Roy Joseph Cender
1905 - 1984 (78 years)-
Name Roy Joseph Cender [1] Birth 8 Sep 1905 Fisher, Champaign Co., IL 
Gender Male Occupation Farmer, Cender Gas Co. Religion Amish/Mennonite Death 25 Feb 1984 [2] - Funeral at Gibson City Bible Church
Burial 27 Feb 1984 Fisher, Champaign Co., IL - East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
Person ID I619 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 29 Aug 2018
Father John Cender, b. 26 Aug 1877, Roanoke, Woodford Co., IL d. 21 Nov 1935, Foosland, Champaign Co., IL (Age 58 years) Mother Katherine Frances Zehr, b. 5 Oct 1877, Danvers, McLean Co., IL d. 10 Jan 1944, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL (Age 66 years) Marriage 15 Dec 1904 Champaign Co., IL [3] - By Andrew Schrock, at home of Peter Zehr
Family ID F323 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mamie Frances Park, b. 8 Nov 1907, Gerald, Franklin Co., MO d. 28 Jul 1980, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN (Age 72 years) Marriage 8 Sep 1927 Champaign Co., IL [4] - By J.A. Heiser
Children 1. Kenneth Delton Cender, b. 20 Jul 1928, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL d. 19 Feb 2011, Gibson City, Ford Co., IL (Age 82 years)2. Joyce Ardell Cender, b. 13 Nov 1929, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL d. 12 Nov 2015, Goshen, Elkhart Co., IN (Age 85 years)3. Ronald Joseph Cender Family ID F267 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Feb 2019
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Event Map 
Birth - 8 Sep 1905 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL 
Marriage - 8 Sep 1927 - Champaign Co., IL Burial - 27 Feb 1984 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Obit:
“Roy Joseph Cender (b. Sept. 8, 1905; d. Feb. 25, 1984) was the oldest child of John and Katie Zehr Cender. He married Mamie Frances Park (b. Nov. 8, 1907, d. Jul. 28, 1980) on Sept. 8, 1927. Mamie was a twin with Forest Eli, the first born of their parents, Eli Oscar Grover Park (1884-1952) and Effie Blackwell Park, (1889-1964) in Franklin County, Missouri. Mamie came to Champaign County near Fisher, Illinois at the age of 12 with her family in 1919. When Roy and Mamie were married they first lived in the house built by Roy's father, John Cender, for the hired man, a half-mile east of the Cender homestead. This is where Kenneth was born in 1928. They soon moved to a farm just north of Fisher, Illinois (about 2 1/2 miles east of the Cender homestead) and in 1929 this is where Joyce was born. Ronald was also born there in 1938 and in 1940 the family moved back to the house where they started their married life together. Roy's family lived there then until 1949 when Kenneth was married to Betty Jean Nafziger and took over most of the farming. Roy had bought another farm just a half mile north on Route 47 and they built a new house there and moved into it. Roy became more involved in Cender Gas Co. and Cender Motors and eventually built a home in Gibson City. They lived in Gibson City until soon after he retired, when they built a small home back on the farm and also purchased a condo near Tampa, Florida. They spent their winters in Florida until Mamie died in 1980. Roy spent his time between his children and his condo in Florida for a couple of years and then lived at the Greencroft Towers Retirement Center in Elkhart, Indiana until his death in 1984.” [5]
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Sources - [S1] Donna Schrock Birkey, Personal knowledge and family records.
- [S11] Obituaries of Individuals, gives death date as the 24th.
- [S225] Peter Zehr, East Bend Mennonite Church Records.
- [S226] J. A. Heiser, East Bend Mennonite Church Records.
- [S581] Cender Family History--The Genealogy of Brothers Roy Joseph Cender and Alva John Cender.
- [S1] Donna Schrock Birkey, Personal knowledge and family records.
