John Becker Dies Sunday
Had Been Resident of County 85 Years
FORDYCE -- Funeral services were held at St. John the Baptist Catholic church here Tuesday morning for John M. Becker, 86, who died at his home February 28. He had been seriously ill for about four months.
Rev. J. C. Kaup officated at the requiem mass and burial was in the church cemetery under direction of Wintz Mortuary of Hartington. Pallbearers were Tom Meyer, Harold Dendinger, Bill Becker, Julius Becker, Roland Eickoff and Howard Glasser.
Mr. Becker is survived by his wife, Anna; five daughters, Mrs. William Dresden, Mrs. Martin Eickhoff and Mrs. William Raduechel, all of Hartington; Mrs. A. Jalbert of Astoria, Ore., and Mary of Fordyce; and three sons, Adolph of Seattle, Wash., Gerald of Niobrara, and Richard of Casa Blanca, Morocco.
The son of Mathias and Barbara Becker, John was born in Thies, Germany, May 3, 1867. He came to the United States and Cedar county when he was a year old. He followed the occupation of farming. Mr. Becker was married in Hartington January 30, 1906 to Anna Meyer.
John Becker Dies Sunday
Had Been Resident of County 85 Years
FORDYCE -- Funeral services were held at St. John the Baptist Catholic church here Tuesday morning for John M. Becker, 86, who died at his home February 28. He had been seriously ill for about four months.
Rev. J. C. Kaup officated at the requiem mass and burial was in the church cemetery under direction of Wintz Mortuary of Hartington. Pallbearers were Tom Meyer, Harold Dendinger, Bill Becker, Julius Becker, Roland Eickoff and Howard Glasser.
Mr. Becker is survived by his wife, Anna; five daughters, Mrs. William Dresden, Mrs. Martin Eickhoff and Mrs. William Raduechel, all of Hartington; Mrs. A. Jalbert of Astoria, Ore., and Mary of Fordyce; and three sons, Adolph of Seattle, Wash., Gerald of Niobrara, and Richard of Casa Blanca, Morocco.
The son of Mathias and Barbara Becker, John was born in Thies, Germany, May 3, 1867. He came to the United States and Cedar county when he was a year old. He followed the occupation of farming. Mr. Becker was married in Hartington January 30, 1906 to Anna Meyer.
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