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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Darlene G. Bentley
Age: 66
City: Cedar Rapids
Funeral Home
Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Darlene G. Bentley
Darlene G. Bentley
Cedar Rapids
Darlene G. Bentley, 66, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2024, at her home. Visitation: 12 – 2 p.m. Friday, March 8, 2024, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service will follow immediately at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Darlene was born June 9, 1957, in Cedar Rapids, the daughter of Claude and Shirley (Benesh) Bentley. She graduated from Kennedy High School in 1975. Darlene will be missed by her family and friends.
Survivors include her siblings, Deborah Engel, Cindy Clemons, Mark Bentley, and Renita Van Dee, as well as her nephews and nieces.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Doug Bentley; and very special friends, Cynthia Sallis.
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