OBIT: Ida (Hershberger) BENDER, 1945, native of Somerset County, PA

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IDA BENDER

  Ida (Hershberger) Bender, daughter of the late Elias and Elizabeth (Miller) 
Hershberger, was born July 9, 1876, near Salisbury, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania, 
died February 6, 1945, at the age of 68 years, 6 months and 27 days.  She died 
on the homestead where she was born and resided all her life.
  She was married to Christian W. Bender on October 11, 1898.  To this union 
nine children were born, of whom one son, Lewis, preceded her in death.  She is 
survived by her husband and the following children: Floyd, and Omar, Meyersdale; 
Lena, wife of Ernest Yoder, Myra, wife of Omar Maust, Harvey, Verda, wife of 
Simon D. Beachy, Salisbury, R.D.; Della, wife of Ivan J. Miller, Grantsville, 
Md., and Fannie, at home.
  There were 48 grandchildren, of whom one preceded her in death.  Also one 
foster grandson survives.
  The following brothers and sisters preceded her in death: Annie, wife of Peter 
Shetler; Sarah, wife of Jonas D. Yoder; Norman, John, Milton, Mary, Lloyd, and 
Amanda.  Two brothers, Joel and Harvey, Meyersdale R.D. 1, and two sisters, Ada, 
San Gabriel, Cal., and Cora, wife of Christian J. Bender, Fresno, Cal., survive.
  She accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior in her youth and was received as a 
member of the Amish Mennonite Church through the water baptism, on Sept. 4, 
1892.  At the same time sixteen others were baptized, including the one who 
later became her life companion.
  She was a faithful, consistent disciple of the Savior whom she loved.  In her 
many duties as a companion to a bishop in the church, and as a mother and 
grandmother of a large family, she served with a steady zeal and a quiet, 
consistent life.  Her influence for good has touched many lives.
  The last year of her life was nearly all spent in bed under much physical 
suffering, due to an ailing heart and other complications.  Her patience and 
fortitude under these conditions were an inspiration to others.  She expressed 
her desire to go home to be with her Savior.
  We sorrow not as others which have no hope.  Our grief is tempered with this 
sure confidence that she has now exchanged this house of clay for a mansion in 
her Father's house.  Gratefully we accepted the blessing of her useful life; 
humbly we submit as she returns to her Creator.
  Services were conducted at the home, Feb. 10, 1945, by Shem Peachey, and at 
the Oak Dale meeting house, by Noah Brenneman, in German, and J. B. Miller in 
English, assisted by Bishop J. L. Mast and Emmanuel B. Peachey, of Belleville, 
Pa.; and Nevin Bender, Greenwood, Del.  Concluding services at the grave were by 
Shem Peachey.  Interment in the cemetery adjoining the Oak Dale Church.

Meyersdale Republican, February 15, 1945