Mary Kathryn Bachman

MARY KATHRYN BACHMAN - 97

Mary Kathryn, daughter of the late Florence Lawson Christopher and Annis Irene (Dunn) Weisbrodt, was born April 21, 1928, at the Mercy Hospital in Portsmouth OH. She died on January 2, 2026, at Clermont Mercy Hospital.

She was Valedictorian of her 1945 Class at Sardinia High School; and attended Wilmington College her Freshman year where she was accompanist for the Aeolian Chorus and secretary to Dr. Frank Hazard. After transferring to Miami University, she became a member of Kappa Phi Sorority and attended their national convention at Wellesley College in 1948.

In 1949, she graduated from Miami with a S.S. degree in Secretarial Studies and was employed by the First National Bank and Talbert Lumber Company in Sardinia. On February 23, 1951, she married John Howard Bachman, who preceded her in death on May 1, 2012. They were the parents of two sons, John Weisbrodt Bachman and Joseph Valentine Bachman. All of their 61 years together were spent living on their farm north of Sardinia.

Mary Kathryn was a life-long member of the Sardinia Methodist Church where she served as youth leader, pianist, organist, vocalist, Sunday School teacher, W.S.C.S. president and Financial Secretary. For five years she taught Business Education at Sardinia High School and twenty years at Fayetteville High School, where she also served as Clerk-Custodian, Accompanist for the High School Chorus, and advisor for the monthly PTA Newsletter. She was a member of the Sardinia Historical Society, Ohio Retired Teachers Association, and the United Methodist Women.

John and Mary were most proud of their family and took great pride in their accomplishments. Besides her husband and parents, she was also preceded in death by her brother, Dick, (Col C.R. Weisbrodt, Ret.), his wife Betty and their daughter Linda Louise Bell. Mary Kathryn is survived by sons, John W. (Cindy), Joe (Christy); grandchildren: Devin, Ryan, Dane, Heather, Dustin and Sierra; and great-niece, Tish Licciardone.

A private family burial will be held at the Ash Ridge Cemetery where she will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband.

If I have helped somebody as I passed along,
If I have cheered somebody with a word or song,
If I have shown somebody they were trav'ling wrong,
Then my living was not in vain.

If I have done my duty as a Christian ought,
If I have brought back beauty to a world up wrought,
If I have spread love's message that our Master taught,
Then my living was not in vain.

If desired, memorial contributions may be made to the Sardinia United Methodist Women, c/o Mrs. Bonnie Corboy, 13787 Corboy Road, Sardinia OH 45171 or the charity of your choice. The Megie Funeral Home, Mt. Orab, OH is serving the family.