Richard B. Pender was licensed in 2002 and received an Associate in Applied Science Degree from Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, where he received the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Award for excellence in education and the Outstanding Funeral Service Graduate Award. He is a member of Calvary Baptist Church - Bethlehem. He is a past member of the Rahway Police Officer's Benevolent Association, Rahway, New Jersey. Richard and his wife Shelly (Gass) and their five children reside in Washington Twp., Lehigh County.