San Joaquin County CA Archives Obituaries.....Bender, Barbara October 28, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Vickie Stone VctrStV4U@aol.com November 18, 2005, 2:33 am Lodi News-Sentinel Nov 17, 2005 Barbara Bender Barbara (Bobbie) May Bender, 85, formerly of Lodi, died Oct. 28 in a hospital in Ennis, Mont. of lung cancer. She was born Barbara May Gibbons on Aug. 5, 1920. Mrs. Bender was raised in Lodi, where she attended school and played in the Lodi High Band. Later, she became one of the Grape Festival Queens. She married F.E. (Buck) Bender in 1941. They made their home on his father's vineyard to raise grapes and cattle until their retirement in 1981, when they moved to Ennis. She is survived by her sons, Gary, of Lodi, Rick, of Acampo; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Buck Bender. Services were held on Nov. 1 at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Jeffers, Mont. K & L Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/b/bender888gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb