Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bentley, Roger Jay 2014
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The Ionia Shopper’s Guide, Saturday, March 15, 2014


Roger Jay Bentley, 82, went home to Heaven on Saturday, March 8, 2014, 
surrounded by his grandchildren Robert Bentley, Shelby Bentley, and Brooke 
Bentley.  Roger was able to come and spend his final six years at his childhood 
home with special caregivers Malissa Bentley and very special caregiver great 
granddaughter Kaylee Bentley.

He is survived by son Joe Bentley and wife Malissa of Ionia, son Jeff Bentley 
and wife Lynn of Florida; son Monty Bentley and wife Bernadette of Texas; 
daughter Lynn Haney and husband Mike of Texas; sisters Barb and Jane of 
Portage, Michigan; and brother Richard Bentley of North Carolina.

In Roger’s early days he was one of the first modern day excavators in Ionia.  
He was a prison guard, and he also worked as a printer at R. L. Polk.  He was a 
master builder of over 40 years.  He had extraordinary talent in building and 
built over 1,000 buildings.  Roger loved fishing and tinkering with small 
engines.  He also liked buying and selling items.  He was a natural downhill 
skier.  Roger loved country music and he was a poet that loved reciting poems.  
He was the last member of the Geek Gang.  Special mentor was Howard Kelsey.  He 
will be deeply missed by special sons Joe Bentley, Jeff Bentley, and grandson 
Robert Bentley.

Roger Jay Bentley was a great-great man!


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