Person:Charles Bender (5)

CHARLES O. BENDER

   Charles O. (Bud) Bender, 81, retired owner and operator of the Casselman
 Motor Company, Grantsville, Maryland, died Sunday, February 17, 1985, at
 Meyersdale Community Hospital.
   Born in Grantsville, Maryland, he was a son of the late Charles A. Bender
 and Emma (Yutzy) Bender.
   He was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, where he served as
 treasurer for many years.  He was a charter member of the Grantsville Rotary
 Club and was a member of Grantsville Camp 41, Woodmen of the World.
   His wife, the former Mabel Custer, preceded him in death.
   Surviving are four sons, Charles C. Bender, Thomas O. Bender and William
 D. Bender, all of Grantsville; Lt. Col. Joseph F. Bender, Fort Huachuca,
 Ariz.; one daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Corderman, Hagerstown, Md.; 18
 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
   Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home, Grantsville.
   Services were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at St. John's United Church
 of Christ with the Rev. William L. Borch officiating.  Interment,
 Grantsville Cemetery.

 The Republic, February 21, 1985