Mark Peter Bentley

Mark Peter Bentley, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away on Feb 28, 2021. Mark was born in Missoula, Montana to Peter Schlegelmilch and Joy Bentley on January 8th, 1978. Mark graduated from Dimond High School in Anchorage, Alaska. He served his country as an Air Force Airman from 1998 to 2002 and was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, where he met Cody Bentley, the mother of his two girls. Mark was a proud graduate of UMKC and worked as a Weapon Quality Assurance Engineer for National Nuclear Security Administration.

Mark was a proud son, brother, nephew and a beloved Papa. He loved to make everyone laugh and he had a heart of gold. Mark was a family man and his home was the place that all of the kids and their parents in the neighborhood loved to gather to have fun Many laughs, smiles, and so many memories will forever be etched in all of us. He enjoyed traveling and most of all being involved within his daughters’ sports activities.

Mark is survived by his father Peter Schlegelmilch; mother Joy Bentley; former spouse and best friend Cody Wynne Bentley; daughters Chloe Bentley (17) and Meah Bentley (15); his brother Kai (Suzie) Bentley; sisters Kalee Richards, and Christa (Dalis) Schlegelmilch; uncle Bruce (Nan) Bentley; aunts Toni Winters, and Teresa (David) Lotzgesell; cousins Garrett (Allison) Lotzgesell, Jake (Kylee) Lotzgesell, and Dean Lotzgesell; and the Wynne and Drannon families, and Many Many friends that love him.