Mrs. Mina Julia Bechtel, 74, wife of the late Rev. E. J. Bechtel of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday at her home 606 9th St. S., after a lengthy illness.
Service will be at 4 Friday in the Calvary Evangelical United Brethren Church, with Rev. N. C. Neumann officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Ivers Funeral Home is in charge.
Born July 2, 1879, in Princeton, Wis. Mrs. Betchel came to Dakota Territory with her parents in 1889, the family homesteaded in the Holmes community north of Thompson.
She was married to Rev. Betchel at Holmes in 1897. In 1904, they moved to Cavalier, N.D. where Rev. Mr. Betchel accepted a pastorate. In 1908, he was transferred to the Canada conference and the family lived at Winnipeg until 1917, when they returned to North Dakota.
Pastor of the Calvary Evangelical Church here from 1917 to 1921, he joined the staff of the Florence Crittenton Home as field secretary in 1921. He died in August 1935.
Mrs. Betchel was known in the community for her church work. Her other interests included her hobbies as a canary fancier and as a grower and exhibitor of flowers.
She leaves three daughters, Edna at home, Mrs. A.C. (Adeline) Steiner of Mayville, N.D., Mrs. James (Larinda) Harm of Long Beach, Calif., two sons Harold of 1602 7th St. S., Fargo, and Clarence of Corpus Christi, Texas; four brothers, Paul, Herbert, Alvin and Milton Roeder all of Holmes; two sisters, Mrs. Art Fischer of Holmes and Mrs. Frank Strutz of Grand Forks; 11 grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.
Service will be at 4 Friday in the Calvary Evangelical United Brethren Church, with Rev. N. C. Neumann officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Ivers Funeral Home is in charge.
Born July 2, 1879, in Princeton, Wis. Mrs. Betchel came to Dakota Territory with her parents in 1889, the family homesteaded in the Holmes community north of Thompson.
She was married to Rev. Betchel at Holmes in 1897. In 1904, they moved to Cavalier, N.D. where Rev. Mr. Betchel accepted a pastorate. In 1908, he was transferred to the Canada conference and the family lived at Winnipeg until 1917, when they returned to North Dakota.
Pastor of the Calvary Evangelical Church here from 1917 to 1921, he joined the staff of the Florence Crittenton Home as field secretary in 1921. He died in August 1935.
Mrs. Betchel was known in the community for her church work. Her other interests included her hobbies as a canary fancier and as a grower and exhibitor of flowers.
She leaves three daughters, Edna at home, Mrs. A.C. (Adeline) Steiner of Mayville, N.D., Mrs. James (Larinda) Harm of Long Beach, Calif., two sons Harold of 1602 7th St. S., Fargo, and Clarence of Corpus Christi, Texas; four brothers, Paul, Herbert, Alvin and Milton Roeder all of Holmes; two sisters, Mrs. Art Fischer of Holmes and Mrs. Frank Strutz of Grand Forks; 11 grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.
Mrs. Mina Julia Bechtel, 74, wife of the late Rev. E. J. Bechtel of Fargo, ND, died Wednesday at her home 606 9th St. S., after a lengthy illness.
Service will be at 4 Friday in the Calvary Evangelical United Brethren Church, with Rev. N. C. Neumann officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Ivers Funeral Home is in charge.
Born July 2, 1879, in Princeton, Wis. Mrs. Betchel came to Dakota Territory with her parents in 1889, the family homesteaded in the Holmes community north of Thompson.
She was married to Rev. Betchel at Holmes in 1897. In 1904, they moved to Cavalier, N.D. where Rev. Mr. Betchel accepted a pastorate. In 1908, he was transferred to the Canada conference and the family lived at Winnipeg until 1917, when they returned to North Dakota.
Pastor of the Calvary Evangelical Church here from 1917 to 1921, he joined the staff of the Florence Crittenton Home as field secretary in 1921. He died in August 1935.
Mrs. Betchel was known in the community for her church work. Her other interests included her hobbies as a canary fancier and as a grower and exhibitor of flowers.
She leaves three daughters, Edna at home, Mrs. A.C. (Adeline) Steiner of Mayville, N.D., Mrs. James (Larinda) Harm of Long Beach, Calif., two sons Harold of 1602 7th St. S., Fargo, and Clarence of Corpus Christi, Texas; four brothers, Paul, Herbert, Alvin and Milton Roeder all of Holmes; two sisters, Mrs. Art Fischer of Holmes and Mrs. Frank Strutz of Grand Forks; 11 grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.
Service will be at 4 Friday in the Calvary Evangelical United Brethren Church, with Rev. N. C. Neumann officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Ivers Funeral Home is in charge.
Born July 2, 1879, in Princeton, Wis. Mrs. Betchel came to Dakota Territory with her parents in 1889, the family homesteaded in the Holmes community north of Thompson.
She was married to Rev. Betchel at Holmes in 1897. In 1904, they moved to Cavalier, N.D. where Rev. Mr. Betchel accepted a pastorate. In 1908, he was transferred to the Canada conference and the family lived at Winnipeg until 1917, when they returned to North Dakota.
Pastor of the Calvary Evangelical Church here from 1917 to 1921, he joined the staff of the Florence Crittenton Home as field secretary in 1921. He died in August 1935.
Mrs. Betchel was known in the community for her church work. Her other interests included her hobbies as a canary fancier and as a grower and exhibitor of flowers.
She leaves three daughters, Edna at home, Mrs. A.C. (Adeline) Steiner of Mayville, N.D., Mrs. James (Larinda) Harm of Long Beach, Calif., two sons Harold of 1602 7th St. S., Fargo, and Clarence of Corpus Christi, Texas; four brothers, Paul, Herbert, Alvin and Milton Roeder all of Holmes; two sisters, Mrs. Art Fischer of Holmes and Mrs. Frank Strutz of Grand Forks; 11 grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.
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