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David (Dave) A. Bentz, 73, of East Liverpool, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, at Select Specialty Hospital in Powell, Tennessee. He resided in Knoxville, Tennessee until the time of his death.
Dave was born on Nov. 16, 1951, in East Liverpool, the son of Francis Bentz and the late Eleanor "Ann" Chory Bentz.
Dave graduated as a salutatorian from Beaver Local High School, Lisbon, Ohio in June of 1970. He received a B.A. Cum Laude from Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio in June 1974. His major was psychology and he graduated with honors. He was in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity and was on a university intramural golf team. He was a recipient of the East Liverpool Ohio Citizens' Scholarship Foundation and Mount Union College Scholarship. In May 1977, Dave graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Dayton Law School. During law school, Dave worked in a trial practice program, was a law library assistant, legal investigator and legal intern with the prosecutor's office in Kettering, Ohio where he tried cases and did pre-trial work. He graduated in the top 20% of his class and received a university scholarship. While studying for the bar exam, he worked for Aronson and Fineman in East Liverpool.
David lived in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida starting in 1977. He became a legal representative for an advertising company. He was a sales rep for several south Florida companies throughout his time. In 1985, Michael and his wife moved to Ft. Lauderdale after marriage where the family enjoyed the beautiful beaches and the Miami Dolphins. He became an uncle in 1990 and again in 1992. He moved to Tennessee in 1994.
Dave is survived by his father, Francis Bentz; brothers Michael and Robert Bentz; his sister-in-law Nancy Bentz; and his niece and nephew, Amy and Brad Bentz. He will be deeply missed.
Private inurnment will take place at Riverview Cemetery, East Liverpool, in the summer of 2025.
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