The Transylvania Times -

Nancy Ann Hohwald, born Jan. 29, 1930, in Highland Park, N.J., passed away Dec. 15, 2016, in Sandy Spring, Md.

In her early teens, she ran away from a childhood of poverty and abuse. Her oldest sister, Laura, and her husband, Dean, provided a haven of good humor, good food, good works, and loving family. They were members of the Religious Society of Friends, which she joined. She was clerk of the Dover, N.J., Quaker meeting in the early 1960s, and remained active among Friends throughout her life.

She married Warren Bender in 1949, at age 19. The couple and their four children grew up in...