San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Bechthold, Norma Jean August 11 2004
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The Record  August 13, 2004
Lockeford
Norma Jean Bechthold 

Oct. 10, 1922 - August 11, 2004



Norma Jean Bechthold, 81, of Lockeford, passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2004, 
in a local hospital. She was born October 10, 1922 in Belle, Missouri to Edwin 
Adolph Dahms and Margaret Lahmeyer Dahms. She moved to Stockton in 1928, where 
she attended elementary, high school and graduated from the College of the 
Pacific in 1943. She started teaching in 1943 and taught at Atlanta, Henderson, 
Harmony Grove, Clements and Lockeford schools over a period of 38 years, prior 
to retirement.
Mrs. Bechthold was a member of the East Side Presbyterian Church in Stockton in 
her earlier years. In her adult years, she was an active member of Ebenezer 
Congregational Church in Lodi. She was a charter member of the Tokay A's Model 
A Ford Club of Lodi and a member of the Zinfindel Auxiliary Branch of Lodi 
Memorial Hospital. In December of 1943, she married William John Bechthold, and 
together they moved to the Lockeford area. They celebrated 50 years of marriage 
in 1993. In addition to her husband, she is also survived by a son, William 
Edwin and his wife, Leonora Bechthold of Lodi; 2 granddaughters, Evonne Annette 
Shinn and Jennelle Lynn Bechthold and a grandson-in-law, Matthew David Shinn.
Private family graveside services will be held at Lodi Memorial Cemetery. 
Everyone is welcome to come for visitation on Sunday, August 15, 2004, 1:00-
6:00 p.m. at Gierhart-Wells & Donahue Funeral Home, 123 N. School St., Lodi.
Memorials may be made to Ebenezer Congregational Church, 825 S. Central Ave., 
Lodi, CA 95240 or to the Lodi Memorial Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 3004, 
Lodi, CA 95241. 
 




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