BESCHER, Frank William

BESCHER, LAHRMAN, LOEHNDORF, MEHLIN, WELLS

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 6/23/2013 at 10:50:18

Frank William Bescher, 65, 15124 Dove Circle, Clear Lake, died Sunday, Oct. 2,
2005, of cancer, at Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City, Iowa.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, at the Clear Lake United
Methodist Church, 508 2nd Ave. N., with the Rev. Jan Burnett and the Rev.
Jerrold Swinton officiating. Frank donated his body to the University of Iowa
Anatomical Donor Program. Inurnment will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery at a
later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Clear Lake United Methodist
Church, KUNI Radio, or Iowa Public Television.

Frank was born April 16, 1940, Dubuque, Iowa, the son of Frank and Mary
(Lahrman) Bescher. He married Jill Loehndorf and they were later divorced. He
married Susan Wells Mehlin in Waterloo, Iowa on July 21, 1979.

Frank graduated from Dubuque Senior High School in 1958, and Humboldt Institute
in Minneapolis, Minn. He worked for Briggs Trucking firm as Terminal Manager in
Chicago, Des Moines and Waterloo. He then worked for Waterloo Industries as
Director of Materials until retiring in 2002. Following retirement he worked as
a consultant for Ditzfeld Transfer, Sedalia, Mo. From childhood Frank took
pride in problem-solving in the community, his work and personal life.

Before moving to Clear Lake in 2002, he served as past chair and member of the
Waterloo Metropolitan Bus Board of Directors for many years, helped in planning
and developing "for kids" The Sunrise Exchange Club Animal Petting Zoo, he
served First United Methodist Church in many ways, including taking youth on
mission trips and as past chair of Trustees. In Clear Lake he was a member of
the Evening Lions Club and chaired Bell Harbor Home Owners Association.

Frank loved working with wood and metal, both restoring and designing. His backyard
caboose testifies to his huge imagination. Frank's family and many friends will
lovingly recall the special things he created for them and the great fun they
had together. He traveled the world in his work and for pleasure but was never
happier than at home "creating." Whispering Oaks, and their dream home there,
is Frank's final big accomplishment.

Survivors include his wife, Susan, of Clear Lake; son, Dane (Janet)
Mechanicsville, Iowa; daughters, Ruth (Jerry) Christiansen, LeMars, Iowa and
Wendy (Michael) Perez, San Fernando, Calif.; step-daughters, Elin (Perry)
Hersleff, Forest City, Iowa, Sara (Kevin) McCary, Wayzata, Minn., and Emily
Mehlin, Sioux City, Iowa; grandchildren, Lindsay and Collin Christiansen,
Viviana and Clarabella Perez, Lucas Petrullo, Isabella McCary, and Aurora
Hersleff.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Joan Wallis; and infant
grandson, Larry.