From the
Ellwood City Ledger 2006
Lana L. Bender
10/09/2006
NORTH SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP - Lana L. Bender, 62, of 1126 Mercer Rd., North Sewickley Township, died Saturday, Oct. 7, 2006, at 11:38 a.m. in the Ellwood City Hospital.
Born June 28, 1944, in Ellwood City, to Wilma A. Hamilton and the late William F. Goubeaud, she and her husband owned and operated Bender's TV Sales in North Sewickley Township. She attended the Wiley Hill Baptist Church and was a member of the Lillyville Church of God.
She is survived by her husband, Raymond P. Bender Jr., whom she married in May 1971; two sons and daughters-in-law, Greg and Patty Bender, North Sewickley Township, and Michael and Lisa Bender, Koppel; her mother, Wilma Goubeaud-Cowan, North Sewickley Township; a sister, Sally Casuccio, New Castle, and a brother, William Goubeaud, Ellwood City.
In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her stepfather, John R. Cowan Sr.
Friends will be received Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the JOSEPH A. TOMON JR. FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, 97 Grim Ave., Ellport, where a service will be held Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006, at 11 a.m. with Ted Walker, as the celebrant.
Interment will be in the Lillyville Church of God Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made, in Mrs. Bender's name, to the American Cancer Society, New Castle Office, 3208 Wilmington Rd., New Castle, PA. 16105.