Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Bender, Neva Norene November 29, 2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com April 5, 2006, 1:40 am The Dalles Chronicle, November 30, 2004 Neva Norene Bender, 74, a resident of The Dalles, died at a local care center on Monday, Nov. 29, 2004. She was born May 15, 1930, in Custer, S.D., the youngest of five children to Delbert Roy and Bessie May (England) Fay. She grew up and graduated from high school in South Dakota. She married Glenn Barnes on Aug. 25, 1947, in Newcastle, Wyo., and they lived in Wyoming until 1978, when they moved to Billings, Mont. Glenn died in 1982 and Neva later married Ervin Bender on September 7, 1984, in Billings. They continued to live in Billings until moving to San Diego in 1996 and then moving to The Dalles in October 2002 to be near family. She had worked as a mini storage manager and enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles, dancing, singing and her family. She is survived by her daughter, Leotta “Lee” Curtis and her husband, Steve, The Dalles; grandsons, Paul Osentowski, Lynnwood, Wash.; and Mark and his wife, Tammy Osentowski, Brandon, Fla.; great granddaughters, Kaylee, McKenna and Raegan, all of Brandon; her sister, Myrtle Andersen, Goldendale, Wash.; step children, Tim Bender, Billings; Russ Bender, Gillette, Wyo.; Leanna Shaw and Lorena Schmidt, both of Billings and Bradley Bender, San Diego, Calif. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Glenn in 1982, and Ervin in August 2004. Private funeral services will be held at Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004. Interment will be held at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minn. Remembrances may be made to Columbia Basin Care Facility, 1015 Webber St., The Dalles, OR 97058, Alzheimer’s Association, 1311 NW 21st Ave., Portland, OR 97209. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/b/bender851gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb