OBIT: Anna Evelyn BENDER, 1996, Springs, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BENDER
  
    Anna Evelyn Bender, 89, of Springs, died April 4, 1996, while a resident
  of the Goodwill Mennonite Home.  Miss Bender was born Jan. 22, 1907, at
  Springs, daughter of John H. Bender and Lydia (Miller) Bender.  She began a
  career as an elementary teacher in 1926 which she continued until her
  retirement in 1969, touching the lives of many children in Somerset
  County.  She taught in Elk Lick Township, Shade Township, and in Somerset
  Borough.  Hers was a life of continuing education both formal and through
  travel.  She took courses through California State Teachers College,
  Elizabethtown  College, University of Pittsburgh and Juniata College,
  graduating from Juniata in 1936.  Miss Bender maintained a residence with
  her father in Springs during most of her career and was a member of the
  Springs Mennonite Church.  She was a Sunday School teacher and song leader
  there many years.  Miss Bender was an interested and loving aunt to the
  many nieces and nephews of the Bender family.  Surviving is one sister,
  Marie B. Haning of Springs.  Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
  Saturday and from 9 to 10 a.m. Monday at the Newman Funeral Home,
  Grantsville, Md., where services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday, with
  the Rev. Earl Yoder officiating.  Interment, Springs Cemetery.  There will
  be no visitation on Easter Sunday.
  
  Daily American, April 5, 1996
  
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