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Name: Randall Eugene Bechtold (Nickname = Randy)
Spouse: Angela E. Rittenhouse Bechtold
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DECEASED 2014,
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1969 Attended from through

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Birthdate: January 8, 1951   
Date of Death: November 14, 2014  
       

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Randall Eugene Bechtold, 63, of Churubusco, IN, and having family members in Huntington, IN, died Friday, Nov.14, 2014, at 12:30 a.m.

Mr. Bechtold graduated in 1969 from Columbia City High School, where he played baseball and basketball. He worked for Fox Contractors Corporation from 1973 until his retirement in January of 2014. He was a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers and was a Little League coach.

He was born Jan. 8, 1951, to Melvin E. and Doris I. Ulrey Bechtold. His father survives in Columbia City. He married Angela E. Rittenhouse on Nov. 9, 1990, at Nine Mile United Methodist Church. His wife survives.

Additional survivors include three sons, Lance E. Bechtold, of Columbia City; Brandon S. (Tara) Rittenhouse and Lance Cpl. Clinton K. Bechtold, both of Churubusco; two daughters, Renee N. Platt, of Huntington, and Kristine A. Bechtold, of Churubusco; a brother, Dennis (Charlene) Bechtold, of Columbia City; a sister, Sue A. Bechtold, of Warsaw; and eight grandchildren.

Calling is Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at DeMoney-Grimes Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City. A service will be held at the funeral home on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, at 10 a.m. Rev. Dwayne Berna will officiate. Burial will be at Covington Memorial Gardens, Fort Wayne.

Preferred memorials are gifts to the United States Marine Corps Toys for Tots program in the form of a monetary gift or an unwrapped toy placed under the Christmas tree in Mr. Bechtold’s visitation chapel.

Full obituary at: https://www.demoneygrimes.com/obituary/Randall-Bechtold
 
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