OBIT: Frederica BECHT, 1891, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Death of Mrs. John Becht.

  After years of suffering, which were borne uncomplainingly because 
they came at the hand of the Master, and with a Christian fortitude 
which comes only to those who have so ordered their lives that the 
final summons are but sounds welcomed because of the happiness to 
follow, Mrs. John Becht, beloved mother of Harry Slep, of the Mirror, 
passed to her reward yesterday morning.  Her death occurred at her 
son's residence, No. 1018 Green avenue, at 7 o'clock.
  Mrs. Becht was born in Ober Kaufungen, Germany, April 15, 1811, and 
had consequently long since passed the three score and ten years 
allotted to us in our journey on earth.  For many years she made her 
home in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland county, and four years ago came to 
Altoona and made her home with her only son - Mr. Slep.  Her aged 
husband, who resides with his grand-daughter, Mrs. Alice Haggerty, in 
Antis township, with many grand and great-grand children, are left to 
mourn their loss.
  Funeral services will be held at the residence of Mr. Slep at 3.30 
o'clock on Friday afternoon, and at their conclusion the interment will 
be made in Fairview cemetery.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, January 29, 1891

1880 Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County census -
John Becht, 66  
Frederica Becht, 69