- Date Of Birth: February 8, 1921
- Date Of Death: June 3, 2019
- State: Indiana
Mary E. Bender, age 98, Logansport, went to be with the Lord on Monday morning, June 3, 2019, in Franciscan Health East, Lafayette.
Born February 8, 1921, in Logansport, she was the daughter of John and Clara Smith Kilgas.
On March 1, 1939, she was married to George J. Bender, the love of her life, who preceded her in death on May 6, 2003.
Mary was her daughter’s Teachers’ Aide at Tipton School. She also worked at the State Hospital as a secretary and had been employed at RCA in Monticello.
She enjoyed traveling, gardening and trying new recipes.
Surviving are a son, Larry (Mary Lou) Bender; daughter, Mary Lou Davis; sister, Betty Corn; sister-in-law, Glorine Smith; grandson, Todd, and two great grandchildren.
Also surviving are friends, Nancy McKinley, David and Tracey Berry, Erik Willy, Dixie Widner, Pastor Jim and Barb Zimmerman and Pastor Buddy Holder.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister, two brothers and a son-in-law.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. JOHN 3:16
