Elaine A. (Holley) Bender

Elaine A. Bender

February 12, 2025

Elaine A. Bender, age 86, of (Lincoln) Pine Grove, passed away on Wednesday, February 12, in the Tremont Health & Rehabilitation Center, surrounded by her family.

Born on April 16, 1938 in Pottsville, she was the daughter of the late Mark and Catherine Bentz Holley.

Elaine was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Pine Grove. She dedicated her life to being a devoted wife and mother and cherished spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed gardening, playing Parcheesi, doing puzzles, baking, sewing, listening to Polkas, and cheering on the Phillies.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James L. Bender, to whom she was married for 54 years, on November 13, 2013; a sister, Joy Whitby and a brother, Mark Holley.

Surviving are a daughter, Linda and husband Tom Seibert of Pine Grove; a son, Jamie Bender of Pine Grove; two grandchildren, David Anspach, Jr. and fiancee' Erika Mullin of Tremont, Heather and husband Michael Bellows of Elizabethtown; two great grandchildren, Braden Bellows and Hailey Bellows; and a sister Jane Culley of Pottsville.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM at the H L. Snyder Funeral Home, Inc., Pine Grove with Pastor Marie Meeks officiating. There will be a viewing on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 from 10:00 AM until 11:30 A.M. at the Funeral Home. Interment will follow in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Pine Grove.

The family would prefer, in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to St. Peter's Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 312 S. Tulpehocken Street, Pine Grove, Pa. 17963, in her memory.

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