Donald Francis Bentler

Donald Francis BENTLER Mr. Donald Francis Bentler (age 90) died at Aegis of Issaquah, Washington on Friday, May 13, 2011. Don was born on September 26, 1920 to Ida Skibbe Bentler and Aloysius Xavier Bentler in Little Falls, Minnesota. They moved to Randall, and on to Yakima, Washington, later settling in the Central Area of Seattle (Immaculate Conception Parish). After attending O'Dea High School, Don served in the U.S. Army National Guard in Iran during the Second World War. After the war, he met Carmellia Rose Geyer and they were united in marriage in the 1940's; to which union were born six children: Daniel James (Seattle), Mark Anthony (Issaquah), Paul Colin (Longbranch), Charles Andrew (Whidbey Island), and Monica Mary (Lakebay). Deceased in infancy: Stuart George, August 31, 1959. Don worked for several years at Boeing and with the University of Washington School of Oceanography. Don and Carm divorced in 1968. Don met Charlotte Clifton in 1969, they married; she died in 1995. He is survived by his children as noted above and his siblings: Richard (Dick), Kenneth, Elizabeth (Sister Betty), Patricia, Ida, and Tom. (Dorothy, James, Frederick and Michael are deceased.) Funeral Service is scheduled for Friday, May 20, 2011 at 11:00 a.m.at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Issaquah, Washington; with a reception immediately following.