In Memory

Barbara Herrmann (Bechert) - Class Of 1941

Barbara Herrmann (Bechert)

Barbara Herrmann Bechert, born April 14, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan, passed away October 30, 2016 in Salem, Oregon at the age of 93. She grew up in Southern California and moved to Hawaii in 1945 at the end of World War II where she met and married Carl Bechert. Her years in Hawaii were spent as a housewife and raising three children. In 1981 she and Carl retired to Salem, Oregon where she enjoyed being with family and playing golf and cards. She was greatly loved and will truly be missed.

She is preceded in death by her husband Carl in 2011. She is survived by son Douglas (Amy) Bechert of Honolulu, Hawaii; and daughters, Kathy Michek (and Wally Mackay) of Salem, and Laurie (Todd) Rohloff of Polson, Montana; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Statesman Journal, November 13, 2016