Payne County OK Obit for: Vearis Noble Bentley 
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Transcribed from the Ponca City Newspress newspaper
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Submitted to the archives by: Claudia Thiry: workfarm@wiredok.com 
Date submitted: 2/26/2003 
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Vearis Noble Bentley

Vearis Noble Bentley, longtime Ponca City resident, died Wednesday, June 
26, 1996, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. He was 84.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, in the Trout Funeral Home 
chapel with Bishop Bryant J. Hardy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter 
Day Saints, officiating. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery. 

Friends may visit at the funeral home until 1 p.m. Saturday then the casket 
will be closed.

Vearis Noble Bentley was born April 2, 1912, in Coyle, the son of Bert and 
Effie (Bahney) Bentley. 

He grew up and attended schools in Coyle.

On Feb. 28, 1942, he was married to Ruth Buster Parks in Guthrie, and the 
couple farmed in Coyle. 

In 1951, they moved to Ponca City where Bentley was employed as a carpenter 
by several builders. 

He retired in 1979, after working for Lee Drake Homes as a finishing carpenter 
for 25 years. 

In retirement he enjoyed sports, country music and spending time with his 
children and grandchildren.

Survivors include two sons, Rodney Bentley and Rodger Bentley, both of Ponca 
City; one step-daughter, Jacquelyn Apker of Old Hickory, Tenn.; one step-son, 
Terry Parks of Oklahoma City; three brothers, Solomon Bentley and C.A. Bentley, 
both of Coyle, and Lloyd Bentley of Ponca City; 15 grandchildren; and 18 
great-grandchildren. 

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth, on Dec. 20, 1991; his parents; 
three sisters, Alpha Cowger, Ollie Longan and Anna Belle Townsend; two brothers, 
Ernest Bentley and Everett Bentley; and one grandson.

Casket bearers will be grandsons, Brett Bentley, Brian Bentley, Eric Bentley, 
Jeff Bentley, Chris Bentley and Jay Bentley.

The family will be at 509 North Birch Street.
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