Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Monday June 3, 1929. WEEK'S ILLNESS CLAIMS LIFE OF MRS. E. BECHAUD. Deceased Was Widow of Capt. A.G. Bechaud; Funeral Rites Tuesday. Ill less than a week, Mrs. Elizabeth Bechaud, widow of Capt. A.G. Bechaud, died at 12:40 a.m. Sunday at her residence, 255 East Second street. Mrs. Bechaud was stricken on May 27 while apparently in her usual health. The deceased was born Feb. 20, 1851, in the Town of Calumet and after her marriage to Capt. Bechaud made her home for a time in the Town of Taycheedah, later coming to this city, where she had been a resident for many years. She was a member of the Eastern Star, the White Shrine and the Frauen Verein of the old German-English academy. Surviving she leaves the following children, Mrs. F.W. Orth, Mrs. H.T. Schmidt, Mrs. J.P. Kalt, Mrs. W.W. Petrie, August R. Bechaud and Adolph B. Bechaud. Grandchildren are Adolph Orth, Ross and Marcia Petrie, Charlotte Venne, Robert, Barbara and Audrey Bechaud and Joan Kalt. Two brothers, Peter and Paul Kramer and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Bechaud and Mrs. Louise White, also survive. There will be a private funeral service at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the residence of Mrs. W.W. Petrie, 332 Sheboygan street, after which the body will be removed to the Masonic temple, where rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. The Rev. A.W. Raabe will officiate. The body will be placed in the receiving vault to await sepulture in the Rienzi Memorial home which is to be erected during the summer. The body is lying in state at the Petrie residence, having been removed form the Geo. M. Dugan Funeral home on Sunday.


Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Tuesday June 4, 1929, p.3. LAST RITES FOR MRS. E. Bechaud. Funeral Service for Early Resident Conducted from Masonic Temple. Last rites for Mrs. Elizabeth Bechaud, wife of Capt. A.G. Bechaud, whose death occurred early Sunday, were conducted at 2 p.m. today from the Masonic temple, where members of the Eastern Star and the Rev. A.W. Raabe, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiated in the presence of a large assembly of friends and relatives of the deceased. Private services were held at 11 a.m. from the home of Mrs. Bechaud's daughter, Mrs. W.W. Petri, 332 Sheboygan street, after which the body was taken to the temple, where it lay in state until the hour of the funeral. Vocal selections were rendered by Mrs. Robert Ricklefs. Pallbearers were Carl H. Wagner, Anton Pfeil, W.J. Petri, H.R. Potter, Lisle F. Lewis and Grover F. Korrer. The body of Mrs. Bechaud was placed in a receiving vault at Rienzi cemetery, pending completion of the new Memorial Home to be erected there this summer. There was an especially large floral tribute. Mrs. Amelia Graf of Ripon and Mrs. Walter Tambke of Milwaukee were among persons from away attending the funeral.