Bender, Daniel Henry (1866-1945)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1945 Jan 25 p. 1

Birth date: 1866 Jan 18

text of obituary:

Former Educator, College President, Called Away in Death

DR. D. H. BENDER DIED AT ALBANY, OREGON, EARLY THIS WEEK

Word was received here Wednesday afternoon that Dr. D. H. Bender, former editor, minister and president of Hesston College until 1930, died at his home at Albany, Oregon, Monday, Jan. 22, after a lingering illness.

After services at the home in Oregon, the body will be shipped to Hesston where funeral services will be held at the Hesston College chapel at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 30. Interment will then take place int he cemetery of the Pennsylvania church.

Dr. Bender received his early education at Myersville (Pa.) Preparatory School and in 1921 was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity by Oskaloosa College. He served continuously as president of Hesston College from the time the school was founded in 1909 until 1930. He was 79 years of age Jan. 8 of this year.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1945 Feb 1 p. 5

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Newton And Vicinity

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— One of the largest funerals held at Hesston in recent years was that of D. H. Bender in the Hesston College chapel on Tuesday afternoon. Having passed away at Albany, Oregon, on January 22, the body was shipped here for burial and arrived at the Morris Mortuary in Newton early this week. As former member of many committees in the church, as editor, author and educator, Mr. Bender was widely known in Mennonite circles also outside his own conference. As had doubtless been his wish, he was carried to his last resting place from the institution of which he was president for more than 20 years. Participants in the funeral at Hesston were Bishops Milo Kauffman, president of Hesston College; H. A. Diener, Hutchinson; J. G. Hartzler, Windom, and Rev. Paul Erb of Goshen, Ind. Burial took place in the cemetery at the Pennsylvania church near Zimmerdale.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1945 Feb 8 p. 3

text of obituary:

DANIEL H. BENDER

Daniel Henry Bender was born near Grantsville, Maryland, January 18, 1866, and peacefully passed away in his home at Albany, Oregon, January 22, 1945, at the age of 79 years and four days.

At the age of 14 years he was converted and baptized and became a life-long member of the Mennonite church.

He was married to Ida E. Miller at Springs, Pennsylvania, on July 19, 1896. To this union were born three children: Ralph of Scottdale, Pennsylvania; Paul of Goshen, Indiana, and Ruth of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.