OBIT: Edith (MARLIN) BACHTEL, 1918, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm __________________________________________ MRS. THORNTON BACHTEL Mrs. Edith Marlin Bachtel died at her home in Mount Union on Friday evening, April 19th. Mrs. Bachtel had undergone an operation about a year ago, from which she had never fully recovered. Deceased was a daughter of William and Nancy Marlin and was born in Walker township about sixty years ago. In the year 1878 she was united in marriage to Thorton Bachtel, formerly of Shade Gap. After their marriage, they had lived for some time in Huntingdon, but for the past thirty years have resided in Mount Union. Mrs. Bachtel was a consistent member of the Methodist church from the time she was a young girl. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, and one son, as follows: Mrs. Mary Rogers, of Mount Union; Miss Grace, at home; and William Bachtel, of Harrisburg. She is also survived by two brothers, Harry Marlin, of Akron, Ohio; and William Marlin, of Huntingdon. Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday afternoon at 2.30 by the Rev. S. S. Carnell, with interment in Mount Union cemetery. Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Saturday Morning, April 27, 1918