Honoring a Life: Adele Hutchinson Bennett

My dear mother-in-law, Adele Hutchinson Bennett, passed a few days ago, at 89, with her mind and spirit saying “Yes! Yes!” as always. Her body and heart were plum worn out after a full adventurous life filled with music, travel, drama, and love. Her 4 children, Curtis, Liz, Paul & Marilyn were with her. Mom, Oma, Nana, Gramma Adele to her 4 children, 5 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren, will live on in ferocious card games and raucous laughter.

Here’s Adele with the gang at her 89th birthday celebration in Galveston, Oct 2021.

It was May 4th a day nationally recognized as Star Wars Day—as in “May the Force Be With You” and Adele was a force! “Come Fly Away” will be her send off song during a Memorial Service on May 7th, held at St. Luke Methodist in Bryan, Texas.

Yes, Adele was known to swerve upon sighting hawks on the hunt!

Fittingly, May 4th is National Bird Day. Adele was an avid birder—raptors being her passion. She traveled throughout the world to bird trips—and highways, much to other drivers potential peril. As a subscriber to The Fishbowl, you may have tried the May 4th 7-Minute Challenge “This One’s For the Birds.” Make that “for Adele.”

When I write “traveled the world” I am not kidding. The photos below were taken when Adele came to Indonesia to visit, she said “to see us” but it wasn’t long before she was off in search of the Javan Eagle. The one of Adele was taken in the Tea Plantations north of Jakarta, the other is of the guides and on the far right, our driver Aan, who escorted Adele on what was a trip of a lifetime—hers & his. Yes! There were eagles!

I will be taking the week to celebrate this lovely loving woman and a life well lived. The next 7-Minute Challenge will post May 11th. If, between now and then, you notice a wild bird—and I hope you do—say “Would you look?”