Tech 5
Grant
Demont
Bentley
Born in Elizabeth, Elbert, Colorado, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Dick Bentley
and Marie Elizabeth (Demont) Bentley
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Helen (Kraemer) Bentley
— married
28 Jun 1957 in Elizabeth, Elbert, Colorado, United States
Husband of
Margaret (King) Bentley
— married
about 1979 in Elizabeth, Elbert, Colorado, United States
Died
at age 87
in Castle Rock, Douglas, Colorado, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 May 2023
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Biography
Technical 5th Grant Bentley served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II
Service started: service started as 01011942
Unit(s): unit1; unit2
Service ended: service ended as dd mmm yyyy
Service started: service started as 01011942
Unit(s): unit1; unit2
Service ended: service ended as dd mmm yyyy
Born to Dick Bentley, 1892–1971 & Marie Elizabeth Demont, 1901–1980
- Grant was named for his paternal Grandfather, Grant U. Bentley and his middle name is his mother's maiden name. He was an only child.
Family Life
- 1930 Elizabeth, Elbert, Colorado
- Household Identifier: 36
- Enumerated April 11 th by Edward J. Phillips
- Head of the household was a farm owned by them
- Dick Bentley, age:37, born South Dakota, occupation: Farmer, own Farm, Veteran: Yes WW , parents born: Wisconsin/Minnesota
- Wife, Marie E Bentley, age: 29 Colorado
- Son, Grant D Bentley, age: 9, birth Year (Estimated): 1921, birthplace: Colorado
- Next Door is Dick's parents and brother Henry, age:35 occupation: Farmer, own Farm, Veteran: Yes WW
- Line Number: 49 [1] [2]
- 1940 Election Precinct 2 Lower Running Creek, Elbert, Colorado
- Enumeration District Number: 20-3 Election
- Enumerated April 24th by Lauretta M. Johnson
- Residence Date: 1935
- Residence Place: Elbert, Colorado
- Head of the household was
- Dick Bentley, age: 47, born South Dakota, occupation: Farmer, hours worked a week:70
- Wife, Marie Bentley, age:38 Colorado
- Son, Grant Bentley, age: 19, marital Status: Single, birthplace: Colorado, occupation: Farmer, hours worked a week:54
- Line Number: 34 [3]
Military
- U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
- Name Grant Demont Bentley
- Race White Age 20
- Relationship to Draftee Self (Head)
- Birth Date 22 Feb 1921
- Birth Place Elizabeth, Colorado, USA
- Residence Place Elbert, Colorado, USA
- Registration Date 16 Feb 1942
- Registration Place Elbert, Colorado, USA
- Employer Dick Bentley
- Height 5 8 Weight 137
- Complexion Light Brown
- Hair Color Brown
- Eye Color Brown
- Next of Kin Marie Demont Bentley
- Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
- Grant Demont Bentley 21 Self (Head)[4]
- United States Army Air Forces
- The Record Journal of Douglas County
- April 9, 1943
- GRANT BENTLEY IS PROMOTED
- "Grant D. Bentley, of Hill Top, Colorado, who is in training in the Army Forces Technical School at Amarillo Field, in Texas. Has been promoted from Pvt. First Class to Technical Sth Grade, It has just been announced.........." :
- :The Record Journal of Douglas County
- , September 25, 1942]
- "Friends of Private Grant Bentley will be interested to learn that he is In Shepherd Field . Texas."
After The War
- 8 April 1950 Elizabeth, Elbert, Colorado
- Enumeration District: 20-2
- Enumerated April 8th by H. D. Braumlet
- Area: "North of Elizabeth parallel to Running Creek"
- Head of the household was
- Dick Bentley, age: 57 years, South Dakota, occupation: Farmer, Industry: Farming, hours a week worked: 35, Is he a Vet? Yes WWI
- Marie Bentley Mother F 49 years Colorado
- Son, Grant D Bentley, age: 29 years, birth Year (Estimated): 1921, birthplace: Colorado, marital Status: Single, occupation: Farm Hand, Industry: Farming, hours a week worked: 35 (the section for his Veteran answer was taken by his father)
- Line Number: 13 --Page Number: 6 [5]
Marriages
- 1st wife, Helen Kraemer. on June 28th 1957 in Elizabeth.
- Grant Bentley-Helen Kraemer Wed June 28
- The Douglas County News, July 11, 1957
- "..............The couple will maintain their home at 1845 Grant St, in Denver, until he gets his new home built, which he has already started."
- Helen died of cancer May 16 1972, at St. Luke's Hospital in Denver.
- 2nd spouse was Margaret King, 1927–August 17, 2007
- They married after Helen's death and before 1980.
Grant and his 2 wives had no children.
Newspaper Articles
- Douglas County News-Press, :Volume 88, Number 120, May 1, 1980
- ".......visited Mr. and Mrs. Grant Bentley on Monday afternoon.........."
- (This is the closest to Grant's remarriage).............
- Douglas County News-Press,
- Volume 94, Number 183,
- May 9, 1986
- Something for everyone at Hilltop art festival
- "......................Douglas County and Elizabeth artists comprised about half of the exhibitors at the festival. They include: Mary Cornish, Margaret and Grant Bentley, "
- DOUGLAS COUNTY FAIR AWARDS
- The Douglas County News Number 3,
- October 27, 1966
- DEPT. E- ARTS & CRAFTS
- "Class 1- Oil Painting. Ist Louise Hier,
- 2nd Arvid Wallen,
- 3rd E. S, Parkhurst.
- Class 2 - Water color pastels.
- Ist Margaret Enox.
- Class 3 - Sculpture. Ist Grant Bentley,"
- According to his obituary he does not leave any children to mourn him.
Obituary
- Shared by Elbert County News Posted Sunday, November 16, 2008 12:00 am
"Grant Bentley graduated from Elizabeth Union High School, Elizabeth, Colorado in May of 1939. After graduation, Grant continued his work on the family ranch. He farmed the fields and worked cows with his father, Dick.
During World War II, Grant served in the Army Air Forces.
He later developed a talent for welding and eventually established Bentley's Welding Shop.
Grant was also a noted metal artist. Grant Bentley married twice in his lifetime.
First to Helen Kraemer. After her death, he married Margaret King.
- Burial : Grant Bentley does not currently have a grave marker at the cemetery, but the Elizabeth Cemetery Board has conformed he is buried at Mountainview lot 125.
Burial
- Burial: Elizabeth Cemetery, Elizabeth, Colorado
- Location: Mountainview lot 125.
- Grant D Bentley
- :Social Security Death Index
- Deceased Full Name: Grant D Bentley
- Birth Date: 22 Feb 1921
- Death Date: 13 Nov 2008
- Last Residence: Castle Rock, CO
- Social Security Card Issued: Unknown Code (PE)
- Social Security Number: ***-**-2313
- Views: 2
- Publication Title: Social Security Death Index
- Content Source: Social Security Administration iconSocial Security Administration
Social Security Death Index
- Deceased Name Grant D. Bentley
- Social Security Number 524-18-2313
- Birth Date 22 Feb 1921
- Issue year Before 1951
- Issue State Colorado
- Last Residence 80104, Castle Rock, Douglas, Colorado
- Death Date 13 Nov 2008 [6]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X743-MVC : accessed 10 May 2023), Grant D Bentley in household of Dick Bentley, Elizabeth, Elbert, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm . Affiliate Film Number: 241 --Digital Folder Number: 004950304 --Microfilm Number: 2339976 --Image Number: 00014 --Indexing Batch: N03805-2
- ↑ 1930 census Elbert, Colorado
- ↑ 1940 Lower Running Creek "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:VR64-42W : Tue Apr 04 11:54:58 UTC 2023), Entry for Dick Bentley and Marie Bentley, 1940. Sheet Letter: A --Sheet Number: 2 --Affiliate Publication Number: T627 Digital Folder Number: 005449365 --Image Number: 430
- ↑ Ancestry.com U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
- ↑ url address--Digital Folder Number: 108941836 -Image Number: 7 "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6FMV-78WV : Sat Mar 25 02:18:40 UTC 2023), Entry for Dick Bentley and Marie Bentley, 8 April 1950.
- ↑ ancestry.com U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230407019/grant-demont-bentley: accessed 9 May 2023), memorial page for Grant Demont Bentley (21 Feb 1921–13 Nov 2008), Find a Grave Memorial ID 230407019, citing Elizabeth Cemetery, Elizabeth, Elbert County, Colorado, USA; Maintained by TheHistoryQuest (contributor 49915120).
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Carole Taylor
Sorry guys, no photos of Grant's headstone turned out. Guess I need glasses. Will stop by and take better ones asap......... Thank all 7 of the Fire Station Crew for digging the holes, measuring/leveling and mostly carrying the 213# stones to where they needed to be placed.
posted 1 Dec 2023 by Carole Taylor
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> From: Jean Sherer
> Date: December 9, 2023 at 4:28:05 PM MST > To: [email address removed] > Subject: Headstone dedications > > > Grant Bentley was a founder of UCCPH. He created the ornamental ironwork that you can see in the sanctuary today, on the hanging light fixtures and in front of the choir loft. He was a corporal in the Army during WWII and his father, Dick Bentley was an Army private in WWI. They are buried in the Elizabeth cemetery, where yesterday headstones were placed on their graves in a moving dedication of a two gun salute and the playing of Taps. The V A provides marble headstones for Veterans without headstones. If you want to know more about this, talk to Jean Sherer. I’m > ,Sent from my iPhone
It would be really wonderful if we could find someone to do a headstone for the wife and mother Marie Elizabeth Demont-Bentlry who is laid to rest next to her husband Dick...........
I submitted a request for Grant's military service to the Nat'l Archives, couple weeks a go and received the response today..... "His records were of the years that the fire destroyed all" .. So they sent me 2 :Certificate of Military Service" Certifications of his enlistment date/ "Honorable Discharge" date and his rank. Which is enough to now submit the VA 40-1330 for a MILITARY HEADSTONE FOR him at Elizabeth Cemetery, should take 6-8 weeks from 7th of September cause I mailed it today................
Stone received in record breaking time and plenty of time to get it in for the Wreaths Across America ceremony.. Thank you V.A. great job!
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