 His second wife was Selma Anna Elisabeth Blaumüller Fleisner (30 April 1866 - 30 June 1947), a daughter of a weaver named Anton Georg F. (1833–85) and Vilhelmine Caroline Schoch (c. 1840–69).They married on 2 November 1916.Bestle was awarded the honorary title of "Etatsråd" in 1900.