Funeral Arrangements for Ken Hechler Announced

Funeral services for former Congressman and Secretary of State Ken Hechler have been announced.

A funeral service will be held at 3:00 Monday afternoon at the Culture Center on the grounds of the State Capitol in Charleston.  Hechler will lie in repose there beginning at 10:00 that morning.  The service will be broadcast live on The West Virginia Channel.

Another service will be held in Hampshire County.  A visitation at the Griffin Funeral Home in Capon Bridge will be held from 4:00 to 8:00 on Wednesday and a funeral service at the Augusta Church of Christ is Augusta at 11:00 Thursday morning.

Hechler died Saturday.  He was 102.