OBIT: Emma M. (Frey) Bechtel, 1913, Penn Township, York County, PA

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Mrs. Albert Bechtel

Mrs. Emma M. Bechtel, widow of Albert Bechtel, late of Penn township, died at her home on Abbottstown  street extended, at 1 
o’clock a.m., Thursday, April 3d, from a complication of diseases, after a lingering illness.  She was aged 47 years, 3 months and 
14 days.  The deceased had been an invalid for the past seven years.

Mrs. Bechtel was a daughter of the late Jacob W. Frey, of Penn township, and was married about 27 years ago to Mr. Bechtel, 
whose death occurred in February.  She leaves six children – Mrs. Spurgeon Amspacher and Misses Carrie, Edna and Emma, and 
Masters Chester and Alvin Bechtel, all at home.  Her mother, Mrs. Mattie Frey, of this place, survives; also, five brothers – D. 
M. Frey, York street, Martin Frey, near Brushtown; Jacob Frey, Abbottstown  street; John M. Frey, Walnut street; and two 
sisters, Mrs. Paul Krug, Carlisle street, and Mrs. John M. Kroh, Westminster, Md.

Funeral Sunday, April 6th, services at her late home at 9 a.m., further services and interment at Bair’s meeting house, Revs. 
Daniel Stump and J. C. Miller officiating.

The Hanover Herald – Saturday, April 5, 1913