Joan M. Bachman

Joan M. Bachman, 82, of Butler passed away Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospice in Cabot.

She was born Dec. 11, 1934, in Butler, the daughter of the late Alvin and Alice Monks Wise.

Joan was a member of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She had been a volunteer for Meals on Wheels. She enjoyed baking and playing cards.

She found great pleasure in watching her grandchildren participate in their sporting events.

Joan had a wonderful sense of humor, always joking around with her friends and family. She had a generous heart, always helping those around her.

Surviving are her husband, Ralph Bachman, who she married Aug. 1, 1952; her daughter, Connie (Chuck) Kiley; and her sons, Keith (Angie) Bachman and Carl (Cheryl) Bachman, all of Butler; grandchildren, Kevin and Jeffery Kiley and Cody, Holly, Clay, Mitchell and Connor Bachman; her great-grandchildren, Gavin, Vincent, Rebekah, Genevieve, Ezekiel and Oliver Kiley and Brooke Bachman; her sister, Martha Herold; her brother, Raymond Wise; a sister-in-law, Janet Saunders; and a brother-in-law, Russell (Beverly) Bachman.

She was preceded in death by her son, Howard Bachman; brothers, Loyal, Alvin, Paul and George Wise; and her sisters, Helen Richards, Florence Leslie and Mary Alice Wise.

BACHMAN — Friends of Joan M. Bachman, who died Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Young Funeral Home, 127 W. Jefferson St., Butler.Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church with the Rev. Alden Towberman officiating.Interment will be in the Greenlawn Burial Estates.In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Katie's Kitchen at St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church.