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Bentley Luke Graves

Bentley Luke Graves, 3, of Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, died at Children's Hospital in Denver on Sunday, June 28, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 3, 2015 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Kimball with Pastor Kenneth Mars officiating. The family asks that friends wear the John Deere colors of green and yellow to the services in memory of Bentley. Burial will be held in the Pine Bluffs Cemetery. Friends may view Bentley's Tribute Wall and leave condolences for the family by visiting http://www.cantrellfh.com . Memorials may be made to the Bentley Graves Memorial Fund at Points West Bank in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. The services for Bentley have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home.

Bentley Luke Graves was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming on March 22, 2012, the son of Tyler and Carmela (Harms) Graves. He loved tractors and riding in the skid steer with his dad the most. There was never a day that went by that he did not play with his tractors and trucks. Bentley was full of life and made an impact on everyone that he touched. Everyone that knew him loved him. There is a hole in our hearts from his death, and our lives will never be the same. He was baptized on April 8, 2012 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Grover, Colorado.

Bentley is regrettably survived by his parents, Carmela and Tyler Graves of Pine Bluffs, WY; brother Alex Graves; sisters Kenzie and Madysen Graves; grandparents Leonard and Janyce Harms of Pine Bluffs, WY., Gail Hockersmith of Pine Bluffs, WY., and Larry and Bonnie Graves of Pine Bluffs, WY; great grandmothers Beulah Klinginsmith and Delores (Nick) Hockersmith; aunts and uncles Amanda (Todd) Matteson of Louisville, CO., Candy (Brett) Rodgers of Simla, CO., Andrea Harms of Cheyenne, WY., Tony Joska of Bushnell, NE., Kelly (Brannon) Bartlett of Cheyenne, WY., and Katlyn (Ryan) Klinginsmith of Kimball, NE; 7 great aunts; 8 great uncles; 12 first cousins; 35 second cousins and numerous other relatives that loved him. He was preceded in death by is great grandparents Stanley Klinginsmith, Jack Hockersmith, Paul and JoAnn Graves, and Ernest and Meta Harms and great aunt Jean Ann Cox.