Dec 16, 2020
Leona M. Bender, 91, of Valley View Terrace, Belleville, passed away on Dec. 14, 2020, at the Haven following a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul E. Bender, in 2009. Born in Grantsville, Md., she was the daughter of the late Roy N. and Viola M. (Wiley) Miller.
Leona was primarily a homemaker, but this also extended to her being a quiet partner with Paul in his watch repair and tax preparation businesses as well as in his pastoral duties. She also had a prayer covering business for the local Mennonite community. Prior to her marriage, she worked as a secretary at Miller Brothers in Springs, Pa.