Obit: Bender, Emma #2 (1897 - 1955)  

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Surnames: Bender, Guse, Denzine, Empey, Koehn, Rook, Cline, Sprengler, Kieser, Hammann, Merwin, Morrow, Muehler, Miller, Olson, Gutenberger, Amacher, Daenicke 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 05/12/1955 
 

Bender, Emma (15 Sept. 1897 - 10 May 1955)  
 

Funeral services for Mrs. George Bender, 57, who died Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at her home, after a lingering illness will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 at Christ Lutheran church. The remains were brought to the Bender home this noon and will lie in state until time for services.  
 

Mrs. Bender was born Emma Guse, Sept. 15, 1897, in Rock county and received her education in schools there. She was married Aug. 19, 1916, to George Bender, at Town Center, Rock county. The couple moved to a farm near Colby in 1922 and came to their present home in Abbotsford in 1942.  
 

Mrs. Bender is survived by her husband; two sons, Henry, Spencer; Melvin, Dorchester; three daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Florence) Denzine, Medford; Mrs. Eldred (Avenelle) Empey, Abbotsford; Mrs. Orville (Virginia) Koehn, Schofield; 17 grand children; two brothers, Otto Guse, Evansville; and Arthur Guse, Janesville; and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Rook, Janesville, and Mrs. Corwin Cline, Baraboo.  
 

Preceding her in death were a son, Myron, who died in infancy, and a brother, Harry Guse. 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 05/19/1955 
 

On Friday afternoon, the funeral services for Mrs. George Bender, 57, who died Tuesday, were held at Christ Lutheran church, Abbotsford, at 1:30 o’clock. The Rev. F. H. Sprengler conducted the services during which the Misses Dorothy and Marilyn Kieser sang "Rock of Ages," and "The Old Rugged Cross." 
 

Pallbearers for the internment, which was made in the Colby cemetery, were Elmer Hammann, Athens; Ben Merwin, Carl Morrow, Otto Muehler, Clarence Miller and Einar Olson, of Abbotsford. 
 

The flowers were carried by the Misses Beverly and Darlene Denzine, grand daughters, of Medford; Miss Eldora Gutenberger, Colby; the Misses Carol Amacher, Shirley and Beverly Daenicke, of Abbotsford. 
 

Relatives attending the funeral came from Janesville, Baraboo, Richland Center, Madison, and Beloit.