Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Bechtold, Vera S. January 5, 2011 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon S. M. shabodeho@aol.com January 7, 2011, 9:20 am Published in Lebanon Daily News on January 6, 2011 Vera S. Bechtold PALMYRA Vera (Steffy) Bechtold, 93, of 170 E. Market St., passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 5, 2011, at Elmcroft of Lebanon. She was predeceased by her husband, Roy A. Bechtold, on Saturday, January 6, 1996. She was born Monday, May 14, 1917, in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, to the late Mahlon and Frances (Steffy) Hibshman. She was retired from Lebanon Valley College and was a member of Community Bible Church, Palmyra. She is survived by three children, Alice Emerich and husband, Sherman of Lebanon, Russell Bechtold and wife, Virginia of Mount Prospect, Ill., and Mary Fenton of Lawrenceville, Ga.; nine grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren. She was the last of her immediate family, predeceased by four brothers, Mark, Enos, John and Luke Hibshman; four sisters, Nettie Ziegler, Sadie Ziegler, Fannie Balsbaugh, and Beulah Risser Gockley; and a son-in-law, James Fenton. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Rothermel Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., 25 W. Pine St., Palmyra 17078 with Pastor Greg Wilson officiating. Family and friends are invited for viewing from 10 a.m. until time of the service. Burial will follow in Midway Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Lebanon. Published in Lebanon Daily News on January 6, 2011 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb