Della F. Larson, 92, of Woonsocket, died Friday, April 22, 2016, at Prairie View Healthcare Community in Woonsocket.
Her funeral service was Monday, April 25 at 10 a.m. at the Basham Funeral Home in Woonsocket with Rev. Rhonda Wellsandt-Zell officiating. Visitation was Sunday, April 24 from 4-6 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial was in Eventide Cemetery in Woonsocket.
Della Florence Jones was born June 5, 1922, in Ipswich, the daughter of Thomas and Elnora (Ruenzel) Jones. She lived a full life and was blessed with five children, Karen and Terry Lindley, Ken and Jack Bennett, and Sandra Larson.
Della loved cooking, music and dancing. She enjoyed attending many of her grandchildrens’ events and always had advice for her family and friends. She held her family close to her heart and was a very generous and loving person.
She is survived by a daughter, Sandra (Rich) Schreiner of Sioux Falls; two sons, Kenneth (Cheryl) Bennett and Jack (Ruth) Bennett, all of Sioux Falls; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one brother, Curt (Myrna) Jones; one sister-in-law, Joyce Jones; and many nieces and nephews.
Della was preceded in death by her husbands, Molten Lindley, Gene Bennett and Clarence Larson; a daughter, Karen Skinner; a son, Terrance Lindley; four sisters, Beverly (Chuck) Mueller, Sarah (Harold) Krueger, Doris (Pete) Peterson and Phyllis (Lee) Bell; three brothers, Edwin, Lester and George Jones; and a close family friend, Thomas Brisbine.