subsequently returned to the education field, serving as superintendent of a rural school division. He died at Rosewood Lodge in Stonewall on 24 September 1999 at the age of 85. Bend spent 50 years as a baseball umpire and was inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997. There is currently an elementary school named after him in Stonewall, Manitoba, called "École R.W. Bobby Bend School". References Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs University of Manitoba alumni Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba People from Stonewall, Manitoba 1914 births 1999 deaths