BENDER, Dana Hartsel^{[1, 2, 3]}

1924 - 2011  (87 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	BENDER, Dana Hartsel  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	5 April 1924	Webster County, West Virginia, United States of America   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 July 2011	Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States of America   [3]
  Burial	Orndoff, Webster County, West Virginia, United States of America   [3]
  Notes	Dana Hartsel Bender, 87 of Hacker Valley, WV went home to be with the Lord on July 20, 2011 at Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Division. He was born April 5, 1924 in Bendertown to John D. and Mae Fisher Bender and was a coal miner. He spent most of his adult life in Webster County and attended Word of Life Fellowship Church in Diana. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and was a lifetime member of the NAHC and UMWA. He was a former member of the Union Valley Gospel Quartet. Hartsel is survived by his wife Delores Gene Woods Bender; sons Eddie (Nora) Bender of Webster Springs, Dana (Diane) Bender of Versailles, Kentucky, and David (Nova) Bender of Webster Springs; step-sons Danny (Diane) Bender of Hacker Valley, Ronnie (Mary) Bender of Trenton, Florida, Donzel (Teresa) Bender of Hacker Valley, Scott (Chasity) Bender of Buckhannon; Danny Roby of Cleveland, Ohio; step-daughters Barbara (Gary) Simmons of Lodi, Ohio, Viola "Buggs" (Andy) Fisher of Hobbs, New Mexico, Janet (Bob Clark) Wolford of Salem, WV, Kathy (Emmitt McElwain) Haymond of Rock Cave, and Carolyn Paul of Sheffield Lake, Ohio; brothers Harley Bender of Staunton, Virginia and Donald Bender of Geneva, Ohio; sisters Louise (Kenneth) Channell of Ohio, Rose Lipps of Ohio, Jean (Mark) Rector of Clarksburg, Waneta Schriver of Clarksburg, and Della (Emery) Cowger of Nutter Fort; grandchildren Lynn, Kerry, Tim, Kelly, Dwayne, Bekka, and Jeremy; 15 great-grandchildren; 16 step-grandchildren, and numerous step-great-grandchildren and step-great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; first wife Marie Skeens Bender; second wife Alta Mae Silman Bender; daughter Deanna Leone; brother William Bender; and sisters Anna (Earl Jr.) Channell, Ruby (Bernard) Skeens, Ruth Bright, and several infant brothers and sisters.
  Person ID	I422146056757	Ancestry dot com tree
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	SKEENS, Sylnnia Marie,   b. 19 August 1920, Webster County, West Virginia, United States of America d. 18 October 1996, Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States of America (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1946	Webster, West Virginia, United States   [2]
  Children	1. BENDER, E.C.   2. BENDER, Deanna Leone,   b. 8 October 1949, Webster County, West Virginia, United States of America d. 4 December 1950, Philippi, Barbour County, West Virginia, United States of America (Age 1 year) + 3. BENDER, D.V.   4. BENDER, D.G.
  Family ID	F12912	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1640357278] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Births Index, 1804-1938, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1640804086] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1640033450] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).