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GIBSON CITY — The funeral for Mattie Cender, 65, of Gibson City was held at East Bend Mennonite Church, Fisher, the Rev. Millard Osborne officiating. Visitation at Lamb Funeral Home, Gibson City.
Mrs. Cender died at 8:58 p.m. Friday (July 6, 1990) at Gibson Community Hospital Annex, Gibson City.
She was born May 6, 1905, in Meadows, a daughter of John and Lena Teuscher Stalter. She married Emery Cender on Dec. 7, 1927, in Meadows. He survives.
Other survivors include four sons, Mahlon, Milton, and Eldon, all of Gibson City; and Lowell, Goshen, Ind.; five daughters, Fern Martin, Downers Grove; Wilda Otto, Brussells, Belgium; Vietta Nofziger, McPhearson, Kan.; Marlene Kaufman, Akron, Pa.; and Mary Jo Oswald, Jupiter, Fla.; a sister, Sadie Ingold, Ludlow; 28 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two brothers.
Mrs. Cender had been a Gibson City resident since 1955 and was a member of East Bend Mennonite Church, Fisher. [2]
- Soon after marrying Emery, on 18 Mar 1928, Mattie moved her letter of church membership from Waldo Mennonite in Flanagan to East Bend Mennonite in Fisher.
Obit:
Cender, Mattie Stalter, daughter of John and Lena (Teuscher) Stalter, was born at Meadows, Ill., May 6, 1905; died at Gibson City, Ill., July 6, 1990; aged 85. On Dec. 7, 1927, she was married to Emery Cender, who survives. Also surviving are 4 sons (Mahlon, Milton, Eldon, and Lowell), 5 daughters (Fern Martin, Wilda Otto, Vietta Nofziger, Marlene Kaufman, and Mary Jo Oswald), and one sister (Sadie Ingold). She was a member of East Bend Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on July 10, in charge of Millard Osborne; interment in East Bend Memorial Gardens. [3]
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1905 - 1990 (85 years)
