[M] #45232 Floyd Arthur "Bud" Mechling ( Arthur Leroy MechlingJonas Henry MechlingAugustus Andrew MechlingJonas MechlingPhilip Jonas MechlingPhilip MechlingDiebold "Theobald" MechlingDiebold MechlingMartin Mechling )

Bud was born 15 Jan 1920 in Rock Falls, Illinois. He died 31 Jan 2006 in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

During World War II, he was general manager of A.L. Mechling Barge Lines, and ultimately executive vice president. His solutions to waterway transportation won his firm a NASA contract to move 50 Saturn V booster rockets to Cape Canaveral, Fla., for the Apollo space program. He was inducted into the National Rivers Hall of Fame at Dubuque, Iowa, and was president and CEO of Union-Mechling Corp.

According to an obituary, Mr. Mechling volunteered at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. He was a member of the Sea Pines Club, the Art League and The Friends of the Library. He lived in Joliet, Ill., and Pittsburgh before moving to Calibogue Cay, Sea Pines, in 1972.

Bud married and divorced first #45409 Berniece J. Johnson.

Relationship notes

They divorced 1959.

 

Berniece died 3 Aug 2011 in Swansea, Illinois.

She is the daughter of Carl F. & Caroline (Schwander) Johnson. She later married Charles S. Peters on 31 Mar 1961. She was cremated.

Children of this relationship:

#45410MiBruce A. Mechling(12 Mar 1942–24 Nov 1999)
#45411MiiLiving 

Bud married second #45413 Jane Fryer.

Relationship notes

They married 1 Dec 1962.

 

Other names for Jane: Jane Reynolds Mechling, Jane Reynolds.

Jane was born 30 Apr 1923. She died 22 Jul 2015 in Georgetown, Williamson Co., Texas. She was buried in Providence Presbyterian Church Columbarium, Hilton Head Island, Beaufort Co., South Carolina.

She was previously married to a Mr. Reynolds and had at least two daughters: Nancy and Julie. These are listed as Bud's daughters in his obituary but their surnames are given as Reynolds. There is also a Sarah listed as a pre-deceased daughter, whose surname is not listed so there's no indication if she is Bud's daughter or stepdaughter.


Caral Mechling Bennett, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 2 Aug 2015.

Caral Mechling Bennett, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 29 Sep 2009.

Caral Mechling Bennett, email to Tad Deffler, dated: 4 Feb 2007.

Dorothy Hallarn Mercy, Mechlin Mechling Macklin - Descendants of Theobald Mechling, 1728-2000, Volume VI - Philip Mechling, (Butler, PA: Mechling Associates, 2000). Ref. as [Mercy VI-00].

Jane Fryer Mechling, cemetery notes, www.findagrave.com, #149824487.


Line Generation: 10

Relationship: Sixth Cousins One Times Removed through Diebold "Theobald" Mechling