Catherine Bridget Bender Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Catherine Bridget Bender (West Milford, New Jersey), born in Paterson, New Jersey, who passed away on January 19, 2023, at the age of 94, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Mary Howard (Mearns) and Michael Howard; her siblings, Mary Ulrich (Howard), Julia Ann Howard, Michael Joseph Howard and Jack Ulrich; her sibling-in-law Jean Howard; her son John Barry Howard; and her nephew Joseph Ulrich.

She is survived by: her aunt Anne Nolan (Mearns); her uncle Peter Nolan; her daughters, Kathleen Mazza (Joseph Mazza), Patricia Bender, Joann Raleigh (William Raleigh) and Eileen Fajvan (George Fajvan); her daughter-in-law Joanne Howard; her son Michael Bender; her grandchildren, James Mazza (Stephanie Mazza), Melissa Seeley (Brian Seeley), Mary Howard, Janine Sampong (Kwaku Sampong), Colleen Raleigh, Kelly Raleigh and Bridget Fajvan; her niece Maureen Duffy (Ulrich); and her nephews, Robert Ulrich, Mark Howard, Kevin Howard and Brian Howard. She is also survived by partners and spouses, and great-grand nieces and nephews.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, PLEASE CONSIDER A DONATION TO: OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE FOOD PANTRY, OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE CHURCH, 1907 UNION VALLEY ROAD, HEWITT, NJ 07421, Please make your check payable to Our Lady Queen of Peace and note donation to the food pantry in memory of Catherine Bender in the check memo.