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Leo Frederick Bender

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[June 29, 2015]  LINCOLN - Leo Frederick Bender, 90, passed away at 8:20 P.M. on June 21, 2015 at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, in Lincoln.

Visitation:  From 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 27 at the First United Methodist Church in Lincoln

Service: 1:30 p.m. on Saturday June 27 at the church

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln   

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Leo Frederick Bender, 90, passed away at 8:20 P.M. on June 21, 2015 at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, in Lincoln.

Leo was born on January 9, 1925 in Sweetwater; the son of Lawrence and Augusta Dora (Manus) Bender. He was united in marriage to Norma Aileen White on March 21, 1948, in San Jose. She preceded him in death in 1986.

Surviving Leo are his children: Steven (Karen) Bender of Williamsville, and Jan (Robert) Conn of Bella Vista, Arkansas; sister: Dorothy (Don) Fink; cousins: Nancy Bammann, Betty Lessen, Leonard Manus, and Marjorie Douglas; and his six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Leo was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Norma, his sister Florence, and his brother Charles.

Leo was a farmer; he worked for the city of Lincoln street dept, Puritan water, Remington seed Co., Kickapoo Creek Park, and he participated with the seasonal harvest. Leo was an avid sports fan especially the Lincoln Railers Basketball team; where he was a season ticket holder for 40 years. Leo also was a frequent donor of blood to the American Red Cross. Above all else, Leo loved his family; he will be sorely missed by anyone fortunate enough to have known him.

A Memorial Service for Leo will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday June 27, 2015 at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Becky Barrow  officiating. A visitation will take place an hour prior to the service 12:30-1:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in Leo’s name to the First United Methodist Church or to the Lincoln High School Railers Basketball Association.

Services were entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln.

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