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Catharine <I>Bucher</I> Bechtel

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Catharine Bucher Bechtel

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
19 Jul 1905 (aged 69)
Stowe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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from the Daily Pottstown Ledger, Thursday July 20, 1905

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.
from the Daily Pottstown Ledger, Thursday July 20, 1905

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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  • Created by: Janis Tomko
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11523454/catharine-bechtel: accessed ), memorial page for Catharine Bucher Bechtel (18 Feb 1836–19 Jul 1905), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11523454, citing Pottstown Cemetery, Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Janis Tomko (contributor 46798385).