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Bender, Ethel Irene (1899 - 1991) |
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Stan |
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stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org |
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BENDER NICHOLS KISSINGER NELSON SCHMITBAUER |
----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner (Clark
County, Wis.) 05/22/1991
Bender, Ethel Irene (1899 - 1991)
Funeral services were held Monday, May 20, at 2:00 p.m. for Ethel Irene Bender, 91, Colby. She died Sunday, May 19, 1991, at 3:30 a.m. at Colonial House Living Center, Colby, where she had been a resident for the past 10 years.
Rev. Kenneth Barnes officiated at the funeral at Colby United
Methodist Church. Burial was in Colby Memorial Cemetery.
Ethel Irene Nichols was born Oct. 12, 1899 in Loyal to William and
Catherine (nee Kissinger) Nichols. She received her education in
Owen area schools and the Wausau Normal School. She was a grade
school teacher in Withee and Colby, and also in Illinois. She
belonged to the United Methodist Women, was a choir director, a
member of Blue Sky Garden Club, Bridge Club, the Clark County
Historical Society, and was a volunteer at Colonial House Living
Center, Colby, and was a Telecare volunteer. She was a member of
Colby United Methodist Church.
She and Harry Bender were married June 14, 1924, at Owen. He died
Sept. 4, 1963.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Frank (Betty Jean) Nelson,
Decorah, Iowa, and Mrs. Barbara Schmidtbauer, Tomahawk eight
grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Preceding her in death
were one son, Brice, and two brothers.
Rux Funeral Home, Colby, handled funeral arrangements.
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