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Bender, Daniel Henry (1866-1945)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 25 Jan 1945 p. 1
Birth date: 1866
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: 8 Feb 1945 p. 3