Adeline Bechard

Funeral services for Adeline Bechard, 84, Grinnell, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Grinnell.
Mrs. Bechard died Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, at Gove County Medical Center.
She was born May 16, 1927, on a farm southwest of Dorrance, the daughter of Henry and Charlotte Kepka.
Mrs. Bechard was a former teacher. She was a resident of Grinnell for 62 years. Mrs. Bechard was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Grinnell; Grinnell VFW Auxillary; St. Mary’s Altar Society, Grinnell Pride, and Gove County Medical Center Auxillary.
She married Armond Bechard on May 31, 1951. He preceded her in death.
She was also preceded in death by a son, Don Bechard.
Survivors include two daughters, Charla Moos and husband Dennis, Grinnell, and Mary Beth Nelson and husband J.D., Tonganoxie; four sons, Harold Bechard and wife Susan, Salina, Richard Bechard and wife Pam, Overland Park, Raymond Bechard and wife Pam, Lawrence, and Armond Bechard Jr. and wife Cindy, Topeka; a daughter-in-law, Janine Bechard, Gardner; 18 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at the Immaculate Conception Parish Hall, Grinnell, with a rosary following.
The family suggests memorials to the Polycystic Kidney Foundation or the Senior Companion program, sent in care of the Kennedy-Koster Funeral Home, 217 Freeman, Oakley, KS 67748.