A private graveside service for the family will be on Thursday, August 18, 2022, at 10:00 AM, at the Westview Cemetery with Rev. Paul Phipps officiating. Burial and all arrangements have been entrusted to Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral and Cremation Services in Marlow.
Public Visitation for Bon will be on Wednesday, August 17, 8:30 AM - 8:30 PM, at Callaway-Smith-Cobb Chapel in Rush Springs.
Bon Dail Lentz was born Monday, September 30, 1940 in Scotland, AR to James and Aney Lentz. He grew up in Scotland and attended school there. Bon went to his Heavenly home on August 13, 2022 in Marlow, OK at the age of 81.
Bon married his high school sweetheart, Betty Kirkendoll, on June 23, 1956, in Dennard, AR. They enjoyed 66 wonderful years together and were blessed with 3 children, Steve, Vicky, and Sharon.
Bon, "Arky" as he was known by his oilfield friends, spent his entire career working in the oilfield. Most of those years were with Big Chief Drilling Co. Bon was always willing to take the time and teach the younger employees how to safely work on a drilling rig.
Bon was an avid outdoorsman and spent many happy hours hunting and fishing with his family and friends.
Bon loved his family and enjoyed time with them. He loved large family celebrations and Sunday dinners. He also loved the Lord and was a member of Southern Baptist Church of Rush Springs.
Survivors include his wife Betty, children, Steve and Margie Lentz, Vicky and Randy Barrington, and Tom and Sharon Herje, grandchildren: Aimee and Chris White, Samantha and Nathan Bowman, Amber and Chris Rimer, Gina Blanton, Martin and DeDe Resendez, Christina and Jacob Danforth, Jamie Resendez, Dustin Barrington and Angela Elmore, and Paige and Chester Haywood. He had numerous great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Danny Stroud, and two sisters, Bonnie Stroud and Hurlene Henson.
Pallbearers will be: Bon's grandsons
Online condolences may be made to www.CallawaySmithCobb.com