Obituary of Arsenia Bendana

Arsenia Bendana, 74, of Freehold passed away on Friday, February 26, 2021 at Lake Ranch Medical Center, FL. She was born in the Philippines and immigrated to the United States in 1974. Arsenia had lived in Staten Island and Tennessee before settling in the Surrey Downs community, Freehold in 2008. Arsenia worked as a food supervisor in food service at hospitals in the New York area. She was a parishioner of Colts Neck Community Church and loved to cook. Family was the most important thing to Arsenia and she was a devoted wife, loving mother, and "Lola" to her nine grandchildren.

Arsenia was predeceased by a brother, she is survived by her husband of 44 years, Francis "Frank" Bendana; daughter, Georgina Pecoraro and her husband, John, of Manalapan, NJ, Frankie Bendana and his wife, Julissa of Bradenton, FL, Joshua Bendana and his wife, Carolyn of Staten Island, NY; nine grandchildren; one brother and three sisters.

Visitation for Arsenia will be held at the Clayton & McGirr Funeral Home, 100 Elton-Adelphia Road (Route 524), Freehold Township, New Jersey on Thursday, March 4, 2021 from 3:00 to 7:00 PM. For the safety of the public, we are asking everyone to help us adhere to the CDC guidelines. Facemasks will be required. Those who cannot attend in person are invited participate via webcast through Clayton & McGirr Funeral Home's website HERE. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her 11:00 AM Funeral Service on Friday, March 5, 2021 at Colts Neck Community Church, 25 Merchants Way, Colts Neck, NJ 07722. You may also join in via webcast through Clayton & McGirr Funeral Home's website HERE. Interment will take place in St. Rose of Lima Cemetery, 299 Freehold-Englishtown Road, Freehold Township, NJ. For those who desire, memorial contributions can be made in Arsenia's name to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 15829, Arlington, VA 22215. For information, directions, or to leave condolence messages to the family, please visit www.claytonfuneralhome.com.