Dr Philip E Bently

. Bently, Philip Edgar 11/27/1933-7/27/2018 Powell, OH, died peacefully at his home in Powell, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Bay Village, Ohio, to W. Thomas Chapple and Hazel Leona Bently, (nee Orvis). His father died when Philip was six weeks old. He was later adopted at the age of three by Orville Raymond Bently, when Orv and Leona were married. Philip grew up in Bay Village, and attended local schools. When he was 12, he decided he wanted to be a doctor. He held numerous jobs as a young man, including being a newspaper boy, which he would deliver in the mornings before school. He graduated from Bay Village High School in 1951, where he played football and baseball. Philip then attended Kenyon College, where he studied pre-med. At Kenyon he played varsity football and lacrosse, and ran the student-owned store in the basement of Prince Hall. He was also a proctor in his dormitory and president of his fraternity, Phi Kappa Sigma. Upon graduating, he entered the University of Cincinnati medical school, where he studied general medicine. At the University of Cincinnati, he joined Nu Sigma Nu Fraternity, where he lived and watched the Mickey Mouse Club at dinner time. Board was free for those who did the dishes. During this time, he met and married the love of his life, Linda Mae Tabar. They married on August 10, 1957. Upon graduation from med school in 1959, Philip served his medical internship at Detroit Receiving Hospital. Afterwards, Phil began his service to the United States Navy in Pensacola, Florida, as a Naval Flight Surgeon. During his service he was stationed at the El Toro Marine Corp Air Station, California, the Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni, Japan, and the Naval Station in Mayport, Florida. After fulfilling his commitment to the US Navy, he moved his family to Wakeman, Ohio, and entered general practice for four and a half years. At the age of 34, he bravely moved his wife and five children to Chicago to begin a residency program in ophthalmology. He served at both the Loyola University and the VA hospitals there. In 1972, he moved his family again, this time to Mansfield, Ohio. Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 1975, he set up a solo practice, where he served the community for thirty years. He was known for his gentle bedside manner and generosity to both his staff and patients. He was the medical staff president at Mansfield General Hospital in 1985. Philip also did several mission trips as an ophthalmologist to Haiti and Nigeria. Philip and Linda would have celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary in August. Together they had six children, Lynn (Mike) Bently, Sarah (Kevin) Greenlee, Phil (Eleanor) Bently, John (Anne) Bently, Nancy (Paul) Fonte, and Thomas (Sabrina) Bently. They also have twenty wonderful grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Throughout his life he was an avid reader and enjoyed playing tennis. He also loved watching his children play sports. He often said his greatest claim to fame were his children – and getting them all through college! He served in many ministries at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Mansfield. In his later years, he and Linda moved to Powell, Ohio, to be closer to his three sons and their families. He is survived by his wife, Linda, their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and his sisters, Sandy (Bob) St. Aubyn of Avon, Ohio, and Barbara (Jim) McGrath of The Villages, Florida. We will forever remember Phil as a good and loving man, and a faithful servant of God. He was an excellent husband, father and grandfather. He loved his sisters. We will miss him dearly. Friends may call Monday July 30, 2018 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the RUTHERFORD FUNERAL HOME AT POWELL, 450 West Olentangy St, Powell, Ohio. A Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday July 31, 2018 at 11:00am at the St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 10700 Liberty Road in Powell. Interment with military honors will be held at Resurrection Cemetery. Condolences to www.rutherfordfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Kenyon College, www.kenyon.edu/give-to-kenyon/ or the Monsignor Edward Dunn Foundation, www.msgrdunnfoundation.org.

Dr Philip E Bently

November 27, 1933 - July 27, 2018