Thomas Orson Bentley

Thomas Orson Bentley 7 November 2007 – 14 February 2023 On Valentine’s Day 2023 there was a great reunion in heaven as Tommy was welcomed home by his Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, his grandparents, LaVer Walser Bentley, Ortho Christensen & Bernice Brooksby Christensen, his uncle, Richard LaVer Bentley, his aunt Susan Christensen & his cousins, Vanessa Bentley, Leah Bartlett, Emma Burton, Emily Gubler, Aaron and Shane Christensen as well as many other distant relatives. He left behind his parents, Anthony Earl Bentley and Debbie Christensen Bentley, 8 siblings: David Anthony (Marteena Summerlin), Allen Joseph (Stephanie Bahr), Julianna, Christena (Travis Oldham), Maria (Jeffery Whittington), Charles Walter, James Earl, and Samuel Ivins, his grandmother, Eva Elaine Richardson Bentley. Nieces, & nephews: Jacob, Eliott, Summer, Vanessa, Savannah, Lora, Henry, Haven & Rosalyn along with hundreds of cousins, aunts and uncles. Tommy suffered from many ailments due to a rare genetic mutation that left him completely disabled with no ability to speak. However, he would hum precious notes when he was happy – especially around lights, music and people who loved him. Tommy lived a life without sin but is now free from his disabled body and is busy running all about heaven and earth while he waits for the rest his family to meet him on the morning of the resurrection! Funeral services will be Saturday February 18, 2023 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Edgewood Branch. Viewing from 8:30 am to 10:00 am; Funeral at 10:00 am followed by a reception then Burial at the Mountain Valley Cemetery on Barton Rd Edgewood, NM. Pallbearers will be David Bentley, Allen Bentley, James Bentley, Samuel Bentley, Travis Oldham, and Jeffery Whittington. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Harris-Hanlon Mortuary in Moriarty, NM.