Ralph Bender Jr. Cpl
(Ralph Jr. was missing in action on December 2, 1950 and was not buried until October 28, 1955.)
Cpl Benders Funeral Set
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p. m. at the Plain-Held Baptist church for Cpl. Ralph Bender, Jr., a former Bancroft resident who was killed in Korea. Burial will follow in the Plainfield cemetery.
The body will arrive in Plainfield Wednesday morning, and friends may call at the Goult funeral home there on Thursday evening. Rev. Asa Hoskins will officiate at the funeral services.
Corporal Bender was reported missing in action in Korea on Dec. 2, 1950. He was 19 years old at the time. Later, he was reported killed in action.
Born in the town of Pine Grove, he moved with his parents to Sheboygan in 1940. His father, Ralph Bender, Sr., died in October, 1952, and his mother. Mrs. Delia Stewart, resides in Sheboygan. In addition to his father, Cpl. Bender was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters who died in infancy.
Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; November 24, 1955
Funeral of Cpl. Bender
Rites for Cpl. Ralph Bender, a Korean War casualty whose body was brought recently to Plainfield, were held Friday at the Plainfield Baptist church. Rev. Asa Hoskins officiated and burial took place in the village cemetery.
Pallbearers were members of a regular army unit from Milwaukee. Attending the services from a distance were Cpl. Bender's mother, Mrs. Delia Stewart, Sheboygan; Lloyd Bender, Mrs. Norma Kramer, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dorsey, Delores Bender and Ivan Dorsey, Oshkosh; Mrs. Iva Parkin, Coloma; Eugene Bender Wisconsin Rapids, and others from surrounding communities.
Ralph Bender Jr. Cpl
(Ralph Jr. was missing in action on December 2, 1950 and was not buried until October 28, 1955.)
Cpl Benders Funeral Set
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p. m. at the Plain-Held Baptist church for Cpl. Ralph Bender, Jr., a former Bancroft resident who was killed in Korea. Burial will follow in the Plainfield cemetery.
The body will arrive in Plainfield Wednesday morning, and friends may call at the Goult funeral home there on Thursday evening. Rev. Asa Hoskins will officiate at the funeral services.
Corporal Bender was reported missing in action in Korea on Dec. 2, 1950. He was 19 years old at the time. Later, he was reported killed in action.
Born in the town of Pine Grove, he moved with his parents to Sheboygan in 1940. His father, Ralph Bender, Sr., died in October, 1952, and his mother. Mrs. Delia Stewart, resides in Sheboygan. In addition to his father, Cpl. Bender was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters who died in infancy.
Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; November 24, 1955
Funeral of Cpl. Bender
Rites for Cpl. Ralph Bender, a Korean War casualty whose body was brought recently to Plainfield, were held Friday at the Plainfield Baptist church. Rev. Asa Hoskins officiated and burial took place in the village cemetery.
Pallbearers were members of a regular army unit from Milwaukee. Attending the services from a distance were Cpl. Bender's mother, Mrs. Delia Stewart, Sheboygan; Lloyd Bender, Mrs. Norma Kramer, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dorsey, Delores Bender and Ivan Dorsey, Oshkosh; Mrs. Iva Parkin, Coloma; Eugene Bender Wisconsin Rapids, and others from surrounding communities.
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