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Rosa Marie Cender, 94, passed away Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, at Greencroft Healthcare, Goshen.
She was born July 4, 1931, in Arthur, Illinois, to Emory and Cora (Yoder) Beachey.
On July 28, 1956, she married Eldon Cender at Arthur Mennonite Church, Arthur, Illinois. He preceded her in death.
Rosa is survived by a daughter, Leanna (Brent) Kaser, Elkhart; a son, Norman (Karen) Cender, Elkhart; three grandchildren, Monica (Kyler) Kearby, Warsaw, Deanna (Arturo "Artie") Martinez-Cender, LaGrange, Georgia, and Abigail "Abbie" (Brian) Bravo, Michigan City; four great-grandchildren, Paxton, Olivia and Claire Kearby and Isabela "Isa" Martinez-Cender; and a brother, Emory (Judy) Beachey Jr., Arthur, Illinois.
Along with her parents and husband, Eldon, she was preceded in death by a sister, Ella Mae Schrock, and two brothers, Dr. Edwin Beachey and Jacob E. Beachey.
Mrs. Cender was an elementary school teacher and member of North Goshen Mennonite Church.
Visitation will be Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Yoder-Culp Funeral Home, Goshen.
A 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, funeral service will be held at North Goshen Mennonite Church, 501 N. 8th St., Goshen, with a 30-minute visitation beginning at 9 a.m.
Burial will take place in East Bend Memorial Gardens, Fisher, Illinois, at a later date.
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