Lowell Myron Cender

Lowell Myron Cender, 89, went home to be with Jesus, Thursday, November 18, 2021. He died after suffering from a stroke on November 7, 2021.

He was born in Dewey, Illinois October 28, 1932 to Emery & Mattie Cender.

After graduating from Hesston College, Kansas he did a term of service in Puerto Rico where he met his wife, Lydia Rodriguez. They married September 24,1955.

Lowell believed strangers were friends in the making. He was a faithful man, hard worker, with a servant's heart and gave his time volunteering to those less fortunate. He was a business owner in Puerto Rico prior to joining Cender Gas, Gibson City, Illinois where he worked at the family business.  After moving to Indiana, he worked at Cecil’s Appliance in Bristol.  In retirement he went on numerous mission trips constructing an orphanage & interpreting for the nurses in Guatemala & Ecuador, as well as volunteering various places with the Mennonite Disaster Service here in the U.S.

He is survived by his wife, Lydia Cender of Goshen; his daughters, Sharal (Bob Greene) Halcomb of Norfolk, Virginia, Charlene (Doug) Fike of Washington, DC; along with his grandchildren, Aimee Daniels of Edwards, Colorado and her son Logan; Aaron Halcomb of Kenbridge, Virginia and his son Nathaniel, Justin (Mindy) Fike of Loveland, Colorado and his daughters, Eleanor & Madelyn Fike, and Janelle (Josh) Hugel, of Arlington, Virginia.

He is also survived by five sisters, Marlene Kaufman, Mary Jo Oswald, Wilda Otto, Fern Cender and Vietta Nofziger and a brother, Milton Cender.

Along with his parents Emery & Mattie Cender he was preceded in death by two brothers, Eldon & Mahlon Cender and his great-grandson Ryan Daniels.

There will be no local service at this time. A celebration of Lowell’s life will be held next year in his beloved Puerto Rico.

Memorial contributions may be made to The Depot MCC Thrift Shop, 1013 Division St., Goshen IN 46528 and to the Mennonite Disaster Service, 583 Airport Road, Lititz PA 17543.