Emporia Gazette, The (KS) - Saturday, May 4, 2013
Elizabeth Mary Bechtel, 105, Olpe, Kansas, died Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, Kansas.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 AM Monday at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Olpe, Kansas, Father John Cortes, Celebrant. Interment will follow in the Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Olpe. The Rosary will be recited at the church Sunday evening at 7:00 P.M.
Elizabeth Mary Brown was born at Olpe, Kansas on January 20, 1908, the daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Trear) Brown. She married William L. Bechtel at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Olpe, on April 24, 1935. He died December 15, 1996 at Olpe.
Mrs. Bechtel was a homemaker. She was the oldest living member of the Saint Joseph Catholic Church and was a member of the Saint Ann's Altar Society of the church. She was a charter member of the Happy Homemakers Home Demonstration Unit.
Surviving family members include sons, Harry Bechtel, Olpe, Kansas, Carl Bechtel, Emporia, Kansas, and Norbert Bechtel, Hutchinson, Kansas; daughters, Arlene Schneider, Lakewood, Colorado, and Dorothy Bechtel-Parker, Grapevine, Texas. There are eight grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her son, William; brothers, John, George, and Lou Brown; sister, Barbara Siebenaler, and granddaughter, Lori Sanchez.
A memorial has been established with the church. Contributions may be sent to the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, PO Box #175, Emporia, Kansas 66801, which is in charge of arrangements.
Condolences may be sent online to the family through the funeral home web site, www.robertsblue.com.
Emporia Gazette, The (KS) - Saturday, May 4, 2013
Elizabeth Mary Bechtel, 105, Olpe, Kansas, died Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at the Holiday Resort Care Center, Emporia, Kansas.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 AM Monday at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Olpe, Kansas, Father John Cortes, Celebrant. Interment will follow in the Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Olpe. The Rosary will be recited at the church Sunday evening at 7:00 P.M.
Elizabeth Mary Brown was born at Olpe, Kansas on January 20, 1908, the daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Trear) Brown. She married William L. Bechtel at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Olpe, on April 24, 1935. He died December 15, 1996 at Olpe.
Mrs. Bechtel was a homemaker. She was the oldest living member of the Saint Joseph Catholic Church and was a member of the Saint Ann's Altar Society of the church. She was a charter member of the Happy Homemakers Home Demonstration Unit.
Surviving family members include sons, Harry Bechtel, Olpe, Kansas, Carl Bechtel, Emporia, Kansas, and Norbert Bechtel, Hutchinson, Kansas; daughters, Arlene Schneider, Lakewood, Colorado, and Dorothy Bechtel-Parker, Grapevine, Texas. There are eight grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her son, William; brothers, John, George, and Lou Brown; sister, Barbara Siebenaler, and granddaughter, Lori Sanchez.
A memorial has been established with the church. Contributions may be sent to the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, PO Box #175, Emporia, Kansas 66801, which is in charge of arrangements.
Condolences may be sent online to the family through the funeral home web site, www.robertsblue.com.
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