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The Columbus Telegram, June 21, 1979
BECKER - A 1:45 p.m. family prayer service, followed by 2 p.m. church services for Willie Becker of 2208 24th St., will be held Saturday at Christ Lutheran Church with Rev. Martin Bornemann officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery.
Becker, 73, died Tuesday in Norfolk Community Hospital following a lengthy illness.
Visitation is after 2:30 p.m. Friday at Gass-Haney Funeral Home and until noon Saturday, then from 1 to 2 p.m. at the church.
Son of Heinrich and Sophia (Grotelueschen) Becker, he was born Aug. 21, 1905 in Ahlhorn, Germany. He came to America at the age of 23 and worked for different farmers in the Leigh area. On Oct. 4, 1935 he married Bertha Loseke at Christ Lutheran Church and they farmed in the Leigh and Columbus area until 1973 when they moved to Columbus.
He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith.
Survivors include his wife, Bertha; a son, Raymond of Montclair, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Jim (Kathy) Yarrow of Wakefield, Kan.; two grandchildren; a brother, Otto and sisters, Mrs. Gustav (Hanna) Langhorst and Mrs. Frieda Martens, all of Germany.
The Columbus Telegram, June 21, 1979
BECKER - A 1:45 p.m. family prayer service, followed by 2 p.m. church services for Willie Becker of 2208 24th St., will be held Saturday at Christ Lutheran Church with Rev. Martin Bornemann officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery.
Becker, 73, died Tuesday in Norfolk Community Hospital following a lengthy illness.
Visitation is after 2:30 p.m. Friday at Gass-Haney Funeral Home and until noon Saturday, then from 1 to 2 p.m. at the church.
Son of Heinrich and Sophia (Grotelueschen) Becker, he was born Aug. 21, 1905 in Ahlhorn, Germany. He came to America at the age of 23 and worked for different farmers in the Leigh area. On Oct. 4, 1935 he married Bertha Loseke at Christ Lutheran Church and they farmed in the Leigh and Columbus area until 1973 when they moved to Columbus.
He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith.
Survivors include his wife, Bertha; a son, Raymond of Montclair, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Jim (Kathy) Yarrow of Wakefield, Kan.; two grandchildren; a brother, Otto and sisters, Mrs. Gustav (Hanna) Langhorst and Mrs. Frieda Martens, all of Germany.
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The Columbus Telegram, June 21, 1979
BECKER - A 1:45 p.m. family prayer service, followed by 2 p.m. church services for Willie Becker of 2208 24th St., will be held Saturday at Christ Lutheran Church with Rev. Martin Bornemann officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery.
Becker, 73, died Tuesday in Norfolk Community Hospital following a lengthy illness.
Visitation is after 2:30 p.m. Friday at Gass-Haney Funeral Home and until noon Saturday, then from 1 to 2 p.m. at the church.
Son of Heinrich and Sophia (Grotelueschen) Becker, he was born Aug. 21, 1905 in Ahlhorn, Germany. He came to America at the age of 23 and worked for different farmers in the Leigh area. On Oct. 4, 1935 he married Bertha Loseke at Christ Lutheran Church and they farmed in the Leigh and Columbus area until 1973 when they moved to Columbus.
He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith.
Survivors include his wife, Bertha; a son, Raymond of Montclair, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Jim (Kathy) Yarrow of Wakefield, Kan.; two grandchildren; a brother, Otto and sisters, Mrs. Gustav (Hanna) Langhorst and Mrs. Frieda Martens, all of Germany.
The Columbus Telegram, June 21, 1979
BECKER - A 1:45 p.m. family prayer service, followed by 2 p.m. church services for Willie Becker of 2208 24th St., will be held Saturday at Christ Lutheran Church with Rev. Martin Bornemann officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery.
Becker, 73, died Tuesday in Norfolk Community Hospital following a lengthy illness.
Visitation is after 2:30 p.m. Friday at Gass-Haney Funeral Home and until noon Saturday, then from 1 to 2 p.m. at the church.
Son of Heinrich and Sophia (Grotelueschen) Becker, he was born Aug. 21, 1905 in Ahlhorn, Germany. He came to America at the age of 23 and worked for different farmers in the Leigh area. On Oct. 4, 1935 he married Bertha Loseke at Christ Lutheran Church and they farmed in the Leigh and Columbus area until 1973 when they moved to Columbus.
He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith.
Survivors include his wife, Bertha; a son, Raymond of Montclair, Calif.; one daughter, Mrs. Jim (Kathy) Yarrow of Wakefield, Kan.; two grandchildren; a brother, Otto and sisters, Mrs. Gustav (Hanna) Langhorst and Mrs. Frieda Martens, all of Germany.
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