Percy Bender (1918-1990)

Title: Percy Bender fonds

Dates of creation: 1934-1954

Physical description: 4 pages

Biographical sketch: Percy Bender was born in 1918 to Peter Bender and Lydia Brenneman Bender near Tavistock, Ontario. He was married to Alma Catherine Catherine Rudisuela in 1941. He died in 1990. He was baptized in the Amish Mennonite Church at East Zorra in 1934 by Daniel S. Jutzi. However later in life he was active in the Evangelical Church (later Evangelical United Brethren Church). He is buried at the Grace United Church in Tavistock, Ontario.

Scope and content: The documents are for Percy Bender's baptism on 7 October 1934, and three leadership training certificates from the Evangelical Church (1947) and EUB church (1954)

Custodial history: Donated to the Mennonite Archives of Ontario by Peter Erb in 2006.

Note: Created March 2007 by Sam Steiner

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