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Bender, John H. (1900-1975)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1975 Jun 5 p. 5
Birth date: 1900
text of obituary:
Carpenter, Retired Minister Dies
Goshen, Ind. — Rev. John H. Bender, 75, a carpenter and retired minister of the Conservative Mennonite Church, died unexpectedly here May 14. He was loading a truck in Goshen when stricken, and was dead on arrival at the Goshen Hospital.
A native of Elkhart County, Rev. Bender served as pastor of the Maple Grove Conservative Church at Hartville, Ohio and the Paradise Valley Conservative Church, Phoenix, Ariz. He also served as director of voluntary service unites for a number of years.
Rev. Bender, who resided on Route 1, Goshen, was a member of the Mount Joy Conservative Church. The funeral was conducted May 17 at the Clinton Frame Mennonite church.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1975 Jun 26 p. 8
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Our community was saddened by the death of Pre. John H. Bender, 75, who suffered a fatal heart attack on Wednesday morning, May 14. A large group gathered at the Clinton Frame Church to pay him their last respects last Saturday afternoon. Ministers Melvin Shetler, Walter Beachy (of Ohio), Paul Hershberger and Calvin Borntrager officiated at the funeral. His first wife, Barbara Stutzman, whom he married in 1925, died Feb. 3, 1960. On Oct. 21, 1961 he married Mary Ann Helmuth, who survives.
