Carl Becker was an educator in Indiana. He had a bachelors and a masters degree in education. He retired from the public school system. He then taught calculus for several years at Tri-State University, Angola, IN.
He lived on a farm on Old Road 6 just east of the intersection of this road and In 327. In later years he raised registered pigs which were prized for breeding purposes. The breeding stock was sold all over the Midwest and some were sold to South America
DeKalb County, Indiana obit book, vol 9, 1971 (Handwritten)
Car; Becker, 82,died at 11:59 a.m. Wednesday in DeKalb Memorial Hospital, Auburn, of a heart attack. He had been hospitalized for three and a half hours. He was born Oct 23, 1888 to John and Sarah (Garver) Becker. He married Bernice Raub on Dec 24, 1909, in Waterloo. She survives. They celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary Christmas Eve. Mr. Becker was a life-long resident of Richland Township and had resided on County Road 28 for 60 years. He taught for many years in Richland Township. After retiring from this job, he became a professor at Tri-State College, Angola, in the math department. He retired in 1958 from Tri-State College. Mr. Becker was a member of the Auburn Masonic Lodge; Waterloo Lions Club; the White Shrine of Jerusalem, Kendallville; the DeKalb Retired Teachers Association; Phi Delta Kappa, Fort Wayne; the Knights of Pythias Lodge, Corunna; and Tri-State College Alumni, Angola.
Surviving besides his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Chester (Rachel) Bard, Corunna, and Mrs. Howard (Wilma) Bard, Corunna; five grandsons; six great grandchildren;; and two nieces, Mrs. Robert (Phyllis) Frank and Mrs. Ralph (Gladys) West , both of Auburn. A sister receded him in death.
Funeral services will be conducted in the Graffis Funeral Home, Waterloo, at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev, Max Smith, Waterloo United Methodist Church minister officiating. Burial will follow in Corunna Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home. White
Shrine of Jerusalem twilight services will be at 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Gordon Bard
He lived on a farm on Old Road 6 just east of the intersection of this road and In 327. In later years he raised registered pigs which were prized for breeding purposes. The breeding stock was sold all over the Midwest and some were sold to South America
DeKalb County, Indiana obit book, vol 9, 1971 (Handwritten)
Car; Becker, 82,died at 11:59 a.m. Wednesday in DeKalb Memorial Hospital, Auburn, of a heart attack. He had been hospitalized for three and a half hours. He was born Oct 23, 1888 to John and Sarah (Garver) Becker. He married Bernice Raub on Dec 24, 1909, in Waterloo. She survives. They celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary Christmas Eve. Mr. Becker was a life-long resident of Richland Township and had resided on County Road 28 for 60 years. He taught for many years in Richland Township. After retiring from this job, he became a professor at Tri-State College, Angola, in the math department. He retired in 1958 from Tri-State College. Mr. Becker was a member of the Auburn Masonic Lodge; Waterloo Lions Club; the White Shrine of Jerusalem, Kendallville; the DeKalb Retired Teachers Association; Phi Delta Kappa, Fort Wayne; the Knights of Pythias Lodge, Corunna; and Tri-State College Alumni, Angola.
Surviving besides his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Chester (Rachel) Bard, Corunna, and Mrs. Howard (Wilma) Bard, Corunna; five grandsons; six great grandchildren;; and two nieces, Mrs. Robert (Phyllis) Frank and Mrs. Ralph (Gladys) West , both of Auburn. A sister receded him in death.
Funeral services will be conducted in the Graffis Funeral Home, Waterloo, at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev, Max Smith, Waterloo United Methodist Church minister officiating. Burial will follow in Corunna Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home. White
Shrine of Jerusalem twilight services will be at 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Gordon Bard
Carl Becker was an educator in Indiana. He had a bachelors and a masters degree in education. He retired from the public school system. He then taught calculus for several years at Tri-State University, Angola, IN.
He lived on a farm on Old Road 6 just east of the intersection of this road and In 327. In later years he raised registered pigs which were prized for breeding purposes. The breeding stock was sold all over the Midwest and some were sold to South America
DeKalb County, Indiana obit book, vol 9, 1971 (Handwritten)
Car; Becker, 82,died at 11:59 a.m. Wednesday in DeKalb Memorial Hospital, Auburn, of a heart attack. He had been hospitalized for three and a half hours. He was born Oct 23, 1888 to John and Sarah (Garver) Becker. He married Bernice Raub on Dec 24, 1909, in Waterloo. She survives. They celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary Christmas Eve. Mr. Becker was a life-long resident of Richland Township and had resided on County Road 28 for 60 years. He taught for many years in Richland Township. After retiring from this job, he became a professor at Tri-State College, Angola, in the math department. He retired in 1958 from Tri-State College. Mr. Becker was a member of the Auburn Masonic Lodge; Waterloo Lions Club; the White Shrine of Jerusalem, Kendallville; the DeKalb Retired Teachers Association; Phi Delta Kappa, Fort Wayne; the Knights of Pythias Lodge, Corunna; and Tri-State College Alumni, Angola.
Surviving besides his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Chester (Rachel) Bard, Corunna, and Mrs. Howard (Wilma) Bard, Corunna; five grandsons; six great grandchildren;; and two nieces, Mrs. Robert (Phyllis) Frank and Mrs. Ralph (Gladys) West , both of Auburn. A sister receded him in death.
Funeral services will be conducted in the Graffis Funeral Home, Waterloo, at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev, Max Smith, Waterloo United Methodist Church minister officiating. Burial will follow in Corunna Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home. White
Shrine of Jerusalem twilight services will be at 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Gordon Bard
He lived on a farm on Old Road 6 just east of the intersection of this road and In 327. In later years he raised registered pigs which were prized for breeding purposes. The breeding stock was sold all over the Midwest and some were sold to South America
DeKalb County, Indiana obit book, vol 9, 1971 (Handwritten)
Car; Becker, 82,died at 11:59 a.m. Wednesday in DeKalb Memorial Hospital, Auburn, of a heart attack. He had been hospitalized for three and a half hours. He was born Oct 23, 1888 to John and Sarah (Garver) Becker. He married Bernice Raub on Dec 24, 1909, in Waterloo. She survives. They celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary Christmas Eve. Mr. Becker was a life-long resident of Richland Township and had resided on County Road 28 for 60 years. He taught for many years in Richland Township. After retiring from this job, he became a professor at Tri-State College, Angola, in the math department. He retired in 1958 from Tri-State College. Mr. Becker was a member of the Auburn Masonic Lodge; Waterloo Lions Club; the White Shrine of Jerusalem, Kendallville; the DeKalb Retired Teachers Association; Phi Delta Kappa, Fort Wayne; the Knights of Pythias Lodge, Corunna; and Tri-State College Alumni, Angola.
Surviving besides his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Chester (Rachel) Bard, Corunna, and Mrs. Howard (Wilma) Bard, Corunna; five grandsons; six great grandchildren;; and two nieces, Mrs. Robert (Phyllis) Frank and Mrs. Ralph (Gladys) West , both of Auburn. A sister receded him in death.
Funeral services will be conducted in the Graffis Funeral Home, Waterloo, at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev, Max Smith, Waterloo United Methodist Church minister officiating. Burial will follow in Corunna Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home. White
Shrine of Jerusalem twilight services will be at 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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