- Date Of Birth: March 23, 1925
- Date Of Death: January 23, 2017
- State: Illinois
Jean Eileen Bachman, 91, of Chenoa, IL, formerly of Heyworth, IL passed away at 11:31 am on Monday, January 23, 2017 at Meadows Mennonite Home in rural Chenoa, IL. She was born on March 23, 1925 in Fort Wayne, IN to Samuel and Viola I. (Roszhart) Rediger.
As a young child she moved to Meadows and graduated from Chenoa High School. Jean met Roy Bachman at the Eureka Pumpkin Festival and they later married in 1946. She took great joy in the role as a farm wife and mother to their nine children. They had been married 36 years when Roy passed away in 1983.
She is survived by her children Linda (Paul) Woith of Normal, IL, Leroy (Ethel) Bachman of Auburn, IL, Peter (Connie) Bachman of Lexington, IL, Connie (Calvin) Schick, Ruth (Joe) Haney, and Roger Bachman all of Bloomington, IL, Gary (Linda) Bachman of Hudson, IL, and Phillip (Rhonda) Bachman of Heyworth, IL; seventeen grandchildren Jeff Woith, Tami Cappos, Melissa Courtney-Willis, Chris Bachman, Kim Berg, Cara Penn, Stacy Haney-Strnad, Tony Haney, Eric Haney, Roger Bachman, Ben Bachman, Megan Bachman, Christina Messerschmidt, Noah Bachman, Katie Bachman, Jacob Bachman, and Audra Bachman; twenty-six great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceeded in death by her parents, infant sister Betty, and son Marlin.
