Werner Adolph Bender Jr. dies on February 1, 2025

In your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of Werner Adolph Bender Jr., age 82, of Jasper, IN, who died peacefully in the Lord fortified by the sacraments of the Catholic Church, on February 1, 2025, at his daughter's home in Columbus, IN. Arrangements are in the care of Becher-Kluesner Funeral Home, Jasper, IN. 

Thursday, February 6, 2025

St. Meinrad Catholic Church

Saint Meinrad, Indiana

• Family, friends and neighbors enter at the south entrance, entrance (ADA) accessible.

• Seating for friends and neighbors starts mid-church, directly behind the aisle candles.

Family Prayer Service
7:30 a.m.

Visitation for Friends and Neighbors
8 -10 a.m.

Livestream
www.smcatholic.church/live

Mass of Christian Burial
10 a.m.
St. Meinrad Cathlic Church

Rite of Committal
11:15 a.m.
St. Meinrad Cemetery 

Bereavement Luncheon
11:45 a.m.
St. Boniface Parish Center & Shelter House
Fulda, Indiana

All times are Central Time

Expressions of sympathy to: 

Todd Bender
3650 State Road 247
Hillsboro, OH 45133

Jill Beck
6157 S. Poplar Grove Road
Columbus, IN 47201

Heidi Harper
917 N. Main St.
Oakland City, IN 47660

Jeff Bender
337 14th St. 
Tell City, IN 47586

A note to parishioners

For your convenience, the St. Boniface Parish Center doors will open at 7 a.m. on the day of funeral. Place side salads that need to be chilled directly into the refrigerator. Items may include fruit and vegetable salads, casseroles, scalloped potatoes, and desserts.

• Please, no items containing nuts.

• Please consider using recyclable dishes when sharing food items for the bereavement luncheon. Recyclable items will remain in the parish center kitchen for future use. If you bring a personal reusable dish, please identify it with a permanent or water-resistant label on the bottom and the lid.

• All personal items clearly labeled will be washed and sanitized by bereavement luncheon volunteers and available for pickup within 48 hours of the luncheon. You can pick up these personal items from the courtesy pews located near the main entrance at the parish church you are associated with.

For more information or if you would like to be part of one of our bereavement ministry teams, contact: 

Mary Wagner, Bereavement Luncheon Coordinator for St. Boniface Parish
Dolores Scherzer, Bereavement Luncheon Coordinator for St. Meinrad Parish