Ellen Marie (Lindquist) Bender (1919-2011)

BENDER, LINDQUIST, GILMORE

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 8/11/2012 at 10:19:36

From Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care obituary, Ames, Story County, Iowa:

E. Marie Bender
August 23, 1919 - March 21, 2011

Ellen Marie Bender, 91, of Ames, died Monday, March 21, 2011, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. A gathering of friends and family will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 23, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, with a service immediately following at Ames Municipal Cemetery.
Marie is survived by her two daughters, Kathryn Bender, of Ames; Virginia Gilmore, of Mineral Ridge, Ohio; and sons, Russell H. Bender (Marianne), of Wenatchee, Wash; and Richard E. Bender (Sharon), of Iowa City; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and very supportive friend Susan Owen and family.
Marie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Russell; and two brothers, Norman and Elmer Lindquist.

Mrs. Bender was born in Hiteman, Iowa, on Aug. 23, 1919, the daughter of Swedish immigrants, Henning and Christine Lindquist. She married Russell O. Bender on April 16, 1940, in Ames.
She was a member of Laura Chapter No. 115 Order of the Eastern Star, the White Shrine of Jerusalem and a lifetime member of Bethesda Lutheran Church. During her lifetime she worked for many years in several laundries and drycleaners in Ames (Lindquist Cleaners, Jay's Laundry, and Ames Pantorium).

Her family will fondly remember her for her enthusiasm playing cribbage, her love of Estes Park, Colo., and her pride in cooking, entertaining, and baking many delicious Swedish delicacies. Marie was a warm and loving woman and valued family and friends as her most precious possession.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Israel Family Hospice House or Bethesda Lutheran Church.

Online condolences may be sent to www.grandonfuneralandcremationcare.com .

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