Meredith Weimer Bender Obituary (2009)

Meredith Weimer Bender, age 31, of Plymouth, formerly of Youngstown, OH, who passed away Monday on her only daughter’s first birthday at the Stanford University Medical Center in Stanford, CA, with her family present. Meredith was born in Youngstown, Ohio, February 18, 1977, the daughter of Atty. William A. and Carole Safier Weimer and had lived in the Twin Cities area for 9 years. She was a 1995 graduate of Ursuline High School in Youngstown and a 1999 graduate of the University of Michigan. Meredith was employed for nine years in the computer support department of General Mills in Golden Valley. Meredith was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Walking Shadow Theater Company of Minneapolis, was an advisor to the Resnick chapter of the North Star Region of B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, was a member of Adath Jeshurun Congregation and was a volunteer with the Relay For Life of Liberty Township, Ohio, chaired by her mother. Meredith loved people, scrap booking, knitting, computing and reading. She wanted nothing more than to have a child with her husband and worked harder than imaginable to accomplish that. Her daughter is her living legacy. Meredith is survived by her husband of 6 years, Brian D. Bender; her daughter, Samantha; her parents, Atty. William A. and Carole Safier Weimer, of Youngstown, Ohio; one sister, Atty. Hayley S. Weimer, of Washington, DC; and grandmother, Grace Safier, of Youngstown. She leaves her mother-in-law, Dr. Gail (Mark Satz) Bender; her father-in-law, Dr. Alan (Abbey) Bender; and grandparents-in-law, Dr. Ted and Dorothy Papermaster, all of Minneapolis; and grandparents-in-law, Penny and Bob Virscik of Santa Maria, CA. Funeral services SUNDAY 1 PM, ADATH JESHURUN CONGREGATION, 10500 W. Hillside Lane, Minnetonka. SHIVA: Sunday at Adath Jeshurun Congregation and Monday - Thursday at 20 Quantico Lane North, Plymouth. The family requests that memorial contributions be given to Team Meredith, Liberty Relay For Life, American Cancer Society, 525 N. Broad Street, Canfield, Ohio 44406.