I've worked on many obituaries and read about many family tragedies but this one is definitely unique in that both the father and son were killed by tractor roll-overs.
Accidental deaths by any means are tragic, but to have two members end up in the same manner is so sad.

Because of this particular tragedy I'm adding some non-obituary information to provide more aspects of their lives.
Dave

Raymond M. Bechen

May 8, 1926 - September 30, 2004
Raymond Bechen, 78, of Vail died Thursday, September 30, 2004, at his residence.
Services will be 11:30 a.m. Monday at St. Ann Catholic Church in Vail.
Burial will be in St. Ann's Catholic Cemetery.
Visitation will be after 3 p.m. Sunday, with a Legion of Mary rosary at 4 p.m. and a vigil service at 7 p.m., at Huebner Funeral Home in Denison, Iowa.

Ray was a Junior High teacher and coach during the mid-1950s at Manning Schools.
Son of Louis and Mabel (Mader) Bechen
Children Gene 1959 - 2023 & Chris Bechen 1969 - 1984
Wife Marie (Henkenius) Bechen 1925 - 2010

Man killed when tractor rolls over him
A man was killed when a tractor rolled over him while he was working on his western Iowa farm, police said.
Ray Bechen, 78, of Vail, was found by a neighbor about 8:30 a.m. Thursday, said officials with the Crawford County sheriff's office. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mason City, Globe Gazette, October 5, 2004

Tractor upset kills Denison youth
Chris Robert Bechen, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray and Marie Bechen of Denison route 3, was killed Tuesday in a tractor accident.
The accident occurred on a county road 7 miles southeast of Denison. Bechen, a sophomore at Denison High School, was driving the tractor on the road and entering a "T" intersection, when he lost control during a left turn. The tractor veered from one ditch to the other, then upset on the road. The accident occurred near the driveway of the Jerry Brus farm.
His best friend, Jerry Brus, Jr., heard the crash from inside his home, and rushed to the scene. Authorities were summoned, but declared Bechen dead at the scene.
Crawford County Deputy Sheriff Ron Hott investigated the accident.
Sioux City Journal, November 22, 1984

Seven Of Manning Faculty Resign
Seven members of the Manning School faculty have resigned according to Superintendent William Baley. They are Ed Dakan, Vocational Ag; Christine Sanders, Homemaking; Gerald Andrew, vocal music; Ray Bechen, Junior High and coach; Dolores Sextro, 6th grade; Lois Laverty, 4th grade; Ray Standerwick, athletic coach.
Teachers who have signed and returned contracts are: Superintendent Baley; high school principal Richard Euchner; John Beach, business education and coach; Douglas Wilcox. social studies; Richard Munster, science; Kenneth Laverty, industrial arts; Lois Kemper, business education and girls P.E.; Lois Klisart, English; Sam Mast, mathematics.
Frank Plambeck, band: junior high principal Oliver Himley; Ila Rix, junior high; Anna Rainthorpe, 6th; Mabel Mullen, 5th; Irma Bromert, 3rd; Golda Sander, combination 3 and 4th; Sharon Olsen, 2nd; Margaret Ohde, 1st; Ruth Crandall, combination 1st and 2nd; Liane Clarkin, Kindergarten.
Miss LuAnn Maassen of Harlan, who will graduate from Morningside College at Sioux City in June, has been hired to teach fourth grade next year.
All members of the faculty have received pay raises in line with salary schedules.
Daily Nonpareil, April 10, 1957

Snippet: Carroll Daily Times Herald December 26, 1956
Manning Schools: Ray Bechen, Junior High, is spending time with his family near Denison.

Henkenius-Bechen Nuptials
Read In Church Rites Today
The double ring ceremony and nuptial high mass were read this morning at the wedding of Marie Henkenius of Carroll and Raymond Bechen of Vail, at SS. Peter and Paul's Church. The Rev. Fr. Richard Dirksen, C.PP.S., chaplain at St. Anthony Hospital, officiated at 9 o'clock.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred and Angela (Kral) Henkenius and the bridegroom, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis and Mabel (Mader) Bechen, all of Vail.
The hospital choir, composed of sisters and nurse sang during the service, under the direction of Sr. M. Doris, with Sr. M. Eileen at the organ.
The bride wore a custom-made suit of white gabardine, designed on tailored lines. Crystal beading in floral patterns featured the trim. Completing the bride's costume were white accessories and a white orchid corsage.
Leah Henkenius of Vail attended her sister as bridesmaid. She wore a white linen suit, white accessories, and corsage of white roses.
The bridegroom had his cousin, Howard Bechen of Yankton, South Dakota, as best man.
Breakfast for the bridal party, immediate families, and other guests was served in the Driftwood Room of Hotel Burke at 11 o'clock. The table was appointed in white with a touch of blue and silver.
The bride, a registered nurse, was graduated from St. Anthony School of Nursing in 1946. She took post-graduate work in surgery at Marquette University and University Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1948. She has been assistant supervisor of the surgery department at St. Anthony Hospital.
At present, Mr. Bechen is a senior student at Southern State Teachers College, Springfield, South Dakota.
He served in the Navy during World War II.
In September, the couple will live in Storm Lake, where Mr. Bechen will continue his studies at Buena Vista College.
Carroll Daily Times Herald, June 15, 1950