In loving memory
John Bender Sr.
March 19, 1922 – September 1, 1975
Lived 53 years
Quincy Valley Cemetery · Quincy, Washington
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PSGT US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
John Bender Sr. was born March 19, 1922 in Huntley, Yellowstone, Montana to Henry & Eva Schreiner Bender. He served in the army in World War II. John married Anna Elizabeth Besel on April 30, 1946 in Union Gap, Yakima, Washington. They divorced on December 15, 1972 in Grant, Washington. He married Lois Anne Cooper on December 23, 1972 in Grant, Washington. He passed away on September 1, 1975 in Multnomah, Oregon and was buried in the Quincy Valley Cemetery, in Quincy Washington.
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1922
Born March 19
1928
John was 6 when Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin
1933
John was 11 when construction began on Grand Coulee Dam
1935
John was 13 when Parker Brothers released Monopoly
1942
John was 20 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1944
John was 22 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1952
John was 30 when Grand Coulee irrigation water reached Quincy
1975
Passed away September 1, age 53
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