Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 12/14/1965

SANBORN-Jacob Bechtel,
80, of 3941 Saunders Settlement
Road, died Monday
(Dec. 13, 1965) after suffering
a heart attack in his home.
Tri ° Community Ambulance
Service responded to a call
to the home at about 7:15
p.m. Dr. Hadjispyros Kosti,
who also was called, pronounced
Mr. Bechtel dead.
Mr, Bechtel had been inl
failing health for the last six
months.
He was born in the Town
of Lewiston, Aug. 12. 1885,
and had lived in this area
throughout his life. He had
worked as a machine operator
for the State Highway Department
for 32 years, retiring
eight years ago.
His wife. Ella, died a year
ago this month and a son,
Hafley, died in 1963.
Survivors include t h r ee
daughters, Miss Marian Bechtel,
Mrs. James (Ruth) Lewis
and Mrs. Chester (Gertrude)
Walck, all of Sanborn; a
brother, Charles Bechtel, Niagara
Falls; three sisters,
Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, Mrs;
Fred Bond and Mrs. Halvin
Alcorn, all of Niagara Falls,
and eight grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2
p.m. Thursday at the Pike and
Jones Funeral Home, Rev.
Kenneth K o 1 b e officiating.
Burial will be in Wheatiield
Cemetery, Shawnee.
Friends may call from 2 to
5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the fu
neral home.

Jacob married BENTHIN, Ella A about 1914. Ella (daughter of BENTHIN, Carl and HUEBNER, Augusta) was born on 12 Feb 1892 in New York; died on 17 Dec 1964 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 3/6/1971

Harley J. Bechtel of the Town
of Pendleton left a gross estate
of $20,014 when he died May
17, 1963. The taxable estate was
$17,603 and the tax was $352.
According to appraisal
papers, the entire estate goes
to his widow, Arlene P.

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 5/17/1963

BECHTEL - Harley J. of 4618
Lockport Road, Town of Wheatdeld.
died Friday, May 17. 1963,
in Veteran's Hospital, Buffalo.
Husband of Arlene, father of
Wade, Boyd, Loren and Coleen;
son of Jacob and Ella Benthin
Bechtel; brother of Mrs. Chester
Walck, Mrs. James Lewis and
Miss Marion Bechtel. all of Sanborn.
Friends may call at Pike
and Jones Funeral Home Inc.,
Hoover Road. Sanborn, where
services will be held Monday at
2:30 p.m. Rev. Kenneth Kolbe officiating.
Interment in Wheatfield
Cemetery. The family will be
present at the funeral home from
2-6 and 7-9 p.m.

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 5/17/1963

SANBORN - Harley J. Bechtel,
47, of 4818 Lockport Road,
Town of Wheatfield, died this
morning (May 17, 1963) at Vet
eran's Administration Hospital,
Buffalo, after an illness of six
weeks.
He was born in the Town of
Wheatfield July 20, 1915, the son
of Jacob and Ella Benthin Bechtel.
Mr. Bechtel, a carpenter, employed
by the U.S. Government
at the Lockport Air Base, was a
World War II Army veteran.
Besides his parents, he is survived
by his wife, Arlene; three
sons, Wade, Boyd and Loren; a
daughter, Coleen, at home; three
sisters, Mrs. Chester Walck, Mrs
James Lewis and Miss Marion
Bechtel, all of Sanborn.
Friends may call Saturday aft
ernoon at the Pike and Jones Funeral
Home Inc., Hoover Road,
Sanborn, where cervices will be
held Monday at 2:30 p.m. The
Rev. Kenneth Kolbe will officiate.
Burial will be in Wheatfield
Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: Arlene P. Arlene was born about 1922. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: LEWIS, James R. James (son of LEWIS, Howard L and KELLY, Margaret E) was born on 25 Jun 1928 in Sanborn, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 2 Aug 2017 in Town of Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buffalo News, The (NY) - January 21, 1997
Gertrude B. Walck, 69, of Hoover Road, a lifelong member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Shawnee, died Sunday (Jan. 19, 1997) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, following a lengthy illness.
The former Gertrude Bechtel, a native of Cambria, graduated from LaSalle High School in Niagara Falls
She enjoyed working in her flower gardens.
Her husband, Chester, died in 1992.
Survivors include two daughters, Sandra Pluff of Lockport and Sharon of Clarence; a son Ronald of Ransomville; and six grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 A.M. Wednesday in St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 3921 Mapleton Road, Shawnee

Gertrude married WALCK, Chester Edward on 23 May 1953 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Chester (son of WALCK, August Philipp Albert and RETZLAFF, Eleanora Albertine Mathilda) was born on 22 Dec 1926 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 5 Dec 1992 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wade married FINK, Mary Elizabeth on 22 Aug 1970 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Suzanne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: PLUFF, Daniel Joseph. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Michelle R. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]