Individual Details

Elijah John Becker

(15 Mar 1893 - 29 Aug 1985)

The Burlington Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Thursday, August 29, 1985, Page 18, Col. 2: Mt. Pleasant---Elijah J. Becker, 92, Mt. Pleasant, died at 1:10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 219 at the Maple Leaf Health Care Center. He was born March 16 [15], 1893, near Salem, to Frank and Anna Scott Becker. He married Winifred Dilts in 1917. She died in March 1967. He married Millie Cammack at Burlington July 8, 1967. He was a retired farmer and member of the First Presbyterian Church. Surviving: His wife; a son, Frank, Mt. Pleasant; a step-daughter, Mrs. Mary Helen Curtis, Salem; a sister, Noreen Guy, Aledo, Ill.; one grandson, two step grandchildren and two step great-grandchildren. Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Beatty Funeral Home, the Rev. Larry Mitchell; Salem East Cemetery. A memorial has been established for his church.

Events

Birth15 Mar 1893Jackson, Henry Co., Iowa
Marriage25 Sep 1917Henry Co., Iowa - Winnifred Laura Dilts
Death29 Aug 1985Mount Pleasant, Henry Co., Iowa
BurialSalem East Cemetery, Salem, Henry Co., Iowa

Families

SpouseWinnifred Laura Dilts (1892 - 1967)
ChildFrank Becker ( - )

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Iowa Births and Christenings Index 1857-1947 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

2. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

3. Find A Grave.

4. Obituary of Elijah J. Becker, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Thursday, August 29, 1985, Page 18, Col. 2.

5. Iowa County Marriages 1838-1934.

6. Obituary of Elijah J. Becker, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Thursday, August 29, 1985, Page 18, Col. 2.

7. Find A Grave.

8. Obituary of Elijah J. Becker, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Thursday, August 29, 1985, Page 18, Col. 2.

9. Find A Grave.

10. Obituary of Elijah J. Becker, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Thursday, August 29, 1985, Page 18, Col. 2.