HERKIMER - Sharon Lou Bennett age 74 passed away peacefully on Saturday morning April 6, 2019 in Faxton-Saint Luke's Medical Center. She was born on November 4, 1944 in Ilion, daughter of the late John and Hazel M. Wedemeyer. A lifelong area resident, she was raised in Ilion where she attended Ilion High School. On August 4, 1962 she was united in marriage to Spencer D. Bennett in the Ilion United Methodist Church. It was love at first sight and their love endured and deepened for over 56 years. Sharon worked as a nurse's aide at Ilion Hospital. A loving, caring and giving person, Sharon also volunteered her time caring for the sick and elderly for many years. She took great joy in caring for her home and family. She loved to read and was a talented writer, authoring a number of beautiful poems throughout her life. She made an impact on many people's lives and was a faithful and devoted wife, mother, sister and friend. She loved and cherished her children as well as her many grandchildren and great grandchildren. She will be sadly missed. Surviving beside her devoted husband of fifty six years, Spencer, are one son Todd Bennett and his wife Janet of Schuyler, New York, two daughters, Kimberly Bennett of Dallas, Texas and Courtney Walton and her husband Richard of Houston, Texas, a brother Donald Wedemeyer of Mohawk, a sister, Sandra Murray of Wichita, KS, as well as thirteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and cousins. Funeral services will be private and at the convenience of the family. Family members will be observing a seven day period of mourning at their residence and friends are invited to visit and share in the remembrance and celebration of Sharon's life. Expressions of sympathy may be made with memorial donations to Hospice & Palliative Care, arrangements are with Fenner Funeral Home, Inc., Herkimer.