Robert A. Bender, 82, of Clarksville died Friday, Aug. 17, 2001, at Johnson Regional Medical Center.
He was a native of Clarksville, son of the late Robert and Mary Eckart Bender, member of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, and was owner and operator of Quality Food Market with Bernard Crabtree until he retired in October 1980. He served in the Second Armored Division in World War II in Europe, the recipient of three Purple Hearts for wounds he received in action with the most serious in The Battle of the Bulge, and a lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus, the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Purple Heart Association. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Leo, Paul, and Henry; and one sister, Louise Jacobs Gisler.
Survivors include two nephews, Leon Jacobs of Grove, Okla., and Jim Jacobs of Germantown, Tenn.; and one niece, Mary Jo Rounsville of Fort Smith.
Rosary service was at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, at Hardwicke Funeral Chapel. Funeral was at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 20, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church with Rev. William Wewers, O. S. B., Rev. Placidus Eckart, O. S. B., and Abbot Jerome Kodell, O. S. B., officiating. Burial was in Holy Redeemer Catholic Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Bernard Werner, Gene Raible, John Hilton, Scott Jacobs, Bert Killane, and Joseph Mayer.
He was a native of Clarksville, son of the late Robert and Mary Eckart Bender, member of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, and was owner and operator of Quality Food Market with Bernard Crabtree until he retired in October 1980. He served in the Second Armored Division in World War II in Europe, the recipient of three Purple Hearts for wounds he received in action with the most serious in The Battle of the Bulge, and a lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus, the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Purple Heart Association. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Leo, Paul, and Henry; and one sister, Louise Jacobs Gisler.
Survivors include two nephews, Leon Jacobs of Grove, Okla., and Jim Jacobs of Germantown, Tenn.; and one niece, Mary Jo Rounsville of Fort Smith.
Rosary service was at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, at Hardwicke Funeral Chapel. Funeral was at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 20, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church with Rev. William Wewers, O. S. B., Rev. Placidus Eckart, O. S. B., and Abbot Jerome Kodell, O. S. B., officiating. Burial was in Holy Redeemer Catholic Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Bernard Werner, Gene Raible, John Hilton, Scott Jacobs, Bert Killane, and Joseph Mayer.
Robert A. Bender, 82, of Clarksville died Friday, Aug. 17, 2001, at Johnson Regional Medical Center.
He was a native of Clarksville, son of the late Robert and Mary Eckart Bender, member of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, and was owner and operator of Quality Food Market with Bernard Crabtree until he retired in October 1980. He served in the Second Armored Division in World War II in Europe, the recipient of three Purple Hearts for wounds he received in action with the most serious in The Battle of the Bulge, and a lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus, the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Purple Heart Association. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Leo, Paul, and Henry; and one sister, Louise Jacobs Gisler.
Survivors include two nephews, Leon Jacobs of Grove, Okla., and Jim Jacobs of Germantown, Tenn.; and one niece, Mary Jo Rounsville of Fort Smith.
Rosary service was at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, at Hardwicke Funeral Chapel. Funeral was at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 20, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church with Rev. William Wewers, O. S. B., Rev. Placidus Eckart, O. S. B., and Abbot Jerome Kodell, O. S. B., officiating. Burial was in Holy Redeemer Catholic Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Bernard Werner, Gene Raible, John Hilton, Scott Jacobs, Bert Killane, and Joseph Mayer.
He was a native of Clarksville, son of the late Robert and Mary Eckart Bender, member of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, and was owner and operator of Quality Food Market with Bernard Crabtree until he retired in October 1980. He served in the Second Armored Division in World War II in Europe, the recipient of three Purple Hearts for wounds he received in action with the most serious in The Battle of the Bulge, and a lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus, the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Purple Heart Association. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Leo, Paul, and Henry; and one sister, Louise Jacobs Gisler.
Survivors include two nephews, Leon Jacobs of Grove, Okla., and Jim Jacobs of Germantown, Tenn.; and one niece, Mary Jo Rounsville of Fort Smith.
Rosary service was at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, at Hardwicke Funeral Chapel. Funeral was at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 20, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church with Rev. William Wewers, O. S. B., Rev. Placidus Eckart, O. S. B., and Abbot Jerome Kodell, O. S. B., officiating. Burial was in Holy Redeemer Catholic Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Bernard Werner, Gene Raible, John Hilton, Scott Jacobs, Bert Killane, and Joseph Mayer.
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