USGWARCHIVES/April-1996
Obituary for Rebecca Bender
Rebecca Lee Evans Kessel Bender, age 74, died in Good Samaritan Hospital in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Wednesday evening, April 24, 1996. Mrs. Bender had been a resident of Everett Christian Home. Mrs. Bender was born March 12, 1922 at Rig, West Virginia, the daughter of the late James Marvin "Boss" Evans and the late Pearl Riggleman Evans. She moved to Pennsylvania in the early 1950's where she was employed as a craftsperson at Bedford Village. She was preceded in death by her second husband, Dick Bender of Everett, Pennsylvania; her sister, Dot Evans Rumers and three brothers, Emory, Paul and Floyd Evans. Mrs. Bender is survived by two daughters, Carolyn Ruth Kessel Sherman of Owings Mills, Maryland, and Susan Laurene Kessel, Santa Cruz and El Paso, Texas; two sons, Steven Bender of Memphis, Tennessee and Stacey Bender of Everett, Pennsylvania; one brother, Herbert Evans of Rig; one sister, Betty Smith of Rig and Laurel Hill, Florida; 9 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Grace Brethren Church of Bedford, PA
and had been a resident of Everett Christian Home for several years. Funeral services were held on Saturday, April 27, 1996, by her pastor at Giesel Funeral Home of Bedford, Pennsylvania.
Obituary for Rebecca Bender
Rebecca Lee Evans Kessel Bender, age 74, died in Good Samaritan Hospital in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Wednesday evening, April 24, 1996. Mrs. Bender had been a resident of Everett Christian Home. Mrs. Bender was born March 12, 1922 at Rig, West Virginia, the daughter of the late James Marvin "Boss" Evans and the late Pearl Riggleman Evans. She moved to Pennsylvania in the early 1950's where she was employed as a craftsperson at Bedford Village. She was preceded in death by her second husband, Dick Bender of Everett, Pennsylvania; her sister, Dot Evans Rumers and three brothers, Emory, Paul and Floyd Evans. Mrs. Bender is survived by two daughters, Carolyn Ruth Kessel Sherman of Owings Mills, Maryland, and Susan Laurene Kessel, Santa Cruz and El Paso, Texas; two sons, Steven Bender of Memphis, Tennessee and Stacey Bender of Everett, Pennsylvania; one brother, Herbert Evans of Rig; one sister, Betty Smith of Rig and Laurel Hill, Florida; 9 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Grace Brethren Church of Bedford, PA
and had been a resident of Everett Christian Home for several years. Funeral services were held on Saturday, April 27, 1996, by her pastor at Giesel Funeral Home of Bedford, Pennsylvania.
USGWARCHIVES/April-1996
Obituary for Rebecca Bender
Rebecca Lee Evans Kessel Bender, age 74, died in Good Samaritan Hospital in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Wednesday evening, April 24, 1996. Mrs. Bender had been a resident of Everett Christian Home. Mrs. Bender was born March 12, 1922 at Rig, West Virginia, the daughter of the late James Marvin "Boss" Evans and the late Pearl Riggleman Evans. She moved to Pennsylvania in the early 1950's where she was employed as a craftsperson at Bedford Village. She was preceded in death by her second husband, Dick Bender of Everett, Pennsylvania; her sister, Dot Evans Rumers and three brothers, Emory, Paul and Floyd Evans. Mrs. Bender is survived by two daughters, Carolyn Ruth Kessel Sherman of Owings Mills, Maryland, and Susan Laurene Kessel, Santa Cruz and El Paso, Texas; two sons, Steven Bender of Memphis, Tennessee and Stacey Bender of Everett, Pennsylvania; one brother, Herbert Evans of Rig; one sister, Betty Smith of Rig and Laurel Hill, Florida; 9 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Grace Brethren Church of Bedford, PA
and had been a resident of Everett Christian Home for several years. Funeral services were held on Saturday, April 27, 1996, by her pastor at Giesel Funeral Home of Bedford, Pennsylvania.
Obituary for Rebecca Bender
Rebecca Lee Evans Kessel Bender, age 74, died in Good Samaritan Hospital in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Wednesday evening, April 24, 1996. Mrs. Bender had been a resident of Everett Christian Home. Mrs. Bender was born March 12, 1922 at Rig, West Virginia, the daughter of the late James Marvin "Boss" Evans and the late Pearl Riggleman Evans. She moved to Pennsylvania in the early 1950's where she was employed as a craftsperson at Bedford Village. She was preceded in death by her second husband, Dick Bender of Everett, Pennsylvania; her sister, Dot Evans Rumers and three brothers, Emory, Paul and Floyd Evans. Mrs. Bender is survived by two daughters, Carolyn Ruth Kessel Sherman of Owings Mills, Maryland, and Susan Laurene Kessel, Santa Cruz and El Paso, Texas; two sons, Steven Bender of Memphis, Tennessee and Stacey Bender of Everett, Pennsylvania; one brother, Herbert Evans of Rig; one sister, Betty Smith of Rig and Laurel Hill, Florida; 9 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Grace Brethren Church of Bedford, PA
and had been a resident of Everett Christian Home for several years. Funeral services were held on Saturday, April 27, 1996, by her pastor at Giesel Funeral Home of Bedford, Pennsylvania.
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