Howard Dean

Bechthold

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IN LOVING MEMORY

Howard Dean Bechthold

Jan 06 1930 - May 05 2019

Howard Dean Bechthold of McKinney, Texas passed away on May 5, 2019 at the age of 89.  He was born on January 6, 1930 to Fred and Elsie (Janzen) Bechthold in Hillsboro, Kansas.  Howard was a 1947 graduate of Alice High school.  He studied agriculture education at Texas A&I University in Kingsville, Texas, before serving his country proudly in the United States Air Force for four years.  During this time, Howard served as a Drill Sergeant training new recruits at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas and Newcastle Air Force Base in Delaware. On October 6, 1951, he married his only sweetheart, Doris Light, in Alice, Texas. Howard and Doris were married 57 years before she passed away in 2008.  He worked at Otis Engineering Corporation for 37 years.

Howard is survived by his daughters, Deborah Hurst and husband, Harold of Gordonville, Texas, Michele Price and husband, Tim of Aberdeen, South Dakota, and Gaye Lynn Glay and husband, Randy of McKinney, Texas; grandchildren, Amy Hernandez and husband, Valentin of McKinney, Texas, Jessica Phinney and husband, Jack of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Libby Price of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Trevor Glay of McKinney, Texas; great grandchildren, Natalia Hernandez, Alex Hernandez, Alyssa Hernandez, Otis Phinney, and Ellis Phinney; sisters, Verna Boyd, Jenny Ebensberger and husband, Phil of Midland, Texas, Kathryn Fleming of Stillwater, Oklahoma, Helen Escobar and husband, Robert of Gatesville, Texas, Mabel Gilmore of Hillsboro, Texas, and Carol Bechthold of Temple, Texas; and numerous other loving family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris; parents, Fred and Elsie Bechthold; brothers, Merle Bechthold, Dale Bechthold, Gilbert Bechthold, and Gerald Bechthold; and sister, Agnes DeBusk.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, May 9, 2019 at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home Chapel, 2525 Central Expressway North, Allen, Texas.  Interment will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Park in Allen, Texas.  The family will receive friends during a reception on Thursday afternoon from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorial donations can be made to the American Cancer Society.

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