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Montana Bennett Huslig 1951 - 2009
A memorial Mass for Montana “Tana” Bennett Huslig, 58, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Corpus Christi Catholic Church. Private burial will follow in Mount Calvary Cemetery.
Mrs. Huslig died Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
She was born Jan. 15, 1951, at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., the daughter of John and Lorraine Rolfes Bennett. She had been a Lawrence resident for more than 33 years.
She earned a master’s degree in entomology from Kansas University. She worked as a graduate secretary in the German department at KU.
She was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church, the First Friday Mystery Book Club and a knitting group at the Yarn Barn.
She married Michael Huslig on Oct. 4, 1980, in Lawrence. He survives, of the home.
Other survivors include a daughter, Sara, Seattle; a son, John, Lawrence; her mother, Lorraine Bennett, Colorado Springs, Colo.; and a sister, Lori Van West, Denver.
The family suggests memorials to the Lawrence Public Library or the Lawrence Humane Society, sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th St., Lawrence, KS 66044.
Online condolences may be sent at warrenmcelwain.com, subject: Huslig.
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