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Image ID: FG photo 18790070 (local warren-wood-stone.jpg)

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 2/4, tier compiled.
The transcribed inscription gives Mary Bentley, 1861–1938, which matches the claimed years. The exact day (1 October 1938) and the place of death are not on the stone. A burial in Gurnee, Lake County, fits a death in Waukegan but does not prove it.
Matches: Stone inscription reads "MARY BENTLEY 1861 - 1938", matching the name and the birth and death years; Warren Cemetery in Gurnee, Lake County, Illinois, is in the same county as Waukegan
Limits: The stone gives only years, so it cannot confirm the death date of 1 October 1938; The stone does not give a place of death; Waukegan is not stated; No middle initial W is shown on the stone; Find a Grave is a compiled source, and no image was available to read; The stone is shared with the Wood family, so the link between Mary Bentley and this person rests on the memorial