OBIT: James Samuel BENDER, 1995, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  JAMES S. BENDER
  
    James Samuel Bender, 67, of Kalona, Iowa, formerly of Meyersdale, died
  Nov. 6, 1995, at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, following open heart
  surgery.
    Born Sept. 6, 1928, near Salisbury, he was the son of Floyd C. and Anna
  Bender.  He was preceded in death by his father and a sister, Mary (Mrs.
  Leslie) Byler of Kalona.
    Bender is survived by his wife, Martha Ropp Bender, and six children: 
  Glendon and wife, Lorna, Goshen, Ind.; N. Lynn and wife, Barbara, Wellman,
  Iowa; Joyce (Mrs. Gary) Helmuth, Sarasota, Fla.; Merwin and wife, Sally;
  Kermit and wife, Lori; John and wife, Tammie, all of Goshen, Ind.; and 11
  grandchildren.
    Also surviving are his mother, Anna Bender of Grantsville, Md.; and these
  brothers and sisters:  Philip and wife, Lela, Grantsville; Naomi (Mrs. Paul)
  Yoder, Meyersdale; Sarah (Mrs. Daniel) Miller, Lancaster; Lois (Mrs. Ernest)
  Mullet, Greenwood, Del.; Paul and wife, Mary Louise; and Dorcas, all of
  Grantsville.
    He received an associate degree in Bible at Eastern Mennonite College,
  Harrisonburg, Va., and pastored churches in Michigan and Iowa.  He was also
  active in music ministry, singing with, and directing, choral groups.
    The funeral service was held at Sunnyside Mennonite Church, with John
  King, Glendon Bender and Gary Helmuth serving as clergy.  Interment was at
  the Fairview Cemetery.
  
  New Republic, December 7, 1995
  
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