Person:Anna Bechtle (1)

Death Notice

"Becht-The many friends of Mrs. Anna (Becktle) Becht, until about a year ago a well known and highly respected resident of the Sacred Heart parish, will be grieved to learn of her death, which occurred this morning at her home, 79 Plain street, after a lingering illness. Mrs. Becht leaves to mourn her loss three daughters, Mrs. Reynold Ilg, Mrs. John Laffey, and Miss Mildred Becht; six sons, John, Oscar C., a member of the Lowell police dept., Paul L, Harold P, William J, and Albert C. Becht; three brothers, Richard, Paul and Louis Becktle, of New York city, and several grandchildren."

Funeral Notice

"Becht-Died in this city, Dec. 19, Mrs. Anna Becht. Funeral will take place Wednesday morning from her late home, 79 Plain street, at 8 o'clock. At St. Margaret's church, at 9 o'clock, a funeral high mass will be celebrated. Burial will be in St. Patrick's cemetery. Funeral arrangements in charge of Undertakers O'Connell & Fay."

Funeral

"BECHT—The funeral of Mrs. Anna (Becktle) Becht took place this morning from her late home, 79 Plain street, at 8 o'clock, and was largely attended by sorrowing relatives and friends. The funeral cortege proceeded to St. Margaret's church where, at 9 o'clock, a funeral high mass was celebrated by Rev. Andrew F O'Brien. The choir, augmented for the occasion and under the direction of Prof. Louis N. Gullbault, the organist, sang the Gregorian chant, solos being sustained by Miss Mary Irwin and Prof. Frederick C Bond. There were a profusion of beautiful floral offerings and many spiritual bouquets to testify the high esteem in which the deceased was held. The casket was borne by the following bearers: Messrs. John J Laffey, William Cutress, William Grasbergar, Reynold Ilg, John Bailey and Karl Heidenrich. Burial was in the family lot in St. Patrick's cemetery, where the committal prayers were read at the grave by Rev. Fr. O'Brien. Funeral arrangements were in charge of Undertakers O'Connell & Fay."

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Becht, Anna, in Find A Grave
   Online database, Find a Grave, Accessed 31 Dec 2011.

   Birth: 1872
   Death: 1927
   
   
   Burial:
   Saint Patrick Cemetery
   Lowell
   Middlesex County
   Massachusetts, USA

2. ↑ Becht, in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. The Lowell Sun. (Lowell, Massachusetts)
   p. 3, 19 Dec 1927.

   See text.