Becker, Esther Wiebe (1920-1996)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 15 Aug 1996 p. 7

Birth date: 1920 Oct 13, Kansas
Date of Death: 1996 July 26, Oregon

text of obituary:

Former Missionary Nurse Dies in Oregon

Albany, Ore. (GCMC) – Esther Wiebe Becker, 75, a missionary nurse in India from 1951 to 1964, died July 26 at the Mennonite Home.

She was born Oct. 13, 1920, to Henry B. and Katie Enz Wiebe. She married Henry D. Becker in 1964. He survives.

She was a member of First Mennonite Church of Aberdeen, Idaho. She was a graduate of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Bethel Deaconess School of Nursing in Newton, Kan., and Bethel College in North Newton, Kan. In India she served with the Commission on Overseas Mission of the General Conference Mennonite Church. She also worked in the Mennonite Homes in Albany and McMinnville, Ore.

The Mennonite obituary: 1996 Sep 10 p. 19

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MLA Personal Photos Collection

Biographical note:
Aberdeen, Idaho
Daughter of Henry B. and Katie (Enz) Wiebe
Married Henry D. Becker 1964 December 27 (wife 2)
Missionary nurse -- Chama?, India 1951-64
Director of Nursing -- Mennonite Home, Oregon
Lived in Brainerd, Kansas, until age 10

Bethel alumni note:
Bethel Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing 1948
Bethel College BS 1958

Photo holdings:
See Esther Catherine Wiebe (1920-1996) for individual photos

Sources:
Alumni card
Grandma Online profile 264923
Find A Grave 30718376
Wiebe, When Our Lamps Were Lit, p. 161