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William Simon Becker 1900-1994 The Breda News, March, 1994 William S. Becker, 93, of Glidden died Saturday, March 5, 1994, at his son's home near Dunlap, Iowa. Mass of the Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 8, at St. Elizabeth Seton Church in Glidden with Father Richard Kielbasa officiating. Homilist will be Father Robert Garlapp. Born May 4, 1900, at Flint Hill, Mo., he was a son of Clemens and Helena (Koester) Becker. At the age of 19 Mr. Becker moved to Breda. On September 29, 1925, he married Amelia Reising at St. Bernard Church in Breda. They farmed in the Breda area. In 1955, they moved to a farm near Thayer, Iowa. In 1968, they moved to a home in Glidden. Since his wife's death, Mr. Becker has made his home with his sons, Arthur and Allen. He was a member of St. Elizabeth Seton Parish in Glidden. Mr. Becker is survived by nine sons, Arthur Becker and his wife, Dorothy, of Dunlap, Robert Becker and his wife, Joanne of Carroll, William G. Becker and his wife, Mary Lou, of Carroll, John Becker and his wife Marna, of Afton, Iowa, Zenas Becker and his wife, Loa, of Carroll, Jerome Becker of Glidden, Allen Becker and his wife, Joanne of Perry, Gary Becker and his wife, Maureen, of Perry and Gene Becker and his wife, Kaye, of Pemeroy, Iowa; three daughters, Helen Wolterman and her husband, Wilbur, of Carroll, Clarita Roth and her husband, Richard, of Spencer and Phyllis Danner and her husband, Verlin, of Glidden; a daughter-in-law, Eileen Becker of Des Moines; 47 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Odelia Lemkeu of Omaha. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Amelia in 1977; a daughter, Jovina Becker; a son, Michael Becker; three grandchildren, Randy, Betty and Timothy Becker; two great-grandchildren, Christopher and Jerry Wolterman; five brothers. Al, Vic, Ted, Ed, and Clemens Becker; and two sisters, Clementine Drees and Ida Bennett.
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