Carl Bachman

Carl Bachman of Lake Wales passed away Sunday, June 12, 2011 at the Lake Wales Medical Center.

He was born June 16, 1916 in Enfield, IL to the late Andrew James & Myra (Carter) Bachman. He graduated from Enfield Community High School in 1934 and married Esther Pauline Litchenberger on June 4, 1938 in Carmi, IL. He was a respected businessman in Calhoun, KY for almost 40 years where he was the owner/operator of Bachman Implement Company and later founded the Bachman Insurance Agency. He was a longtime member and president of the Lion's Club in Calhoun, KY and was always an active member and deacon of area churches where he lived, the last being First Church of the Nazarene in Winter Haven. He loved to hunt and fish, and enjoyed extensive traveling with his wife.

Carl was preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Pauline Bachman. Survivors include his daughter, Linda Kay Bachman of Winter Haven; a son, Richard Keith Bachman (Joyce Ann) of Lake Wales; brother William Bachman (Joann) of Lakeland; sister-in-law, Mary Lee of Lake Wales; 5 grandchildren, Jeffery Mackey of Lexington, KY, Cheri Megli of Phoenix, AZ, Carla Elzein of Davenport, IO, Dina Ashby of Madisonville, KY and Andrew Bachman of Madisonville, KY; 12 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandson; and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held from 10:00 am until the funeral service at 11:00 am Thursday, June 16, 2011 at the Marion Nelson Funeral Home in Lake Wales. Interment will follow at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Haines City. For those who wish, donations may be made to the First Church of the Nazarene, Post Office Box 819, Winter Haven, FL 33882.


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