Wenger, Glendola Alta Bentch (1924-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Feb 3 p. 11

Birth date: 1924 Mar 8

text of obituary:

GLENDOLA ALTA WENGER

Glendola Alta Bentch Wenger, 78, of Versailles, Mo., died Jan. 2, 2003, at Capitol Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. She was born March 8, 1924, to George Ezra and Minnie Opal McDavitt Bentch in Sagrada.

She married L. Roy Wenger on Sept. 19, 1948, in a double ceremony with her sister, Lela, and his brother, Paul, at Mount Zion Mennonite Church.

She accepted Christ as her Savior at age 10 and was baptized. She was a member of Cornerstone Church of Versailles and Gideons International Auxiliary. She loved the Lord and served him all her life. She was an example of a godly woman, a wonderful mother and wife.

She attended school in the Lick Creek area and graduated from Climax Springs High School.

Survivors include her husband, L. Roy Wenger; seven daughters, Delores Miller and her husband, Marlin, of Versailles, Charlene Yoder and her husband, Cleo, of Wolford, N.D., Darlene Reimer and her husband, Leonard, of Omaha, Neb., Marilyn Stevens of Omaha, Janice Miller and her husband, Clifford, of Versailles, Judith Redcay and her husband, Elmer, of Jefferson City, and Vivian Good and her husband, Jeff, of Murphy, Idaho; two sons, Philip and his wife, Helen, of Versailles, and Frederick and his wife, Natasha, of Jefferson City; two brothers, Don Bentch of Versailles and Clarence Bentch of Jefferson City; two sisters, Lela Wenger of Hesston and Eunice Lehman of Versailles; 27 grandchildren, a step-grandchild and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by an infant daughter and an infant great-granddaughter.

Funeral services were held at Cornerstone Church in Versailles. Burial was in Mount Zion Cemetery in Versailles.