Mrs. Eloise Bachman Bertschin, age 84, of McDonough, Ga., formerly of Toccoa, passed away on Friday, February 17, 2017 at the home.
A daughter of the late Berley and Mary Smith Bachman, she was born December 14, 1932 in Lexington County, South Carolina having lived most of her life in Forest Park, Georgia and the last several years in McDonough, Georgia. She was a retired Owner/Operator of a Day Care Center, a volunteer with Meals on Wheels and a member of Toccoa Church of God. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Bertschin in 2007.
Survivors include four daughters and sons-in-law, Donna and Ralph Roles of McDonough, Georgia, Floy and Ken Jones of Houston, Texas, Marilyn and David Shaw of Panama City Beach, Florida and Becky and Andrew Boyd of Monticello, Georgia; son, Bryan Bertschin of McDonough, Georgia; ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; brother, Ted Bachman of Lexington, South Carolina; brother-in-law, Frank Bertschin and his wife Henri Nell of McDonough; sister-in-law, Mary Bruce of Toccoa.
Funeral services will be Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 2:00 P.M., in the Hillcrest Chapel of The Acree-Davis Funeral Home with The Reverend Dennis Rafala officiating. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers, Paul Roles, Ben Roles, Russell Bertschin, Michael Shaw, Steven Shaw and Ian Boyd.
The family will receive friends at the Acree-Davis Funeral Home on Tuesday from 12:00 Noon until the service time. Online condolences can be made at www.acree-davisfh.com.
Interment will follow in the Stephens Memorial Gardens with the Acree-Davis Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Eloise Bachman Bertschin.
