Kenneth R. Bender retired as Vice President-Information Systems, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company on March 1, 1991 after forty-two years of service. He was the Chief Information Officer responsible for the centralized computer hardware and software development and data center operations for the Company.
He headed and organized the first Business Information group at Southwestern Bell headquarters in St. Louis in 1964. In 1977 he was appointed Vice-President-Data Systems where he managed all computer operations, programming and technical support for the Company. In 1984, he chaired the Bell System Council that was responsible for the planning and transition of software from AT&T to the Bell Operating Companies.
Ken was a member of The Council of North American Information Management Executives for the Conference Board. He served on the board of directors of Inroads/St. Louis, an organization that assists minority youth development within the business community. He served on the board of directors for the Center of Emerging Technologies that assists start up technology companies in St. Louis. He served on the Finance Committee and the Performance Improvement Committee of the Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis.
He has been a member of the Dallas and St. Louis chapters of the Financial Executives Institute since 1967, serving as President of the St. Louis chapter in 1982-1983. He also served as President of Trinity Lutheran Church, Chesterfield, Missouri.
Ken was born and raised in Ellsworth, Kansas. He served in the U. S. Navy during WWII, training as an Aviation Cadet when the war ended. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from his beloved Kansas State University.
In 1950, Ken married the love of his life, Evlyn Imogene Rindt. Life was never the same after her passing in 1997 from ovarian cancer. Ken credited Evlyn for being the stabilizer for the family's many moves and turning new houses into loving, Christian homes. His children give them both that credit.
Ken was predeceased by his parents, Emma and Adolph, brothers, Gordon and Harold, and sisters, Mildred and Gladys. He is survived by three children, Doug Bender (Tish), Cheri Kaempfe (Terry), and Randy Bender, five grandchildren, Wes Bender (Lauren), Andy Kaempfe (Jami), Chris Kaempfe (Karli), Zach Bender, and Dana Kaempfe, and two great-grandchildren, Grayson and Luke.
Services: Memorial service at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 12345 Manchester Road, Des Peres, Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Lutheran High School Association.
Visitation at the SCHRADER Funeral Home and Crematory, 14960 Manchester Road at Holloway, Ballwin, Friday 4-8 p.m.
Information obtained from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch -- April 20, 2016.
He headed and organized the first Business Information group at Southwestern Bell headquarters in St. Louis in 1964. In 1977 he was appointed Vice-President-Data Systems where he managed all computer operations, programming and technical support for the Company. In 1984, he chaired the Bell System Council that was responsible for the planning and transition of software from AT&T to the Bell Operating Companies.
Ken was a member of The Council of North American Information Management Executives for the Conference Board. He served on the board of directors of Inroads/St. Louis, an organization that assists minority youth development within the business community. He served on the board of directors for the Center of Emerging Technologies that assists start up technology companies in St. Louis. He served on the Finance Committee and the Performance Improvement Committee of the Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis.
He has been a member of the Dallas and St. Louis chapters of the Financial Executives Institute since 1967, serving as President of the St. Louis chapter in 1982-1983. He also served as President of Trinity Lutheran Church, Chesterfield, Missouri.
Ken was born and raised in Ellsworth, Kansas. He served in the U. S. Navy during WWII, training as an Aviation Cadet when the war ended. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from his beloved Kansas State University.
In 1950, Ken married the love of his life, Evlyn Imogene Rindt. Life was never the same after her passing in 1997 from ovarian cancer. Ken credited Evlyn for being the stabilizer for the family's many moves and turning new houses into loving, Christian homes. His children give them both that credit.
Ken was predeceased by his parents, Emma and Adolph, brothers, Gordon and Harold, and sisters, Mildred and Gladys. He is survived by three children, Doug Bender (Tish), Cheri Kaempfe (Terry), and Randy Bender, five grandchildren, Wes Bender (Lauren), Andy Kaempfe (Jami), Chris Kaempfe (Karli), Zach Bender, and Dana Kaempfe, and two great-grandchildren, Grayson and Luke.
Services: Memorial service at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 12345 Manchester Road, Des Peres, Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Lutheran High School Association.
Visitation at the SCHRADER Funeral Home and Crematory, 14960 Manchester Road at Holloway, Ballwin, Friday 4-8 p.m.
Information obtained from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch -- April 20, 2016.
Kenneth R. Bender retired as Vice President-Information Systems, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company on March 1, 1991 after forty-two years of service. He was the Chief Information Officer responsible for the centralized computer hardware and software development and data center operations for the Company.
He headed and organized the first Business Information group at Southwestern Bell headquarters in St. Louis in 1964. In 1977 he was appointed Vice-President-Data Systems where he managed all computer operations, programming and technical support for the Company. In 1984, he chaired the Bell System Council that was responsible for the planning and transition of software from AT&T to the Bell Operating Companies.
Ken was a member of The Council of North American Information Management Executives for the Conference Board. He served on the board of directors of Inroads/St. Louis, an organization that assists minority youth development within the business community. He served on the board of directors for the Center of Emerging Technologies that assists start up technology companies in St. Louis. He served on the Finance Committee and the Performance Improvement Committee of the Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis.
He has been a member of the Dallas and St. Louis chapters of the Financial Executives Institute since 1967, serving as President of the St. Louis chapter in 1982-1983. He also served as President of Trinity Lutheran Church, Chesterfield, Missouri.
Ken was born and raised in Ellsworth, Kansas. He served in the U. S. Navy during WWII, training as an Aviation Cadet when the war ended. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from his beloved Kansas State University.
In 1950, Ken married the love of his life, Evlyn Imogene Rindt. Life was never the same after her passing in 1997 from ovarian cancer. Ken credited Evlyn for being the stabilizer for the family's many moves and turning new houses into loving, Christian homes. His children give them both that credit.
Ken was predeceased by his parents, Emma and Adolph, brothers, Gordon and Harold, and sisters, Mildred and Gladys. He is survived by three children, Doug Bender (Tish), Cheri Kaempfe (Terry), and Randy Bender, five grandchildren, Wes Bender (Lauren), Andy Kaempfe (Jami), Chris Kaempfe (Karli), Zach Bender, and Dana Kaempfe, and two great-grandchildren, Grayson and Luke.
Services: Memorial service at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 12345 Manchester Road, Des Peres, Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Lutheran High School Association.
Visitation at the SCHRADER Funeral Home and Crematory, 14960 Manchester Road at Holloway, Ballwin, Friday 4-8 p.m.
Information obtained from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch -- April 20, 2016.
He headed and organized the first Business Information group at Southwestern Bell headquarters in St. Louis in 1964. In 1977 he was appointed Vice-President-Data Systems where he managed all computer operations, programming and technical support for the Company. In 1984, he chaired the Bell System Council that was responsible for the planning and transition of software from AT&T to the Bell Operating Companies.
Ken was a member of The Council of North American Information Management Executives for the Conference Board. He served on the board of directors of Inroads/St. Louis, an organization that assists minority youth development within the business community. He served on the board of directors for the Center of Emerging Technologies that assists start up technology companies in St. Louis. He served on the Finance Committee and the Performance Improvement Committee of the Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis.
He has been a member of the Dallas and St. Louis chapters of the Financial Executives Institute since 1967, serving as President of the St. Louis chapter in 1982-1983. He also served as President of Trinity Lutheran Church, Chesterfield, Missouri.
Ken was born and raised in Ellsworth, Kansas. He served in the U. S. Navy during WWII, training as an Aviation Cadet when the war ended. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from his beloved Kansas State University.
In 1950, Ken married the love of his life, Evlyn Imogene Rindt. Life was never the same after her passing in 1997 from ovarian cancer. Ken credited Evlyn for being the stabilizer for the family's many moves and turning new houses into loving, Christian homes. His children give them both that credit.
Ken was predeceased by his parents, Emma and Adolph, brothers, Gordon and Harold, and sisters, Mildred and Gladys. He is survived by three children, Doug Bender (Tish), Cheri Kaempfe (Terry), and Randy Bender, five grandchildren, Wes Bender (Lauren), Andy Kaempfe (Jami), Chris Kaempfe (Karli), Zach Bender, and Dana Kaempfe, and two great-grandchildren, Grayson and Luke.
Services: Memorial service at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 12345 Manchester Road, Des Peres, Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Lutheran High School Association.
Visitation at the SCHRADER Funeral Home and Crematory, 14960 Manchester Road at Holloway, Ballwin, Friday 4-8 p.m.
Information obtained from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch -- April 20, 2016.
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