Carling "Sue" Bender-Effinger

She was a motor route carrier for the Evansville Courier. Sue had been a member of Beacon Nazarene and was a current member of United General Baptist Church. She was a caregiver and a loving person.

Sue was preceded in death by her first husband, Milo Bender, Jr.; son, Anthony Bender; and many sisters and brothers.

Sue is survived by her husband of twenty-eight years, Melvin Effinger; daughters, Angela Bender Smith and Shannon Bender Collins (Scott); grandchildren, Shawlon Cronin (Chris), Jeremy (Kristi) and Noah Pounds, Sadi Collins, Dalton Collins, and Dustin Johnson; great-grandchildren, Gavin Pounds, Devin Johnson, and Jade Pounds; and sisters, Sybil Cuellor and Wanda Wagner.

The family would like to thank Deaconess Home Health for all their wonderful care.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at Alexander East Chapel officiated by Rev. Raymond Abbott. A Private Family Burial will follow in Bender Cemetery. Friends may visit from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, September 20, 2021 at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions can be made to Deaconess Home Care, 6500 Interchange Road South, Suite A, Evansville, Indiana 47715.