Police: Small plane crash in St. Croix kills 3

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Elizabeth Smatlak wrote:

I am so glad that I found this forum so that I could express my condolences to the Bentley family. I know David and his Tacoma/Gig Harbor family and haven't found any info about a local memorial. So I do hope those of you reading this post will know that you are in my prayers and in the prayers of many of us here in the Northwest.
God be close to you now. With love, Elizabeth

David Scott Bentley
David, a son, brother, husband, father, and friend. One sold out to adventure… full of passion and relentless with optimism; he never sat down to dine with fear. On October 29th,
2009, at age 45, he passed from this life to embrace the greatest Treasure of all. Born in Tacoma WA on April 28th, 1964, David was a resident of Tacoma/Gig Harbor and later St.
Croix VI. At each destination, David harvested an abundance of memories as he was great at cultivating an atmosphere of celebration. Whether racing down the powdery slopes of the Pacific Northwest, sailing through the beautiful waters of the Caribbean, or setting off in his plane to dance with the clouds, he mastered the concept of “Live each day to the fullest.”
David is survived by his wife, Teri (Hughes) Bentley, his children, Lexi, Beau, and Dane Bentley, along with one great grand child, Kailani Bentley. His father and step-mother, Lorne and Linda Bentley, his grandmother, Liv Lee, and sisters, Susan Hoskinson and Sonja Olson, step-children, Jordan, Janae, Julianna, and Jenna Hughes. David, you will be greatly missed.
Services will be held on 11/16/09 at Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church at 2:00pm. 7700 Skansie Avenue, Gig Harbor. In Lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Soroptimist International of Gig Harbor. PO Box 2761 Gig Harbor, WA 98335. Checks s/b made out to SIGH ”David Bentley Memorial Flight bags”. 100% will be used toward the cost of assembling/providing the Flight Bags, which are the foundation of Project Safe Harbor.

[David Bentley]

We became David's and Jimmy Buffet (music),friends & weekend neighbors, when we moved to Raft Island, in 1998. He & family came to spent a lot of time at their boat house. Our grandchildren were around the same age as Bentley kids and what a time they had playing in the water or muddyclay waters, depending on the tide! When David, Maria, Lexi, Dane & Beau moved, we all missed them. We
will miss David's summer visits to R.I.
Love and condolences to the Bentley family
Love, Barbara & Bob McCoy

[Tim and Becky Wrighton]

David was a dynamic guy that could do just about anything- He will be missed. Once you met David he was a friend for life.