OBIT: Ralph Neilson BENDER, 1918, Claysburg, Blair County, PA

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BENDER

  Ralph Neilson Bender died at his home in Claysburg on Wednesday 
afternoon after a lingering illness from typhoid fever, that extended 
over a period of five weeks.  He was aged about 30 years and was the 
son of Mr. and Mrs. Seigle Bender of near Fishertown station.  He was 
married in November, 1906, to Minnie Alice Claycomb, who survives with 
three small children, Lester, Beulah and Ray.  He is also survived by 
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Seigle Bender, and the following brothers and 
sisters: Harry, Rolla, Homer, Harold and Mrs. Mabel McCreary, all of 
Claysburg, Mrs. Elizabeth Cook of Somerset county, Mrs. Effie Corl of 
near Cessna, Mrs. Daniel Sleighter of Fishertown and Orlo, Dennis and 
Sadie, at home.  Mr. Bender was a consistent member of the Pine Grove 
Evangelical church for a number of years.  The remains were taken to 
the home of his parents Thursday morning, from which place the funeral 
cortege will leave Saturday morning at 9 o'clock and proceed to the St. 
Clairsville Reformed church, [where] services  will be held.  Interment 
in the adjoining cemetery.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Friday Morning, April 12, 1918