Clarice Bentley

Clarice Marie (Paine) Bentley, 87, of Oklahoma City, formerly of Enid, OK, passed away peacefully on December 23, 2011. She was born October 19, 1924 in Enid, OK to Clarence Clayton Paine and Marie Charlotte Magdeburg. Clarice graduated from Classen High School on Oklahoma City in 1942 and was a Rosie the Riveter at Tinker Air Force Base. She also worked for Bell Telephone. In 1949, she married the love of her life, Wayne Bentley, and had 2 children, Terry Bentley of Katy, TX, and Diana Bentley Morneault of Grand Junction, CO.

She lived most of her adult life in Enid where she was very engaged with her children’s lives and enjoyed going to football games, fishing, camping, and square dancing. Clarice was a Nurses’ Aide at St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid, and was one of the first patients in Oklahoma to undergo open-heart surgery. She also worked as a Physical Therapy Aide at Bass Baptist Memorial Hospital. Clarice was a member of Central Christian Church and the Eastern Star in Enid.

She will be remembered by all as being a very sweet, loving, and gentle spirit. She is survived by a sister, her two children, 3 grandchildren, and 5 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her brother, Harold Allen Paine.

Services will be held at the Ladusau Evans Funeral Home Chapel at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, December 30th. Rev Don Johnson will officiate. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association with Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home as custodian of the funds. Condolences may be sent to www.ladusauevans.com