- Date Of Birth: June 26, 1936
- Date Of Death: November 10, 2017
- State: Indiana
Richard “Dick” A.
Dick attended St. Francis De Sales, Cathedral High School, and graduated from Elkhart University as a certified Medical Technologist and X-Ray Technologist. He served in the US Navy for eight years as Hospital Corpsman, Petty Officer 2nd class and was an instructor at Great Lakes Naval Hospital. Dick retired as a Medical Technologist at St. Elizabeth Hospital in 2001. Previously, he also worked in the same capacity at Home Hospital, as a Research Associate at Purdue University in the ARB Electron Microscopy Labs, as Executive Director of the White County Youth Service Bureau, and Laboratory Supervisor at White County Memorial Hospital.
He was a member of the American Legion and was an Eagle Scout.
Dick married Betty Lynn Thompson on September 6, 1980 in Monticello. Surviving along with his wife are his daughter Belyna Bentlage (spouse, Miranda McOsker) of Omaha, NE; two brothers in law, Richard Jones (Sharon) of Custer, SD and Don Thompson (Claudette) of Monticello, and his fearless feline companion, Fiyero. Dick was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Kurt F. Bentlage Jr.
Dick was a loving husband and father. He loved spending time with his family, riding his bicycle, and caring for his plants. He was an avid reader and crossword and word puzzle enthusiast. Dick was a scientist, an artist, a drummer, and lover of nature.
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