Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Bentz, Mary E. (Schlegel)  August 10, 2008
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on  8/12/2008 - 8/13/2008  
  Bentz, Mary E. (Schlegel)    
    
  Mary E. (Schlegel) Bentz (April 4, 1911 - August 10, 2008) Mary Elizabeth 
  (Schlegel) Bentz, 97, formerly of West Reading died August 10, 2008, at 2:10 
  a.m. in Sacred Heart Villa, Muhlenberg Township, where she had been a resident 
  since January 2005. Born in Lebanon, Pa., on April 4, 1911, she was a daughter 
  of the late Joseph E. and Elizabeth C. (Hicking) Schlegel. She was a life long 
  member of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, West Reading, and a devoted 
  mother, sister, grandmother, and greatgrandmother. Mary was employed by the 
  Reading Hospital Medical Center in the medical records department, and was a 
  member of the TRHMC Ladies Auxiliary, Sacred Heart Sodality, and Alsace Senior 
  Group. Mary is survived by seven children, Sister Mary M. Bentz, IHM, St. 
  Catherine of Sienna parish, Mount Penn, John, husband of Mary Lou (Hoke) Bentz 
  of Bechtelsville; William of Sacred Heart Villa, Muhlenberg Township, Nicholas, 
  husband of Mary Alice (Eckert) Bentz of Shillington, Theresa, widow of John R. 
  Caton of Wakefield, Mass., Richard, husband of Barbara (Strand) Bentz of 
  Palmyra, and Thomas, husband of Anne (Schuler) Bentz of Harrisburg; and a 
  daughter-in-law, Nancy L. (Snyder) of Wyomissing, widow of James Bentz. She is 
  also survived by five siblings, Edward Schlegel of Lebanon, William Schlegel of 
  Anaheim, Calif., Anne Reilly of Lebanon, Agnes Fancovic of Myerstown and 
  Elizabeth Darone of Stanton, Calif.; and one sister-in-law, Mildred Bentz of 
  State College, Pa. There are also 25 grandchildren; 44 greatgrandchildren; and 
  two great-greatgranddaughters. She was predeceased by her husband, Nicholas 
  Michael Bentz, who died April 5, 1976; and three children, Robert Bentz, who 
  died in 1953; Joseph Bentz, who died in 1944; and James Bentz, who died in 
  2000; and four siblings, Joseph Schlegel, John Schlegel, Cecelia Gristick and 
  Dorothy Burch, all of Lebanon, Pa. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 
  Thursday at 11 a.m. in Sacred Heart R.C. Church, Franklin Street and Eighth 
  Avenue, West Reading. The Rosary will be prayed Wednesday at 5:45 p.m., and a 
  viewing will follow from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. in Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home 
  Inc., 739 Penn Ave., West Reading. Burial will be in Gethsemane Cemetery, 
  Muhlenberg Township.  Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home Inc., West Reading, is in 
  charge of arrangements.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News from 8/12/2008 - 8/13/2008  
  
  
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