William Bender
Kittitas Co., WA

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Contributed by:  Shelli Steedman 4/20/2007

William Bender, a 71-year-old bachelor farmer of the Menastash Canyon District,
died in his bed sometime Wednesday night or Thursday morning.

Eugene King, a hired man, told the sheriff's deputies and assistant prosecuting
attorney Philip A. Davidson that he was in the habit of sleeping with Mr.
Bender and arose at the customary hour Thursday morning, watered and fed the
stock and started breakfast.  He called Mr. Bender and after he failed to
appear in a few minutes he went to the bed to awaken him and found him dead.

As we go to press details of the funeral arrangements and the list of relatives
are not available but he is known to bee survived by two brothers, Louis of
Ellensburg and Frank of Seattle.


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William M. Bender was the son of William W. Bender and Margaret Coughtry.  He
was born in Albany Co., NY in 1840.  He died December 19, 1912 and is buried in
the IOOF Cemetery.