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- (Research):Gospel Herald - Volume 78, Number 10 - March 5, 1985-page 173
Bender, Ethel L., daughter of John Y. and Rebecca (Swartzentruber) Yoder, was born in Iowa Co., Iowa, Jan. 15, 1895; died at Pleasantview Home, Kalona, Iowa, Jan. 24, 1985; aged 90 y. On Aug. 30, 1916, she was married to Irving Bender, who died in 1974. Surviving are one daughter (Wilma-Mrs. Aldine Gingerich), 2 sons (Delmar and Wallace), 14 grandchildren, and 43 great-grandchildren. She was a member of Kalona Mennonite Church. Funeral services were held at Wellman Mennonite Church on Jan. 28, in charge of Elton Nussbaum and Merv Birkey; interment in West Union Mennonite Church Cemetery.
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