Louise Augustine Bender, age 89, a lifelong resident of Elberta, Ala., passed away on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015.
Mrs. Bender was a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church and a lifelong member of the VFW Kichler-Pippen Post 5658.
She is survived by four daughters, Emile (Bill) Gahnstrom of Topeka, Kan., Katherine Suggs of Huntersville, N.C, Martha (Larry) Early of Mobile, Ala. and Margaret Bender Neubert of Elberta, Ala.; one sister, Gertrude Baumann of Elberta, Ala.; six grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; five great-great-great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews and friends.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015 at Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Home, Elberta from 6 until 8 p.m.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015 at 2 p.m. at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Elberta.
Interment will follow at St. Mark’s Lutheran Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggest donations to the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society.
Arrangements by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., 25102 State St., Elberta, AL 36530.
