Brenda Marie Bender

May 7, 1970 - June 18, 2017

Brenda Marie Bender, age 47 of La Crescent, MN and formerly of Spring Grove, passed away Sun. June 18, 2017 at Gundersen Health Systems in La Crosse, WI She was born May 7, 1970 in Spring Grove to Roger and Annette (Tweito) Bender. She was a 1988 Spring Grove High School graduate. She received an Associate’s Degree in Nursing from NICC in Iowa, and a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Iowa. She had currently been working as a case manager at Logistics Health, Inc. in La Crosse, WI She loved her children and her grandchild very much and was very proud of them, she also loved elephants and her job. Survivors include her son Kai (Jessie) Becker of Waukon, IA and her daughters Jenna and Lauryn Bohr of Spring Grove, and her granddaughter Makenzie Becker of Waukon, IA Her siblings Curtis (Pat) Bender of Prairie Du Chien, WI, Craig Bender of Spring Grove, Ann (Charles) Bryz-Gornia of Blaine, MN, Karen (Richard) Tisthammer, Black Hammer, MN, Collin (Kim) Bender of Waconia, MN, Calvin (Marnie) Bender of Plymouth, MN, Bonnie (Ken) Heim of Caledonia, MN She is also survived by her aunt Agnes Crabtree of Grand Island, NE, and her uncle Ted (Pat) Tweito of LaVonia, GA In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her aunt Doris Thompson, and her uncles Orville “Lefty” Thompson, Larry Mc Millen and Richard Crabtree.