Otho G BENDIT

1 JUN 1917 - 25 MAR 2009

• BIRTH: 1 JUN 1917, Wyatt, St. Joseph County, IN
• DEATH: 25 MAR 2009, South Bend, IN

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[N16577] Birth: Jun. 1, 1917
Wyatt, St. Joseph County, IN
Death: Mar. 25, 2009
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN

SOUTH BEND - Otho G. Bendit, 91, of South Bend, passed away at home on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. He was born on June 1, 1917, in Wyatt, IN, but lived most of his life in Mishawaka and South Bend. He graduated from Mishawaka High School in 1935 and subsequently had a career in accounting. He spent several years in hotel accounting and two years in a public accounting firm before joining the administrative accounting staff at the University of Notre Dame. He retired from there in 1993 after 44 years of service. He served three years in the 301st Infantry Regiment of the 94th Infantry Division during WW II. He was in the European Theater of Operations for 18 months and earned four battle stars and was awarded the Bronze Star medal for his combat service. In Mishawaka, in 1946, he married Mary (Betty) Yenders, who survives him. He is also survived by a daughter, Kathleen Winkel of South Bend; a son, John (Karen) Bendit of Tualatin, Oregon; a brother, Robert Bendit, residing in Texas; numerous nieces and nephews. His parents, Amos and Elizabeth Bendit, sisters, Evelyn and Donna, and a twin brother, Cleo, preceded him in death. Visitation will be today, March 29th, from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Bubb Funeral Chapel on North Main Street, Mishawaka. Services will be held on Monday, March 30th, at 1 p.m. in St. Andrew's United Church of Christ, 320 East Fourth Street. In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to St. Andrew's Church and to The Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc., 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637. Interment will be at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Mishawaka.

Burial: Saint Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, St. Joseph County,IN