Violet Bender

April 2, 1911 - September 19, 1999

Violet (nee Walker) Bender was born in Hoard Township near Owen, Wisconsin; a daughter of Bert and Louise Walker.  The Walkers came to York Township in 1919 and owned a farm in Sections 27.  A graduate of Granton High School and the Certified Teachers Training Course in Neillsville, she taught school until she married John Poziombka.  They were later divorced and then she married Harold Bender in 1946.  They farmed the Walker farm until Harold retired in 1966.  Later in 1975, they moved to Owen, Wisconsin.[cemeteries/footer_gif.html]