Roberta K Bennett, 69, died unexpectedly March 10, 2020, in a tragic car accident. She was a long time resident of Belton Missouri. She was born August 5, 1950, in Watertown New York, the daughter of John R. and Mae Elizabeth (Rockwell) Wright.
Roberta relocated with her family from New York to the Kansas City area in her early teen years. In 1969, she graduated from Ruskin High School. She then married Robert Richard Rudy in 1968. Shortly after, she joined the workforce as a sales associate at Venture. In 1985, she married Robert E Bennett, her soulmate and her everything. This year they would have celebrated 35 years of marriage. In 1993, she started a new career path in the field of medical billing. She worked for several companies including Associated Physical Therapists, Physical Associates and Blue Valley Hospital until she opted for early retirement in 2016. Since then she has enjoyed being a full time wife and homemaker, shopping, and lunch dates with friends and family.
Roberta, AKA Bert, Bobbie, Bobbie K, had a heart of gold. She loved those close to her with everything she had. If you needed her, she was there. If you needed something, consider it done. If you needed nothing, she would be there with something regardless. She had a true servant’s heart and loved everyone selflessly. She was kind, easy to talk to, and empathetic. If you rejoiced over something, she did also. If you worried about something, she worried about it too. She was the glue that held this family together most days. She lived by the standard, “right is right, wrong is wrong”. For those of us who knew her well, if you were in the wrong, she was not short on words! She has set the bar high for all of us. May we all follow her example and strive to love relentlessly and give generously.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her infant son Robert Scott Rudy and a sister Christine A Davis. Surviving, in addition to her husband Robert E Bennett, are her daughters, Michelle L Clements and her husband James, of Merriam Kansas; Cynthia K Poole, of Greenville Illinois and James L Poole of Blue Springs Missouri; Step daughter Tonya J Turentine, of Overland Park Kansas, Seven Grandchildren, each one of them her “favorite”, Spencer Clements, Hannah Clements, Nicholas Clements, Tyler Poole, James Poole, Jacques Poole, and Taylor Turentine; One sister Beatrice Davis, of Independence Missouri; Two brothers, Gary Wright, of Holt Summit Missouri; David Wright and wife Mechelle, of Holt Summit Missouri and many nieces and nephews.
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