Becker, Glenn Vernon (1918-2000)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 27 Apr 2000 p. 10

Birth date: 1918 February 26, Oklahoma
Date of Death: 2000 February 20, Oklahoma

Note in Grandma Online:

Mennonite Weekly Review 4-27-2000: Glenn Vernon Becker, 81, of Lawton, Okla., died recently. He was the son of Abraham J. and Magdalena Becker, pioneer Mennonite Brethren missionaries to the Comanche Indians at Post Oak , Mission near Indiahoma, Okla., and the grandson of Jacob P. Becker, a prominent founder of the Mennonite Brethren Church in Russia. Glenn's passing marks the end of an era since he was the last surviving member of the A.J. and Magdalena Becker family. Glenn was born Feb. 26, 1918, in Indiahoma. He received a B.A. degree in 1939 from Bethel College, North Newton, Kan. He taught school at Meno, Okla., and in 1940, together with his brother Peter, established the Becker Funeral Home in Lawton. He married Elizabeth Routh Kendall on June 5, 1942. She survives. Other survivors are a daughter, Janet Lambert; a son, Gary Becker; and two grandsons.

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Biographical note:
Indiahoma, Oklahoma
Son of Abraham J. and Magdalena (Hergert) Becker
Married Elizabeth Routh Kendall 1942 June 5
Teacher, Meno, Oklahoma; funeral home owner, Lawton, Oklahoma

Bethel alumni note:
Bethel College 1939

Photo holdings:
Individual -- 1938 BC Graymaroon p. 49

Sources:
Alumni card, Alumni Directory
Grandma Online profile 3225
Find A Grave 76677426