Myra Marie Bentley, of Fosston, MN, passed away on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at the Fist

Care Living Center in Fosston, MN, at the age of 75.

Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 PM on Friday, January 3, 2020 at Johnson Funeral Service

in Thief River Falls, MN, with Father Rick Lambert presiding. Burial will follow at the Nyed

Cemetery in Foldahl Township, Marshall County.

Visitation will take place one hour prior to the funeral service on Friday at the funeral home.

Myra Marie Bentley was born on November 18, 1944 in Warren, MN, the daughter of Eddie and

Gertrude (Ginter) Kuznia. She was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith at St. Stephens

Catholic Church in Stephen, MN. Myra attended school in Stephen and at Sacred Heart in East

Grand Forks, MN.

Myra was united in marriage to Lawrence Lindholm in 1970. They were blessed with their

daughter, Jill. She was married to Donald Bentley on June 4, 1987.

While living in Thief River Falls she worked for Arctic Cat and also for the Rex Café. She did

volunteer work at the Seventh Day Adventist Clothing Center, worked with making quilts and

baby quilts, and helped deliver Meals on Wheels in her younger years.

Myra had a great love for her pet dogs and cats when she could have them. She had to give up

her beloved dog, Snickers before she retired to the nursing home. As a result her room at the

nursing home became a sanctuary for her beloved stuffed animals that she loved. Myra had no

grandchildren but her daughter had a cat named Jazmyn that she referred to as her "grand cat"

and would always ask about how she was and always told Jill to "tell Jazmyn hello and give her

kisses from grandma". Her hobbies included working on word search puzzles, quilting, adult

coloring books, working on outdoor flower beds, gardening, decorating for the holidays, baking,

singing, watching the Grand Ole Opry, enjoying the outdoors, going to county fairs, listening to

old time live music and gospel music, playing bingo, and going to the casino. She loved playing

cards with her daughter on the weekends and their visits, going out to eat and just spending time

together. She grew to love visits and socializing with anyone who came to the nursing home,

worked at the nursing home, or resided at the nursing home. Myra especially looked forward to

her visits from her brother Kenneth when he would come to visit after he came back up north in

the spring time or before he would leave for down south for the winter months as Myra said her

brother and his wife were "snowbirds". Also when her cousin, Theresa would come to visit her

for her birthday.

Myra is survived by her daughter, Jill Lindholm of Bemidji, MN; her brother, Kenneth C.

(Sandy) Kuznia of Stephen, MN; Cousin and very special friend Theresa Nelson of Argyle, MN;

her nieces, Cindy (Jeff) Czapiewski of Grand Forks, ND; Jenny Kuznia of Stephen, MN; her

nephew Joff Kuznia of Bemidji, MN; and many other great nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence (Ingvald) Lindholm; her husband, Donald

Bentley; her father Eddie Kuzina; her mother Gertrude (Ginter) Kuzina.