Bentley, Thomas Henry; obituary

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Napa County Historical Society

Name/Title

Bentley, Thomas Henry; obituary

Entry/Object ID

2010.1.176

Scope and Content

Published in the Napa Valley Register 3/16/04 Thomas Henry Bentley, Napa Son of a pioneer Napa family Died 3/12/04 after long illness, age 84 Born in Napa 6/1/1919 to Earnest W. & Grace Witt Bentley Grew up in family ranch on Silverado Trail Attended Soda Canyon School Graduated from Napa HS in 1939, member of FFA and 4-H Served in the Napa National Guard Unit which was activated into the 184th Infantry Regiment, US Army during WWII Served as a tech sergeant in the Pacific with the 7th Infantry Division, Amphibian Assault Unit Received the Purple Heart with one Oak Leaf cluster and 2 Bronze Star medals for action in the Philippines and Kwajalein Strong supporter of the Livestock Auction at the Napa Town & Country Fair for many years Was a Soda Canyon volunteer firefighter for 25 yrs In his youth was active in the farming, dairy & poultry industries, and the Prune Association Started to work at Basalt as operating engineer in early 1950s, where he worked for 35 yrs before retirement Survived by stepchildren Dorothy Adams and Richard & James Lovie, sisters Peggy Meister & Ellen Fetscher, 7 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and many nieces & nephews Predeceased by wife of 40 yrs Ann Bentley, parents, brother Benoni H. Bentley, sisters Lillian S. Olsen , Grace F. Sleevy & Beatrice Elmore Interment at Tulocay Cemetery, Napa

Collection

Obituaries

Acquisition

Accession

2010.1

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Obituary

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Announcement

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Declaratory Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Bentley, Thomas Henry, Bentley, Grace Witt, Bentley, Earnest W., Bentley, Benoni, Bentley, Ann, Elmore, Beatrice, Elmore, Bea, Sleevy, Grace F., Olsen, Lillian S., Fetscher, Ellen, Meister, Peggy, Lovie, James, Lovie, Richard, Adams, Dorothy, obituary

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1919 - 2004

Archive Notes

Date(s): 3/16/04

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bentley, Thomas Henry

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Bentley, Grace Witt

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Bentley, Earnest W.

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Bentley, Benoni

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Bentley, Ann

Person or Organization

Elmore, Beatrice

Person or Organization

Elmore, Bea

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Sleevy, Grace F.

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Olsen, Lillian S.

Person or Organization

Fetscher, Ellen

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Meister, Peggy

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Lovie, James

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Lovie, Richard

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Adams, Dorothy

Create Date

June 23, 2010

Update Date

May 24, 2023