Unknown Publication-February 1958 BENDER, Herbert Emanuel Age 48, of Vernonia, Ore., passed away in a Hillsboro, Ore. hospital. He was born at Carlock, S. D. He was a former resident of the Skamokawa area. At the time of his death he was office manager for the Crown Zellerbach Corp. at Vernonia. He had been with the company for more than 20 years. He was a member and past Master of the Aurora Lodge No. 59, F. A M of Gardiner, Ore. and a member of the Evangelical Reform church. Survivors include the widow, and two sons, Herbert and Fredrick, and a daughter, Christine; his mother, Margaret Bender of Portland; two sisters, Ella Bender of Portland and Frieda Hamm of Burbank, Calif. and a brother, Arthur Bender. Funeral services were held Thursday from the Methodist church in Skamokawa, with Rev. Will Richards officiating. Masonic rites were also held. Dowling Funeral Home was in charge. Fern Hill Cemetery-Skamokawa, Wa. 02 Jun 1909-03 Feb 1958 (As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)