He was one of six children of the late William Frank and Ora Mae Sullivan Bechtler of Rock Hill.
He was predeceased by his wife of 50 years, Eugenia Taylor Bechtler; his daughter, Ora Bechtler; his sister, Mary Edna Gay; and his brothers, Pete Bechtler and Tom Bechtler.
Surviving are his girlfriend, Dorothy Cox; daughters and sons-in-law, Claudia and Marion Smith, Mary Alice Bechtler, Genie and Dave Miles and Ann Chaffee; grandsons, Thrane Smith and Laurice Smith (wife, Teresa); sister, Frances Davidson; and brother, Marion Bechtler.
Gene served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and later attended the S.C. Opportunity School and Coyne Electrical School of Chicago. He retired from McKesson Drug Company. Until his health declined, he was actively involved in the Methodist church. He was a charter member of Platt Springs UMC and later a member of Bethel UMC and Westminster UMC.
OFFICIATING:Revs. Ken Owens and Ed Mainous at 11 fUNERAL:Chapel of Thompson Funeral Home,Lexington, SC 29073.
Burial will follow at Southland Memorial Gardens.
Published in The Herald from August 23 to August 25, 2012
He was predeceased by his wife of 50 years, Eugenia Taylor Bechtler; his daughter, Ora Bechtler; his sister, Mary Edna Gay; and his brothers, Pete Bechtler and Tom Bechtler.
Surviving are his girlfriend, Dorothy Cox; daughters and sons-in-law, Claudia and Marion Smith, Mary Alice Bechtler, Genie and Dave Miles and Ann Chaffee; grandsons, Thrane Smith and Laurice Smith (wife, Teresa); sister, Frances Davidson; and brother, Marion Bechtler.
Gene served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and later attended the S.C. Opportunity School and Coyne Electrical School of Chicago. He retired from McKesson Drug Company. Until his health declined, he was actively involved in the Methodist church. He was a charter member of Platt Springs UMC and later a member of Bethel UMC and Westminster UMC.
OFFICIATING:Revs. Ken Owens and Ed Mainous at 11 fUNERAL:Chapel of Thompson Funeral Home,Lexington, SC 29073.
Burial will follow at Southland Memorial Gardens.
Published in The Herald from August 23 to August 25, 2012
He was one of six children of the late William Frank and Ora Mae Sullivan Bechtler of Rock Hill.
He was predeceased by his wife of 50 years, Eugenia Taylor Bechtler; his daughter, Ora Bechtler; his sister, Mary Edna Gay; and his brothers, Pete Bechtler and Tom Bechtler.
Surviving are his girlfriend, Dorothy Cox; daughters and sons-in-law, Claudia and Marion Smith, Mary Alice Bechtler, Genie and Dave Miles and Ann Chaffee; grandsons, Thrane Smith and Laurice Smith (wife, Teresa); sister, Frances Davidson; and brother, Marion Bechtler.
Gene served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and later attended the S.C. Opportunity School and Coyne Electrical School of Chicago. He retired from McKesson Drug Company. Until his health declined, he was actively involved in the Methodist church. He was a charter member of Platt Springs UMC and later a member of Bethel UMC and Westminster UMC.
OFFICIATING:Revs. Ken Owens and Ed Mainous at 11 fUNERAL:Chapel of Thompson Funeral Home,Lexington, SC 29073.
Burial will follow at Southland Memorial Gardens.
Published in The Herald from August 23 to August 25, 2012
He was predeceased by his wife of 50 years, Eugenia Taylor Bechtler; his daughter, Ora Bechtler; his sister, Mary Edna Gay; and his brothers, Pete Bechtler and Tom Bechtler.
Surviving are his girlfriend, Dorothy Cox; daughters and sons-in-law, Claudia and Marion Smith, Mary Alice Bechtler, Genie and Dave Miles and Ann Chaffee; grandsons, Thrane Smith and Laurice Smith (wife, Teresa); sister, Frances Davidson; and brother, Marion Bechtler.
Gene served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and later attended the S.C. Opportunity School and Coyne Electrical School of Chicago. He retired from McKesson Drug Company. Until his health declined, he was actively involved in the Methodist church. He was a charter member of Platt Springs UMC and later a member of Bethel UMC and Westminster UMC.
OFFICIATING:Revs. Ken Owens and Ed Mainous at 11 fUNERAL:Chapel of Thompson Funeral Home,Lexington, SC 29073.
Burial will follow at Southland Memorial Gardens.
Published in The Herald from August 23 to August 25, 2012
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