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Chester Ross Bentz (1993)

BENTZ, ROBERTS, MICHENER

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 1/12/2006 at 16:32:43

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 4, 1993

CHESTER BENTZ, Winterset

Chester Ross Bentz, 70, died at his home July 29, 1993. A memorial service was held August 2 at the First Christian Church with the Revs. Leonard Leslie and Donald Frank officiating.

Burial was in the Winterset Cemetery with Masonic and military graveside services.

Mr. Bentz was born October 30, 1922 in Chariton to Chester and Marian (Roberts) Bentz, Sr. He married LaNelle Michener, August 10, 1952 in Milo.

He was an attorney in practice with the Flander and Casper law office in Winterset. He was a former Madison County Attorney as well as chairman of the county Republican Party. He was a member of the Iowa Bar Association, the Madison County Bar Association, the Masonic Lodge, the American Legion and V.F.W., the Winterset Area Chamber of Commerce and the O.E.S. An Eagle Scout himself, he was active in Boy Scout activities. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother.

Surviving relatives include his wife, LaNelle of Winterset, and two brothers, Richard of Jefferson and James of San Diego, Calif.

Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Central Iowa, the Madison County Historical Society or Friends of the Winterset Library.

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