Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; November 17, 1958

Clarence Bender

Clarence W. Bender, 79, died Sunday night at 8 o'clock at Mercy Hospital, Oshkosh, following an illness of many years.

Mr. Bender, who was retired, formerly was a well-known cattle dealer and farmer in the Bancroft area.

He had been a patient at the Oshkosh hospital since Nov. 2. Mr. Bender, who was born July 8. 1879. at Hancock, was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Bender. He is survived by his wife, the former Edith Schenck.

Other survivors include five sons. Raymond Bender, Milwaukee, Cecil and Arthur, Bancroft. Lloyd, Oshkosh, and Glen: and four daughters, Mrs. John Kramer. Oshkosh. Mrs. Iva Beech. Coloma, Mrs. Eleanor Thompson, Janesville, and Mrs. Waller Dorsey, Oshkosh. Two sons. Ralph and Clarence Jr. preceded him in death.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Bancroft Baptist Church. The body is at the Goult Funeral Home, Plainfield.
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Stevens Point Daily Journal, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; November 22, 1958

Funeral Of Mr. Bender

Funeral services for Clarence W. Bender, 79, Bancroft, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Bancroft Baptist Church, The Rev. David Wisthoff officiated and burial was made in the Plainfield cemetery. Mr. Bender died Sunday at Mercy Hospital at Oshkosh.

During the services. Mrs. Clifford Tubbs sang "We are Going Down the Valley" and "Beyond the Sunset,'' accompanied by Mrs. Albert Walters. The pallbearers were Henry Sherman, Jesse L. Judd, Vilas O. Waterman, Ora Sherman, William Petrusky and George Gettzloff.

Among the many friends and relatives who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bender, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bender, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dorsey, Mr. and Mrs. John Kramer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bender, Mrs. Delores Greunwald, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Dorsey and Sally Bender, all of Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gudden, Oshkosh; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Thompson. JanesvilIe. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dorsey and Harley Dorsey, Ripon; Mrs. Mary Gear and Archie Gear, Hancock; Mr. and Mrs. La Verne Bender, Menomonie; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bender, Rosendale, Mrs. Marshall Adams and daughter, Fort Atkinson: Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beech, Coloma. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Pierce, Mrs. Doris Bender and sons, Eldon Meddaugh, Scott Meddaugh, Delbert Gear, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pierce, Clarence Pierce. Ray Schenck. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schenck, Mr., and Mrs. Robert Schenck. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Weeks, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Joling, all of Wisconsin Rapids, and many others from Bancroft and surrounding areas.