MARILYN BENDER OF PECONIC LANDING,GREENPORT, NEW YORK PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 OF NATURAL CAUSES EIGHT DAYS AFTER HER 97TH BIRTHDAY. SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS DORIS AND MARY BENDER, HER BROTHER BILL AND HER LOYAL COMPANION, JANET MAHONEY. IN ADDITION TO HER CLOSE FRIENDS AT PECONIC LANDING AND IN MANHASSET, SHE LEAVES BEHIND SEVERAL DEVOTED FRIENDS INCLUDING JANET WICKLUND OF FORESTVILLE, CA, DANA R. REID AND JEAN ANN FLAHERTY OF PRINCEVILLE, HI, ROBERT BERENS OF PORT WASHINGTON, NY. BETSEY MURPHY AND MEMBERS OF THE DOUG BARNARD FAMILY.

FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS MARILYN TRAVELED BY HERSELF TO PRINCEVILLE, HI, SOMETIMES TWICE A YEAR, TO HER SECOND HOME IN PRINCEVILLE, HI. MARILYN LOVED ANIMALS AND SHE HELPED TO RAISE RESCUE COLLIES AND ONE STANDARD POODLE NAMED "HONEY".

FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 AT SAINT AGNES CHURCH, GREENPORT AND SHE WAS BURIED IN HOLY ROOD CEMETERY. DONATIONS CAN BE SENT TO A CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE IN HER NAME.