Margie was the fourth of six children born to William Houston and Olga Elizabeth (Quigley) Smith. She had three older brothers (Harley, Dewey, Glenn) and a younger brother and sister (Ralph and Mary Genevieve). She moved with her parents to Louisburg from Belgrade, Nebraska in 1917.
She was married to Charles Edgar Becker on March 31, 1920 and they became the parents of Elvera Mae, Mary Jane, Dora Nadine, and Edgar Dewey.
Shortly after they were married , Margie and Edgar went to work on the Whittington cattle ranch near La Cueva, New Mexico; he as a cowboy and she as a cook. After a year, they were homesick and decided to move back to Eureka, Kansas. Margie rode the train home and Edgar rode his horse, some 800 miles.
After living in numerous rented farmhouses in the Louisburg/Bucyrus area, they bought a 55 acre farm two miles southwest of Louisburg where they raised Hereford cattle and horses. Their neighbors were the Grinzingers, Reeds, and Macoubries. Their daughter, Dora, and her husband Frederick Orenstein, of New York city, owned a 100 acre farm on State Line Road between 263rd and 271st streets and some of the cattle and horses were kept there. A railroad boxcar served as a makeshift house on this property and Margie and Edgar spent some of their time living here as caretakers of the cattle and land.
Margie was a Gold Star mother. On February 19, 1945 their only son, Edgar Dewey Becker, was killed in the battle of Iwo Jima while serving with the 28th Regiment of the 5th Marine Division.
After her husband's passing in 1956, Margie sold their farm and moved into Louisburg, living in a rental house while having Clarence Hess and Henry Kircher build her a house on Mulberry Street, one-half block north of Amity. She lived there until she broke her hip and had to go to a nursing home in Overland Park. She recovered from that injury and returned to her home to live there several more years until she once again broke her hip and had to go live in the Louisburg Care Center until she passed away on December 15, 1993.
While in her late 80's at the care center, Margie wrote a brief history of her life.
Margie was a member of the First Christian Church and Eastern Star.
She was married to Charles Edgar Becker on March 31, 1920 and they became the parents of Elvera Mae, Mary Jane, Dora Nadine, and Edgar Dewey.
Shortly after they were married , Margie and Edgar went to work on the Whittington cattle ranch near La Cueva, New Mexico; he as a cowboy and she as a cook. After a year, they were homesick and decided to move back to Eureka, Kansas. Margie rode the train home and Edgar rode his horse, some 800 miles.
After living in numerous rented farmhouses in the Louisburg/Bucyrus area, they bought a 55 acre farm two miles southwest of Louisburg where they raised Hereford cattle and horses. Their neighbors were the Grinzingers, Reeds, and Macoubries. Their daughter, Dora, and her husband Frederick Orenstein, of New York city, owned a 100 acre farm on State Line Road between 263rd and 271st streets and some of the cattle and horses were kept there. A railroad boxcar served as a makeshift house on this property and Margie and Edgar spent some of their time living here as caretakers of the cattle and land.
Margie was a Gold Star mother. On February 19, 1945 their only son, Edgar Dewey Becker, was killed in the battle of Iwo Jima while serving with the 28th Regiment of the 5th Marine Division.
After her husband's passing in 1956, Margie sold their farm and moved into Louisburg, living in a rental house while having Clarence Hess and Henry Kircher build her a house on Mulberry Street, one-half block north of Amity. She lived there until she broke her hip and had to go to a nursing home in Overland Park. She recovered from that injury and returned to her home to live there several more years until she once again broke her hip and had to go live in the Louisburg Care Center until she passed away on December 15, 1993.
While in her late 80's at the care center, Margie wrote a brief history of her life.
Margie was a member of the First Christian Church and Eastern Star.
Margie was the fourth of six children born to William Houston and Olga Elizabeth (Quigley) Smith. She had three older brothers (Harley, Dewey, Glenn) and a younger brother and sister (Ralph and Mary Genevieve). She moved with her parents to Louisburg from Belgrade, Nebraska in 1917.
She was married to Charles Edgar Becker on March 31, 1920 and they became the parents of Elvera Mae, Mary Jane, Dora Nadine, and Edgar Dewey.
Shortly after they were married , Margie and Edgar went to work on the Whittington cattle ranch near La Cueva, New Mexico; he as a cowboy and she as a cook. After a year, they were homesick and decided to move back to Eureka, Kansas. Margie rode the train home and Edgar rode his horse, some 800 miles.
After living in numerous rented farmhouses in the Louisburg/Bucyrus area, they bought a 55 acre farm two miles southwest of Louisburg where they raised Hereford cattle and horses. Their neighbors were the Grinzingers, Reeds, and Macoubries. Their daughter, Dora, and her husband Frederick Orenstein, of New York city, owned a 100 acre farm on State Line Road between 263rd and 271st streets and some of the cattle and horses were kept there. A railroad boxcar served as a makeshift house on this property and Margie and Edgar spent some of their time living here as caretakers of the cattle and land.
Margie was a Gold Star mother. On February 19, 1945 their only son, Edgar Dewey Becker, was killed in the battle of Iwo Jima while serving with the 28th Regiment of the 5th Marine Division.
After her husband's passing in 1956, Margie sold their farm and moved into Louisburg, living in a rental house while having Clarence Hess and Henry Kircher build her a house on Mulberry Street, one-half block north of Amity. She lived there until she broke her hip and had to go to a nursing home in Overland Park. She recovered from that injury and returned to her home to live there several more years until she once again broke her hip and had to go live in the Louisburg Care Center until she passed away on December 15, 1993.
While in her late 80's at the care center, Margie wrote a brief history of her life.
Margie was a member of the First Christian Church and Eastern Star.
She was married to Charles Edgar Becker on March 31, 1920 and they became the parents of Elvera Mae, Mary Jane, Dora Nadine, and Edgar Dewey.
Shortly after they were married , Margie and Edgar went to work on the Whittington cattle ranch near La Cueva, New Mexico; he as a cowboy and she as a cook. After a year, they were homesick and decided to move back to Eureka, Kansas. Margie rode the train home and Edgar rode his horse, some 800 miles.
After living in numerous rented farmhouses in the Louisburg/Bucyrus area, they bought a 55 acre farm two miles southwest of Louisburg where they raised Hereford cattle and horses. Their neighbors were the Grinzingers, Reeds, and Macoubries. Their daughter, Dora, and her husband Frederick Orenstein, of New York city, owned a 100 acre farm on State Line Road between 263rd and 271st streets and some of the cattle and horses were kept there. A railroad boxcar served as a makeshift house on this property and Margie and Edgar spent some of their time living here as caretakers of the cattle and land.
Margie was a Gold Star mother. On February 19, 1945 their only son, Edgar Dewey Becker, was killed in the battle of Iwo Jima while serving with the 28th Regiment of the 5th Marine Division.
After her husband's passing in 1956, Margie sold their farm and moved into Louisburg, living in a rental house while having Clarence Hess and Henry Kircher build her a house on Mulberry Street, one-half block north of Amity. She lived there until she broke her hip and had to go to a nursing home in Overland Park. She recovered from that injury and returned to her home to live there several more years until she once again broke her hip and had to go live in the Louisburg Care Center until she passed away on December 15, 1993.
While in her late 80's at the care center, Margie wrote a brief history of her life.
Margie was a member of the First Christian Church and Eastern Star.
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