NORWAY – Donald A. Stecher, 79, of Bethel, died Friday, March 18, at Stephens Memorial Hospital.
He was born in Laconia, N.H., on Aug. 13, 1925, the son of Adolph and Mary McDerment Stecher.
He had received a bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire and a master’s degree in forestry from the University of North Carolina.
He proudly served our country in the U.S. Army during World War II. He worked as plant manager in several wood furniture plants in New England. Between 1964 and 2002, he worked as plant manager and president of Andover Wood Products in Andover.
He is survived by his wife, Winona M., of Bethel; two sons, Michael and wife, Kiki, of Copper Mt., Colo., and Tom and wife, Karen, of Guilford, N.H.; three daughters, Sandra Stecher of Meredith, N.H., Terry and husband, Joseph Mastro, of Moultonboro, N.H., and Mary Stecher of Lewiston; three stepsons, Glen Conrad and wife, Kathy, Grant Conrad and wife, Jodi, and Garth Conrad and wife, Judy; 21 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
He was predeceased by four sisters, Winifred, Pearl, Thelma, and Jean.
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