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Marsha Diane McKee Bechtel
Marsha Diane (McKee) Bechtel, 57, of LaBelle, Fla., passed away on Wednesday,
April 19, 2017, in Atlanta, Ga., from injuries sustained in an automobile
accident.
Born November 25, 1959, in Kittanning, Marsha was the daughter of James and
Luana (Moorhead) McKee of Worthington.
She graduated from Worthington High School in 1977, salutatorian of her class.
Marsha attended Penn State University and graduated in 1982 with a degree in
agriculture education/animal bioscience.
Marsha married Jeffrey Bechtel in July 1980. They moved to Florida more than 30
years ago, where she began her teaching career at Community Christian School in
LaBelle. She taught junior high science and math until the school closed in
2007. Two years later she became a teacher for the Hendry County School
District, where she was currently teaching AP, honors, and general biology
classes.
She was an active member and elder at Life Ministries Church of LaBelle, in
charge of children's ministries.
Marsha loved working with children and animals, and spent more than 25 years as
4H Leader for various programs in Hendry County, including 4H Legislature
Program, Hogs 'R' Us swine club, and the Udder Fun goat club. She also found
time in her busy life to be a senior independent consultant for Pampered Chef.
Marsha was a kind, caring, and gentle soul who devoted her life to her faith,
her family, students, and the many friends she made along the way. She loved her
life in Florida, but her heart remained in Pennsylvania at the farm, where she
planned to eventually come home to stay.
Left behind to cherish her memory are her parents, Jim and Luana McKee of
Worthington; husband Jeff of La- Belle, Florida, who she always described as her
"knight in shining armor"; sons, Matthew (Jennifer) Bechtel of Fort Myers,
Florida; Peter (Rachel) Bechtel of Anderson, South Carolina; and Adam (Kimberly)
Bechtel of Tallahassee, Florida; daughter, Jessica Bechtel of Anderson, South
Carolina; and the seven grandchildren she adored, Hannah, Timothy, John, Clay,
Elisabeth, Joanna, and Adalynn. She is also survived by four sisters, Debbie
(Pat) Sallustio of Dublin, Ohio; Jamie (Randy) Freeman, Jackie (Ken) Stitt, and
Amy (Russ) Walker, all of Worthington; sisters-in-law, Carla McKee of
Worthington; Deborah (Rodney) Swank of Tamaqua; and Karen (Terry) Faust of
Allentown; and numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends, all
of whom will miss her forever.
Marsha was preceded in death by her brother, Steven McKee, Sr.; her
mother-in-law and father-in-law, Agnes and Charles Bechtel; and grandparents,
Tom and Ethel (Wagner) McKee, and Ken and Grace (Willison) Moorhead.
Marsha's favorite Bible verse was "I rejoice over you with singing" (Zephaniah
3:17). Her life will be honored at a memorial service to be held at a later
date.
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