BENTLEY, Ernest Carl 1931-2020

BENTLEY, NELSON, MURRAY, THOMPSON

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 3/29/2020 at 19:11:46

Ernest Carl Bentley

October 21, 1931 - March 28, 2020

Obituary

Ernest Carl Bentley, 88, of Waterloo, died March 28, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home, Waterloo, Iowa.

He was born October 21, 1931, in Waterloo the son of James E. and Mary Elizabeth Nelson Bentley. He married Rosetta Murray. They later divorced. He then married Leona Thompson. She died in 2010.

Ernest was employed by the city of Waterloo for 30 years. He started on the street department and then a truck driver for garbage and ended his years there as a foreman.

Survived by: two daughters, Brenda Jungen of Waterloo and Roxanne (Dean) Mobley of Cedar Falls; a stepson, Denny (Carol) Thompson of Janesville; three daughters-in-law, Sue Bentley of Shellrock, Sue Thompson of Clear Lake, and Sharon Thompson of Independence; grandchildren, Christina, Cindy, James, Shawn, Nicholas, Benjamin, Carl, and Elizabeth; many great- and great-great-grandchildren; and a brother, Eugene (Faith) Bentley.

Preceded in death by: his parents; three children Danny Bentely, Deborah Bentley, and Brian Bentley; three stepson, David, Dewayne, and Dell Thompson.

Services: Due to the COVID - 19 Pandemic a private family service will take place at a later date with burial at Garden of Memories Cemetery. Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on South Street is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

SOURCE: Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup funeral home