Montgomery County PA Archives Obituaries.....BECHTEL, Catherine (nee Bucher) July 19, 1905
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  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.
  
  In the same edition in the Death notice section:
  
  BECHTEL - In Stowe, on July 19th, Catherine, wife of Augustus L. Bechtel, aged
  69 years. The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the
  funeral from the residence of Martin L. Harp, Berks street, on Saturday, July
  22nd, at 1 p.m. Brief services at house and further services at Trinity Reformed
  Church. Interment at Pottstown Cemetery, without further notice.
  
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