OBIT: Lela Virginia (BENDER) MAUST, 2004, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  LELA VIRGINIA (BENDER) MAUST
  
  Lela Virginia (Bender) Maust, 78, Crab Run Road, Grantsville, Md.,
  died, March 29, 2004, at her home.  Born March 16, 1926, in
  Meyersdale, Pa., she is a daughter of the late Lewis C. and Annie
  (Yoder) Bender.  She is preceded in death by two sons, David Lewis,
  husband of Shirley (Kemp) Maust, Grantsville, Md., and Joseph Lee
  Maust and one sister, Ella Dorcas Maust.  She is survived by her
  husband, Paul A. Maust; three sons, Paul Irvin Maust, Carrollton,
  Texas; Ezra Allen Maust, Mount Airy, Md.; Jonathan Mark Maust, Dover,
  Del.; four daughters, Rachel Matilda Maust and Naomi Ellen Maust, both
  of Harrisonville: Alma Ann, wife of Dale Eby, Dundee, N.Y.; Esther
  Marie, wife of Richard Beitzel, Meyersdale; one brother, Martin Lewis
  Bender, Bronx, N.Y.; 19 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Lela
  accepted Christ as her Savior in her youth and was a member of Dry
  Run Mennonite Church at the time of her death.  Friends will be
  received 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at
  the Newman Funeral Homes, P.A., 179 Miller St., Grantsville, Md.
  Service will be conducted 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Dry Run Mennonite
  Church.  The Rev. Leonard Orendorf Sr. and the Rev. Keith Yoder
  officiating.  Friends may call at the church one hour prior to the
  service.  Interment will be in the church cemetery.  Expressions of
  sympathy may be directed for Missions and Christian School Education
  or Hospice of Garrett County.  Condolences may be sent to the family
  at www.newmanfuneralhomes.com.
  
  03/30/2004  Daily American
  
  LELA VIRGINIA (BENDER) MAUST 
  March 16, 1926 
  March 29, 2004

    Lela Virginia (Bender) Maust, 78, Grantsville, Md., died Monday,
  March 29, 2004, at her home.
    Born March 16, 1926, in Meyersdale, she was a daughter of the late
  Lewis C. and Annie (Yoder) Bender.
    She was preceded in death by two sons: David Lewis, husband of
  Shirley (Kemp) Maust, Grantsville; and Joseph Lee Maust and one
  sister, Ella Dorcas Maust.
    Lela accepted Christ as her Savior in her youth and was a member of
  Dry Run Mennonite Church at the time of her death.
    She is survived by her husband, Paul A. Maust; three sons: Paul
  Irvin Maust, Carrollton, Texas; Ezra Allen Maust, Mount Airy, Md.;
  Jonathan Mark Maust, Dover, Del.; four daughters: Rachel Matilda
  Maust and Naomi Ellen Maust, both of Harrisonville; Alma Ann, wife of
  Dale Eby, Dundee, N.Y.; Esther Marie, wife of Richard Beitzel,
  Meyersdale; one brother, Martin Lewis Bender, Bronx, N.Y.; 19
  grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
    Friends were received  from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday and 2-4 and 7-9
  p.m. on Wednesday, at the Newman Funeral Homes, P.A., 179 Miller St.,
  Grantsville, Md.  Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday
  (today) at Dry Run Mennonite Church with Rev. Leonard Orendorf, Sr.
  and Rev. Keith Yoder officiating.  Friends may call at the church one
  hour prior to the services.  Interment will be in the church
  cemetery.  
    Expressions of sympathy may be directed for Missions and Christian
  School Education or Hospice of Garrett County.
    Condolences may be sent to the family at www.newmanfuneralhomes.com.
  
   4/1/2004  New Republic