Catherine Bechtel, widow of the late Augustus Bechtel, died yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Martin Harp. She was aged 69 years, 5 months. The cause of her death was dropsy. The end came suddenly while she was sitting in a chair at the Harp residence. Her husband died 5 years ago.
Deceased was the daughter of the late Henry Bucher and was the mother of twelve children, ten of whom survive: Mrs. George Malsberger, Pottstown; Mrs. Martin Harp, Stowe; Mrs. Irvin Scheffey, Pottstown; Mrs. William Sassaman, Stowe; James Bechtel, Pottstown; John Bechtel, Pottstown; Morris Bechtel, Stowe; Ephraim Bechtel, Kenilworth; Jefferson Bechtel, Stowe; Richard Bechtel, Stowe. Also the following brothers and sisters: Lewis Bucher, Reading; Sebastian Bucher, Niagra Falls; Henry Bucher of Pottstown; Mrs. Sarah Mauger of Pottstown; Mrs. Harry K. Rhoades of Pottstown. The funeral is announced in another column.
Catherine Bechtel, widow of the late Augustus Bechtel, died yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Martin Harp. She was aged 69 years, 5 months. The cause of her death was dropsy. The end came suddenly while she was sitting in a chair at the Harp residence. Her husband died 5 years ago.
Deceased was the daughter of the late Henry Bucher and was the mother of twelve children, ten of whom survive: Mrs. George Malsberger, Pottstown; Mrs. Martin Harp, Stowe; Mrs. Irvin Scheffey, Pottstown; Mrs. William Sassaman, Stowe; James Bechtel, Pottstown; John Bechtel, Pottstown; Morris Bechtel, Stowe; Ephraim Bechtel, Kenilworth; Jefferson Bechtel, Stowe; Richard Bechtel, Stowe. Also the following brothers and sisters: Lewis Bucher, Reading; Sebastian Bucher, Niagra Falls; Henry Bucher of Pottstown; Mrs. Sarah Mauger of Pottstown; Mrs. Harry K. Rhoades of Pottstown. The funeral is announced in another column.
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