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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2010 Feb 15 p. 9 | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2010 Feb 15 p. 9 | ||
Birth date: 1907 | Birth date: 1907 May 27, Ohio<br /> | ||
Date of Death: 2010 January 9, Arizona | |||
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<center><h3>N.GLADYNE BECKER</h3></center> | |||
Nancy Gladyne Becker, 102, of Glendale, Ariz., died Jan. 9, 2010, after suffering a stroke. She was born May 27, 1907, to Abraham and Elizabeth Baumgartner near Bluffton, Ohio. | |||
Her family moved to Aberdeen, Idaho, in October 1907, the same year the Mennonite church there began. They moved back to Ohio soon after that. Her mother died in 1916, so the children went to Upland, Calif., for three years to be cared for by her father’s sister. After he remarried in 1919, the family moved back to Idaho. | |||
She attended junior college in California. An uncle offered to pay her college expenses if she attended Bethel College in North Newton, Kan., which she did. There she met Dietrich Becker, and they were married on May 25, 1930. | |||
They moved to Wellington, Kan., in 1942, where Dietrich opened an optometry practice. That year they adopted two daughters, Lee and Velma. Upon retirement, they moved to Phoenix in 1973 and later to Glencroft Retirement Center. She became an avid quilter and was active in Glencroft’s annual quilt auction. She was a member of First Mennonite Church of Phoenix. | |||
Survivors include a daughter, Velma Becker Frank and her husband, Neil; a son-in-law, Jim Saner; a niece, Nancy Baumgartner and her husband, Chester, of West Liberty, Ohio; 11 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. | |||
Memorial services were held at Skinner Memorial Chapel at Glencroft in Glendale. | |||
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'''MLA Personal Photos Collection''' | |||
'''Biographical note:''' <br /> | |||
Upland, California<br /> | |||
Daughter of Abe and Elizabeth (Habegger) Baumgartner (wife 1)<br /> | |||
Married Dietrich Dale Becker 1930 May 25<br /> | |||
Teacher -- Webster, Kansas; Aberdeen, Idaho | |||
'''Bethel alumni note:''' <br /> | |||
Bethel College BA 1928 | |||
'''Photo holdings:''' <br /> | |||
Individual -- 1928, Newton, Kansas, 1928 BC ''Graymaroon'', p. 26 | |||
'''Sources:''' <br /> | |||
Alumni card<br /> | |||
Father's oibt -- MWR 1956 November 8, p. 8<br /> | |||
Grandma Online 1221353 | |||
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[[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] | [[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:03, 4 December 2018
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2010 Feb 15 p. 9
Birth date: 1907 May 27, Ohio
Date of Death: 2010 January 9, Arizona
text of obituary:
N.GLADYNE BECKER
Nancy Gladyne Becker, 102, of Glendale, Ariz., died Jan. 9, 2010, after suffering a stroke. She was born May 27, 1907, to Abraham and Elizabeth Baumgartner near Bluffton, Ohio.
Her family moved to Aberdeen, Idaho, in October 1907, the same year the Mennonite church there began. They moved back to Ohio soon after that. Her mother died in 1916, so the children went to Upland, Calif., for three years to be cared for by her father’s sister. After he remarried in 1919, the family moved back to Idaho.
She attended junior college in California. An uncle offered to pay her college expenses if she attended Bethel College in North Newton, Kan., which she did. There she met Dietrich Becker, and they were married on May 25, 1930.
They moved to Wellington, Kan., in 1942, where Dietrich opened an optometry practice. That year they adopted two daughters, Lee and Velma. Upon retirement, they moved to Phoenix in 1973 and later to Glencroft Retirement Center. She became an avid quilter and was active in Glencroft’s annual quilt auction. She was a member of First Mennonite Church of Phoenix.
Survivors include a daughter, Velma Becker Frank and her husband, Neil; a son-in-law, Jim Saner; a niece, Nancy Baumgartner and her husband, Chester, of West Liberty, Ohio; 11 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Memorial services were held at Skinner Memorial Chapel at Glencroft in Glendale.
MLA Personal Photos Collection
Biographical note:
Upland, California
Daughter of Abe and Elizabeth (Habegger) Baumgartner (wife 1)
Married Dietrich Dale Becker 1930 May 25
Teacher -- Webster, Kansas; Aberdeen, Idaho
Bethel alumni note:
Bethel College BA 1928
Photo holdings:
Individual -- 1928, Newton, Kansas, 1928 BC Graymaroon, p. 26
Sources:
Alumni card
Father's oibt -- MWR 1956 November 8, p. 8
Grandma Online 1221353