Marjorie Helen Adams Bentley

Age 68, left this world on January 2, 2014. Marjorie was more than just a resident of Roswell, NM. She was an educator and Planetarium Director for the Roswell Independent School District as well. She was born August 11, 1945 in Greenwood, Mississippi to Frederick S. Adams and Gareldine M. Adams. She attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas, TX. She graduated with a B.A. in Art Education from the University of New Mexico in 1968. She then spent a summer in Oslo, Norway. She taught school in Alamogordo, NM where she met her husband, Loren B. Bentley, Jr. They moved to Dallas, TX where she worked as a commercial artist. While in Dallas, she gave birth to her two children, Michelle and Loren. She and her family moved all over the United States before settling in Las Cruces, NM for many years. She taught school in Las Cruces, NM and El Paso, TX before moving to Pasadena, TX. Eventually, she and Loren found their way to Roswell, NM where she loved working in the planetarium. She especially looked forward to the summer camps and Alien Festival each year. Her insatiable thirst for knowledge allowed her to earn two Master’s degrees and pursue her Ph.D. all at the University of Phoenix. Marjorie was a world traveler, a pilot, a member of the 99’s, a judo student, who tormented her black belt husband by appliquéing flowers onto her brown belt, a cook, a teacher, a crochet expert, a horse lover, a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother, a grandmother, an aunt, and a friend. She opened the world to her children by opening her home to exchange students from all over the world. She taught her children by example and made room in her home and heart for one more child that needed a parent, Alana. She is preceded in death by her mother, Gareldine M. Adams, and her husband, Loren B. Bentley, Jr. She is survived by her father, Frederick S. Adams, Sr.; her children and their spouses Catherine Michelle Bentley Fox and Robert Fox, and Loren B. Bentley, III and Angela Bentley; her foster daughter, Alana Brumbaugh; her grandchildren, Chase A. Fox, Loren B. Bentley IV, and Justin Bentley; her siblings, Elizabeth Adams and Frederick S. Adams, Jr and her favorite cousin, nieces and great-nieces and nephews. She was a wonderfully creative woman whose talents never ceased to amaze and will be missed. Services will be held Thursday, January 30, 2014, 3:00 p.m. at FRENCH – Lomas. Services in Roswell will take place at the NMMI Alumni Chapel on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. with Internment to follow at South Park Cemetery. Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made in her name to the American Cancer Association.

Marjorie Helen Adams Bentley

August 11, 1945 - January 2, 2014