, 2019, at Circle of Life in Bentonville, Ark.
She was born June 12, 1933, in Rural Weyerhaeuser, Wis., to Roger Oscar Wood and Julia L. Cummings Wood. She grew up in rural Wisconsin and in Chicago, Ill., and attended Richards Vocational High School in Chicago. She married William (Bill) Henning, May 27, 1950. They lived in Wisconsin and Minnesota before retiring to Bella Vista in 1992. Her career was that of bookkeeper and she enjoyed sewing, reading, flower gardening, singing, and was a member of Village Bible Church in Bella Vista.
She was preceded in death by her parents; half sisters, Leora Letts and Evelyn Campbell; half brother, George Thalacker; sister, Bonnie Gruzlewski; and brother, Jay Wood.
Survivors include her husband, William Henning; children, Roger (Linda) Henning of Pillager, Minn., Ruth Henning of Bella Vista, Michael (Nancy) Henning of Detroit Lakes, Minn., Carol Johnson of Springdale, Ark.; brothers, Alvin (Joy) Wood of Tooele, Utah, Rodney (Jolieta) Wood of Rockport, Ill.; sister, Dorothy (Charles) Carpenter, Schroeder, Minn.; and six grandchildren.
A celebration of life will be held Saturday, June 8, 2019, at Village Bible Church in Bella Vista with a visitation at 10 a.m., service at 11 a.m. and lunch to follow.
Memorials may be given to Village Bible Church or Circle of Life Hospice in Bentonville, Ark.
Online condolences may be made www.funeralmation.com.
Arrangements are by Bella Vista Funeral Home & Crematory.
Contributed on 1/13/22 by wfields55
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