Obits: Bence, S Berton, Indiana Co Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Betty Smith. csmith655@comcast.net USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. Indiana Evening Gazette Indiana Pennsylvania 25 August 1949 S. BERTON BENCE, member of an old Indiana County family and a life-long member of the Bethel Lutheran Church, passed away at his Rayne Township home at 4:45 A.M. August 25. Mr. Bence, the son of John D. and Lydia (Shields) Bence was born in Rayne Township, April 17, 1878. He is survived by his wife, Adda Manner Bence, one brother, W.A. Bence, Indiana, and five children: Mrs. W.R. Fiedler (Irene), Sharon; Horace Bence, Indiana, Mrs. J. Lisle Reed (Ethyl), Indiana; Lloyd Bence, Indiana, and Mrs. John Grove (Gertrude) of Novelty, Ohio, and nine grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Bence home from 7 P.M. Thursday until 12:30 P.M. Saturday. The body will then be removed and lie in state at the Bethel Lutheran Church until 2:00 P.M. at which time services will be conducted by Rev. R.K. Weber. Interment will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery, Indiana.