Loren
Bender has been affiliated with the funeral home
since 1988. A native of Belleville, PA, he graduated from the
Belleville Mennonite High School. He then received his Bachelor
of Science in Business Administration from Eastern Mennonite
University and a diploma in Funeral Service from the Pittsburgh
Institute of Mortuary Science. He received his funeral director's
license in 1989 following his internship at the Heffner Funeral
Home of York.
Professionally,
he is a member of the Lancaster County Funeral Director's Association,
the Pennsylvania Funeral Director's Association, and the National
Funeral Director's Association. He completed the course in sterile
eye enucleation in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Anatomy
at Wills Eye Hospital to assist those who choose to be organ
donors. He also is a licensed life insurance agent in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania for the purpose of providing a funding vehicle
for persons to prepay funeral expenses.
Locally,
he is involved in various capacities at New Holland Mennonite
Church and has been a past board member of Upward Call Counseling
Service in New Holland.
Loren
is married to Judy (King) Bender, an Oncology Nurse at the Ephrata
Cancer Center. They reside in New Holland with their two children,
Jonathan and Christy.
Sven
Miller was born in Lowville, NY in 1964. He graduated
from Lowville Central School in 1982, attended Eastern Mennonite
University, Harrisonburg, VA and graduated from Simmons School
of Funeral Service, Syracuse, NY in 1984. He worked at the Donald
F. Virkler Funeral Home, Lowville, NY for 10 years as a licensed
director and owned the funeral home for the last 4 of those
10 years. In 1996 he graduated from Hesston College with a degree
in Pastoral Ministry and served as pastor of the Pinto Mennonite
Church from 1996 until 1999 when he began working at the Groff-High-Eckenroth
Funeral Home. Sven is married to Laurel Miller from Union City,
PA and they have 2 children, Andee, born in 1990, and Joel,
born in 1991. They attend Weaverland Mennonite Church, East
Earl, PA. As a family they enjoy camping, visiting family, and
most recently motorcycling.
Brian
Hafer joined the funeral home in 1999. A native of
Auburn, PA, he graduated from Blue Mountain High School and
completed his mortuary training at Northampton County Area Community
College. Following his formal training, he was employed by the
Reisman Funeral Home in Philadelphia and then spent the next
13 years at the Roland Funeral Home in Lebanon.
He is a member of the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association,
the National Funeral Directors Association, the Pennsylvania
Division Post E, TPA, Lebanon and a life member of the Lebanon
County Historical Society.
Now living in New Holland, he enjoys coin collecting and antiques.
