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IN MEMORIAM
JORDAN R. BENTLEY
Jordan R. Bentley, former probate
and magistrate judge of Chariton
County, died February 15 at Moberly.
Born in Glasgow on September 7, 1897,
he was the son of William Fristoe and
Lalla Cockerill Bentley. He attended
high school in Glasgow and William
Jewell College, Liberty, 1915-1917. After serving in the U.S. Navy during
World War I, he entered George
Washington University Law School in
Washington, D.C. In 1929, he began
the practice of law in the District of
Columbia.
Judge Bentley married Catherine
Anne Ruthven in 1920. After her
death, he married Minnie Katherine
Speiser in 1941.
Returning to Missouri in 1949, Judge
Bentley continued to practice law in
Salisbury until 1962 when he became
probate and magistrate judge. He
served in that capacity until his retirement in 1974.
Judge Bentley was an active member
of the Baptist Church and the Masonic Lodge. He also was a member
of the community park board, the
Board of Public Works and the Lewis
and Clark Trail Commission for Chariton County and president of the Salisbury Centennial Corporation. He
served as president of the Chariton
County Historical Society from 1958
until 1979 and was instrumental in
the establishment of the Chariton
County historical museum in Salisbury. Governor Joseph Teasdale and
the Missouri House of Representatives
proclaimed February 24, 1980, as "Jordan Bentley Day," in recognition of
the judge's many contributions and
years of service to his community and
state.
Judge Bentley is survived by his
wife and his children Jordan Bentley,
Jr., of Middleburg, Virginia; David
William Bentley, Derwood, Maryland;
and Susan Eleana Bentley Franklin,
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
OMAR NELSON BRADLEY
General Omar Nelson Bradley, a
World War II hero and the last
American five-star general, died April
8, in New York. Born near Clark,
Missouri, on February 12, 1893, he was
the son of John and Sarah E. (Hubbard) Bradley. He attended high
school at Higbee and Moberly. Appointed to the United States Military
Academy at West Point in 1911, General Bradley graduated 44th in the
class of 1915 along with Dwight D.
Eisenhower.
Known as the "GI's General," he
served in World War II as field commander leading American forces in the
1944 D-Day invasion of Europe under
General Eisenhower. He later became
the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff. General Bradley retired from
active service in 1953 but retained a
keen interest in military affairs. He
headed the U.S. contingent which
went to Normandy on the 25th anniversary of D-Day. After leaving the
joint chiefs post in 1958, he became
chairman of the board of the Bulova
Watch Company.
General Bradley's first wife, Mary
Quayle, whom he married in 1916,
died December 1, 1965. The following
year he married Kitty Buhler and she
survives along with a daughter, Elizabeth Bradley Dorsey of Washington,
D.C.
General Bradley was buried in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.
Object Description
| Title | Missouri Historical Review, Volume 75 Issue 4, July 1981 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Month | July |
| Year | 1981 |
| Publisher | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
| Publisher-Electronic | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
| Rights | Copyright The State Historical Society of Missouri, 2008 |
| ISSN | 0026-6581 |