Please click at the link here to see pictures of
Angel Families Gathering in Virginia Beach
in Sempter 2006












I'd like to dedicate our favorite song, "I want to love you forever". 
Singer: Jessica Simpson.  That is playing in the
background for you, my sweetheart Susan.
09/22/06







SUSAN'S CANDLE LIGHT AND OTHERS 
ANGELS' CANDLE LIGHTS WERE VERY BRIGHT
AT CANDLE LIGHTING CEREMONY NIGHT. 





DEAR SUSAN, I WROTE YOUR NAME ON
THE BEACH SAND IN VIRGINIA BEACH
IN SEPTEMBER, 2006











 



























   









This Memorial Website is a forever lasting site.  It was created as a place where family and friends can come to honor in the memories we all have of our precious and beloved one, SUSAN D. BENDER who was born on April 29th, 1961 in Bossier City, Louisiana and passed away on November 15th, 2005 in Rogers, Arkansas at the age of 44.  She was gone to the Lord's home but she will never be forgotten.  She is our angel now and she is in our hearts, thoughts, and prayers forever.  She will always be remembered for her passion, strength and ceaseless courage that became her hallmark.  She is forever loved and eternally missed until we meet again.  Until then we trust our Lord to hold her close and remind her everyday how very much we love her.



 



THE EIGHT SPOKED WHEEL,
THE BUDDHIST SYMBOL OF
THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH





  

















 










  




MS. BENDER, SUSAN D.

BORN: APRIL 29, 1961

DIED: NOVEMBER 15, 2005

"A GOOD CHARACTER IS THE BEST TOMBSTONE.
THOSE WHO LOVED YOU, AND WERE HELPED BY
YOU, WILL REMEMBER YOU WHEN FORGET-ME-
NOTS ARE WITHERED.  CARVE YOUR NAME
ON HEARTS, AND NOT ON MARBLE."


   
  
   

   

        







 



 







     







 



  




MS. BENDER passed away on November 15, 2005 in Rogers, Arkansas.  Her Memorial Service was held at 10 a.m. on November 18th, 2005 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church with Father Alan Bates and the Rev. Pamela Cincioni officiating.  Many of people came to pay their respects.  We will always love her but we know she is not alone, she is with those who have passsed (her grandparents, her loving and caring daddy, her aunts) and in God’s loving embrace looking down on us and smiling and proud of her family and friends for their strength and courage to keep going.  Ms. Bender left behind family and friends that love her and miss her so much.  With the loss of Ms. Bender comes a deep sadness for all of us who know what a wonderful person she was.  She was a wonderful and caring mother, daughter, sister, and friend.  She was a true inspiration of courage, strength, and determination.  We are grateful for the time we had with her.  She has taught us so much and has left a permanent mark on the hearts of all who love and miss her.  She will be greatly mourned and sorely missed.

     
           




     



  














 






Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health.  But no one can ever take away your precious memories... So, don't forget to make time and take opportunities to make memories everyday.  To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.  You never know when you will need each other.  You will always remember to let them know that you will never forget them.

Please join me in honoring this very special and precious friend who I am fortunate enough to share a friendship with.  For all who knew and loved her are welcome here to honor her, to share memories, and to express the ways in which her love, care and extraordinary life spirit touched all of us who are blessed to have known her; or just light a candle to pray for the peace of Ms. Bender's soul.  Thank you for visiting, gathering, and uplift her memory alive in our hearts today, tomorrow, and always.

      


      

Ms. Bender is my very special and precious friend.  I will not pass on her in the past tense because she is and will forever be my very precious friend.  I am the lucky one to be able to call her my best friend.  She taught me how to love, how to give and receive love unconditionally.  We have loved each other with unconditional love.  Our loves have been the strongest force on earth it helps us overcome all obstacles in life.  I am blessed to have had her be such an important part of my life.  She is and will always be a part of my life.  I love you Susan and I miss you more than words could ever say.   It is better to have loved and lost, then to never of loved at all...that is how I feel...  I miss her more than words can explain and I am so thankful to have known her.  Having her made me feel love and happy life.  Losing her made me realize how short and precious life is.  Precious are memories of times spent together, of all that we've shared - how precious, how dear.  Human beings are social creatures and the friendship is one mind in two bodies.  A concern for each other is the very basis of our friendship together.  There is not a day goes by that I don't think of her and miss her terribly.  She was such a beautiful gift from God.  I think of her each and every day and it never gets any easier.  I feel all the feeling of grief and sadness.  Hearts ache and tears are shed daily over the loss of my precious friend.  Saddened hearts are healed in knowing the pain of life is over.  And the beauty of the soul revealed.  I will remember her with all my love today, tomorrow, and always.  Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.  What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.


       

       

God had brought you into my life then He called you home.  You were my life, my reason for living.  You made my life so full of love and happiness.  My heart aches to hold you again.  I miss your smile, your voice, your laugh, your witty humor, and your sweet kiss upon my cheek.  The memories you gave me will outlast the pain and sadness I feel today.  Time has helped to heal the pain but it is something I never get over... I just learn to live with the loss and memories are all I have left.  The only thing that seems to keep me going at all is trying to focus on the good times.  The time that God let us borrow our angel here on earth and the fact that we shall meet again.  Remembering the sweet unforgetable spirit is all I can do.  Although you are gone from my presence you live on strongly in my heart.  Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure... You are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure...  You are forever loved and eternally missed in my heart and soul.
"Love is a moment that lasts forever... There is no emotion superior to love.  Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all."


   


We all know it is very painful to lose a loved one.  One thing that always brightens my days now, is remembering her true inspiration of courage, strength, and determination.  She brought so much happiness into my life and she will always with me wherever I go.  I keep her spirit alive with me, and will always treasure every moment I did have with her.  Although I wish she were with me.  I know in spirit she is with me everyday.  I am so greatful that I had such a great friend.  Thank you, Susan for being a very special friend to me.  Your love was the greatest gift I have every received and I will cherish it in my heart always.  There is not a moment has gone by that you have not crossed my mind.  I carry your beautiful spirit and love with me in my daily life.  I cry daily for you Susan, you were and still are very much loved.  My heart a