James Arnold Bender

1933 - 1997  (63 years)

• Name	James Arnold Bender
  Born	15 Dec 1933	North Dakota, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 May 1997
  Buried	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I269765	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Julius Emanuel Bender,   b. 10 Sep 1901, Scotland, Bon Homme County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 16 May 1965  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Amelia Renner,   b. 18 Mar 1908, North Dakota, USA
  Family ID	F93321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Shirley Walker
  Married	7 Feb 1954
  Children	1. Paul Bender   2. Donald Bender   3. Merlin Bender   4. Martin Bender   5. Sharon Bender   6. Brenda Bender
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F93323	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. ObitsArchive.com Bismarck Tribune, The (ND) - May 6, 1997 James Bender James A. Bender, 63, Bismarck, died May 4, 1997, in a Bismarck hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Evangelical Free Church, Bismarck, with the Rev. Dwight Walker officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck, with military rites provided by VFW Post No. 1326. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Bismarck Funeral Home, and will continue at the church one hour before services. James A. Bender was born Dec. 15, 1933, in Washburn, the son of Julius and Amelia ""Emilie'' Renner Bender. He was raised and educated in Washburn and attended Bismarck High School. He married Shirley Walker, Feb. 7, 1954. Jim served in the U.S. Army from 1954-1956. Jim worked for the Neighborhood Grocery Store, Dakota Sand and Gravel, and Froeschle and Sons Construction. After working for Froeschle and Sons Construction for 22 years, erecting such buildings as Kirkwood Office Towers and the Employment Security Building in Bismarck, James, with his love of construction, started his own business, Metric Construction in 1976. While owning and operating Metric Construction, he erected such projects as North American Coal, Econo Foods and the Bismarck Airport Terminal. He retired in 1996. James enjoyed camping, fishing and taking vacations with his family. He especially loved having long visits with his grandchildren. He is noted for caring for others all of his life, and he enjoyed doing so. He is survived by his wife, Shirley; four sons and two daughters-in-law, Paul and JoAnn, and Donald, all of Bismarck, Merlin, Shakapee, Minn., and Marlin and Vicki, Cheyenne, Wyo.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Sharon and Jeff Huber, and Brenda and Warren Dietrich, all of Bismarck; 15 grandchildren, Emily, James, Donavin, Patricia, Wendy, Melissa, Jerry, Matthew, John, David, Rachael, Elizabeth, Dennis, Daniel and Kyle; two brothers, LeRoy, Washburn, Elmer, Rayland, S.D.; and one sister, Carol Adams, Bismarck. He was preceded in death by his parents. Bismarck Tribune, The (ND) Date: May 6, 1997 Record Number: 0F22490411513AFC Copyright, 1997, The Bismarck Tribune