Owen S. Bechtel
Owen S. Bechtel of RR 2, Kitchener, died last Thursday at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital at the age of 80.
Born in Wilmot Township, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Noah Bechtel, he farmed in the township until his retirement in 1952. He was a member of Mannheim Mennonite Church.
His first wife, the former Melissa Knechtel, died in 1936.
Survivors include his second wife, the former Margaret Gingerich; five sons, Clinton of Kitchener, Leonard of Doon , Delfred of Baden, Eldon of Preston, and Lloyd of Doon; three daughters, Mrs. Edwin (Elsie) Eby, Petersburg, Mrs. Kenneth (Mary June) Willsie, Kitchener, and Mrs. David (Avon) Burkholder, Edmonton; a brother Eden, Kitchener; four sisters, Mrs. Sarah Knarr, Preston, Mrs. John (Ida) Shantz, Breslau, Mrs. Edna Lugibihl, Pandora, Ohio, and Mrs. Roy (Nettie) Snider, Milverton, 27 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren
He was predeceased by a daughter, Ruby, in 1939 and by two sisters and two brothers.
Funeral service was conducted at Mannheim Mennonite Church on Saturday, Rev. Gordon Bauman officiating.
Burial was in the adjoining church cemetery.
New Hamburg Independent, May 7, 1969
Owen S. Bechtel of RR 2, Kitchener, died last Thursday at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital at the age of 80.
Born in Wilmot Township, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Noah Bechtel, he farmed in the township until his retirement in 1952. He was a member of Mannheim Mennonite Church.
His first wife, the former Melissa Knechtel, died in 1936.
Survivors include his second wife, the former Margaret Gingerich; five sons, Clinton of Kitchener, Leonard of Doon , Delfred of Baden, Eldon of Preston, and Lloyd of Doon; three daughters, Mrs. Edwin (Elsie) Eby, Petersburg, Mrs. Kenneth (Mary June) Willsie, Kitchener, and Mrs. David (Avon) Burkholder, Edmonton; a brother Eden, Kitchener; four sisters, Mrs. Sarah Knarr, Preston, Mrs. John (Ida) Shantz, Breslau, Mrs. Edna Lugibihl, Pandora, Ohio, and Mrs. Roy (Nettie) Snider, Milverton, 27 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren
He was predeceased by a daughter, Ruby, in 1939 and by two sisters and two brothers.
Funeral service was conducted at Mannheim Mennonite Church on Saturday, Rev. Gordon Bauman officiating.
Burial was in the adjoining church cemetery.
New Hamburg Independent, May 7, 1969
Owen S. Bechtel
Owen S. Bechtel of RR 2, Kitchener, died last Thursday at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital at the age of 80.
Born in Wilmot Township, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Noah Bechtel, he farmed in the township until his retirement in 1952. He was a member of Mannheim Mennonite Church.
His first wife, the former Melissa Knechtel, died in 1936.
Survivors include his second wife, the former Margaret Gingerich; five sons, Clinton of Kitchener, Leonard of Doon , Delfred of Baden, Eldon of Preston, and Lloyd of Doon; three daughters, Mrs. Edwin (Elsie) Eby, Petersburg, Mrs. Kenneth (Mary June) Willsie, Kitchener, and Mrs. David (Avon) Burkholder, Edmonton; a brother Eden, Kitchener; four sisters, Mrs. Sarah Knarr, Preston, Mrs. John (Ida) Shantz, Breslau, Mrs. Edna Lugibihl, Pandora, Ohio, and Mrs. Roy (Nettie) Snider, Milverton, 27 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren
He was predeceased by a daughter, Ruby, in 1939 and by two sisters and two brothers.
Funeral service was conducted at Mannheim Mennonite Church on Saturday, Rev. Gordon Bauman officiating.
Burial was in the adjoining church cemetery.
New Hamburg Independent, May 7, 1969
Owen S. Bechtel of RR 2, Kitchener, died last Thursday at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital at the age of 80.
Born in Wilmot Township, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Noah Bechtel, he farmed in the township until his retirement in 1952. He was a member of Mannheim Mennonite Church.
His first wife, the former Melissa Knechtel, died in 1936.
Survivors include his second wife, the former Margaret Gingerich; five sons, Clinton of Kitchener, Leonard of Doon , Delfred of Baden, Eldon of Preston, and Lloyd of Doon; three daughters, Mrs. Edwin (Elsie) Eby, Petersburg, Mrs. Kenneth (Mary June) Willsie, Kitchener, and Mrs. David (Avon) Burkholder, Edmonton; a brother Eden, Kitchener; four sisters, Mrs. Sarah Knarr, Preston, Mrs. John (Ida) Shantz, Breslau, Mrs. Edna Lugibihl, Pandora, Ohio, and Mrs. Roy (Nettie) Snider, Milverton, 27 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren
He was predeceased by a daughter, Ruby, in 1939 and by two sisters and two brothers.
Funeral service was conducted at Mannheim Mennonite Church on Saturday, Rev. Gordon Bauman officiating.
Burial was in the adjoining church cemetery.
New Hamburg Independent, May 7, 1969
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