Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....(Fornas) Bentley, Signe November 23 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: K T bluewolf@onemain.com November 28, 2004, 1:28 am The Bakersfield Californian Signe Bentley Sept. 24, 1908-Nov. 23, 2004 Services: Mon., Nov. 29, 11 a.m. Funeral services will be held Monday, November 29, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. at Compassion Christian Church, 1030 4th St. for Signe Bentley, 96, who died November 23, in Bakersfield. Pastor James Tyler will officiate. Interment will follow at 2:00 p.m. at Hillcrest Cemetery. Mrs. Bentley was born and raised in Bakersfield where she worked 20 years as an operator for Pacific Bell. She was a volunteer at the Kern County Fair and entered their flower shows for over forty years. She was a member of VASA Order of America (Swedish Lodge), Runeberg Lodge and was a charter member of the Swedish-Finn Historical Society of Seattle. Mrs. Bentley is survived by her brother, Gerald Fornas of Bakersfield; nieces, Sharon Shoreen, Brenda Garrett, Carol Scamaccia and Theresa and her husband, Tom Ellis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lyle Bentley; brothers, Arthur, Elmer and Ernold Fornas; sisters, Mildred Fornas and Helen Stephenson; and parents, Theodore and Alina Fornas. The family requests donations be made to Grace Lutheran Church or a favorite charity of your choice. Visitation is scheduled Sunday from 11:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Doughty-Calhoun-OMeara Funeral Directors Additional Comments: Volunteer submission - No relation to deceased. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/kern/obits/gob3218fornasbe.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb