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Laura Marie Bechtel

Laura-Bechtel-1423660693Laura Marie Bechtel, 83, died Tuesday, February 10, 2015, at the Golden Living Center in Oil City.

Born September 12, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, she was a daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Cimbala Lutsko. After her mother’s death, she was raised by her step-mother, Elizabeth Mischovitch Lutsko.

For the majority of her life, Laura was a housewife. For a short time she worked at the Bon Ton in Cranberry.

She enjoyed going to bingo regularly, working on puzzles and babysitting her grandchildren.

On September 10, 1949, she was married to Frank Bechtel Jr., who preceded her in death on December 23, 2009.

Laura is survived by her children, John Bechtel and his wife Christy of Hyannis, MA, Joseph Bechtel of Seneca, and Laurie Ann Kaminske of Oil City; 7 grandchildren, Jennifer Flockerzi and her husband Charles, Teresa Millard, Justin Ciriello and his wife Christina, Paul Bechtel, Amy Kaminske, Mathew Clinton and Christopher Clinton. She is a great grandmother to 10.

She leaves behind her close friends and Tony and Dotty Davis and Kathleen Miller.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her step-sister Flora and her sister Dorothy.

Friends may call at Morrison Funeral Home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 on Thursday.

Funeral services will be in the funeral home on Friday at 1:30 pm.

Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Cranberry.

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