OBIT: Floyd C. BENDER, 1984, Meyersdale RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BENDER
  
  Floyd C. Bender, 84, Meyersdale RD 1, died July 11, 1984, in Meyersdale
  Community Hospital.  Born Sept. 25, 1899, in Elk Lick Township, a son of
  the late Christian W. and Ida (Hershberger) Bender.  Survived by his widow,
  Anna (Maust) Bender.  Also survived by these children: Phillip F.,
  Grantsville RD 1, Md., James S., and Mary Elizabeth, wife of Leslie Byler,
  Kalona, Iowa; Paul E., Accident, Md.; Naomi, wife of Paul Yoder, and Miss
  Dorcas Bender, both of Meyersdale RD 1; Sara, wife of Daniel Miller of
  Lancaster; and Louise, wife of Ernest Mullet, of Greenwood, Del.; 34
  grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren.  The brother of Harvey, Bittinger,
  Md.; Myra Maust, and Berda Beechy, both of Salisbury; Della Miller, Fannie
  Zook, both of Grantsville, Md.  Member of the Oakdale Mennonite Church.  A
  volunteer worker for the Mennonite Disaster Service and Retarded Children's
  Association.  A member of the Penn Alps Association, Laurel Highlands
  Association, Springs Historical Society and the Springs Folk Festival. 
  Friends will be received at the Leckemby Funeral Home, Thursday from 2-4
  and 7-9 p.m., then will be taken to the Maple Glen Mennonite Church near
  Grantsville, Md. Friday to lie in state from noon to 2 p.m., the time of
  service with Pastor Elam Bender and Pastor Alvin Swartz officiating. 
  Interment, Oakdale Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, July 12, 1984
  
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