April 1, 1931 – December 14, 2019
Mary
Jane Bente, 88, of Burbank, passed away Saturday, December 14, 2019
surrounded by her family, and joining her loving husband of over 50
years, Wayne Francis Bente, who passed February 8, 2016.
Mary
Jane was born to the late Elmer Jacob Rummel and Estella Evelyn Lister,
on April 1, 1931 in Glendale, California. Mary Jane graduated from
Burbank High School and attended Glendale Community College.
Mary
Jane and Wayne spent the last 33 years in Northern California where
they built a cabin in Hayfork surrounded by horses, lambs, chickens and a
garden Wayne loved so much. They then moved to Shingletown and made
lots of friends they called extended family, and then after some health
issues moved to Paris Park in Redding, California. There they had a
community of friends who played cards, had pot luck dinners and who
looked out for each other. Mary Jane truly missed her friends there.
Mary
Jane and Wayne were foster parents and received recognition from the
Shasta County Board of Supervisors and Shasta County Department of
Social Services for Foster Parents of the Year in 2007. Mary Jane also
received a Certificate of Appreciation for 35 years of service to the
Burbank Emblem Club #86 in 2012. Mary Jane and Wayne were active donors
to BCR A Place to Grow founded in 1963 by her sister, Ruth Caughey, for
Mary Jane’s developmentally disable daughter, Vicki Lea. Vicki lived in
Redding, until she moved back to Burbank in 2011. Mary Jane and Wayne
both loved to travel in their Bounder motorhome and going on various
cruises. Mary Jane was an active member of Westminster Presbyterian
Church in Burbank and was blessed by the community there.
Mary
Jane is survived by six children: Charlene Jane Strickhouser of Mojave;
Rachelle Evelyn Giliberto of Santa Clarita, Laurie Beth Roan and her
husband, Dusty, of Hemet; Linda Sue Curtin of Burbank; Vicki Lea
Williams of Burbank; and Michael Wayne Bente and his wife, Robin, of
Priest, Idaho, as well as two sons, Lynn Arthur McFall and Reed Wayne
Bente who are both deceased. She is also survived by 17 grandchildren
and 23 great-grandchildren, with another great-grandbaby boy due at the
end of the month, and her beloved service dog, Millie.
In lieu of
flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made to the
American Cancer Society Relay for Life Burbank, Team Hope. A Celebration
of Life and Resurrection, for both Mary Jane and Wayne, will be held on
Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 10am at Westminster Presbyterian Church,
542 N Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California 91505.
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