Bachtell, Dulce Iris (Shupe) 1897 - 1955

BACHTELL, SHUPE, KIRKHEART, MEYERS, HENSON, BREWSTER

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Date: 12/23/2024 at 00:57:34

Clayton County Register, 24 Mar. 1955.

Services for Mrs. Lester E. Bachtell, 57, were held Thursday at the Church of Christ in Arlington with the Rev. William Seeley in charge. Burial was in Hill Crest cemetery, Volga.

Dulcie Iris Shupe, daughter of C. L. V. and Effie Kirkheart Shupe, was born May 15 1897, at Lacona. She was married to Lester E. Bachtell September 02, 1914, at Indianola. Five children were born to this union, Mrs. Wendell (Effie) Meyers, Arlington; Mrs. Paul (Betty) Henson, Waterloo; Sam Bachtell, Elwood and Clarence Bachtell of Waterloo. One son, Elmore, preceded her in death.

Besides her four children, she is survived by her husband, eight grandchildren, her mother, Mrs. Effie Shupe of Lacona, two sisters, Beatrice Shupe, Lacona, and Mrs. Lillian Brewster, Stuart, two brothers, Ray Shupe and Sam Shupe, both of Indianola.

Mrs. Bachtell was a member of the church of Christ at Arlington, the American Legion Auxiliary and the Eastern Star.

Casket bearers were: Fred Breckner, Orville Corbin, David Dempster, Stanley Halsted, LeRoy Scheffler, Arlington, and Kenneth Scott of Volga.