BENDER, Kathleen M., age 86, of Flat Rock, March 12, 2015. Beloved wife of the late Edward Bender, Jr. Loving mother of Ronald (Pamela) Bender, Shelley (Frederic) Jones and Kimberly (Richard) West. Grandmother of 5 and great-grandmother of 5. She was preceded in death by her parents Hazen and Mildred Hay, sister Mercedes Wagner and her brother Richard Hay.