Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Bender of Cape Girardeau recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary.
Bender and Mary Jo Yope were married April 4, 1942, at Trinity Lutheran Church.
They have three children, Timothy J. Bender of Cape Girardeau, Nancy Richards of Valrico, Fla., and the late Stephen D. Bender of Memphis, Tenn. They also have six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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