VINCENT
C. BECKER
Funeral services for Vincent Becker, 93, of
Cherokee, formerly of Aurelia, will be 10:30 A.M. Friday, April 22,
2005, at the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia, with Pastor Jack
Weida officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery,
Aurelia. Visitation will be Thursday from 2:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., with
the family being present from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M., at the Redig Funeral
Home in Aurelia.
Vincent died Tuesday, April 19,
2005, at the Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital in Cherokee, Iowa.
Vincent Clifford Becker was born
November 14, 1911, the son of Frank and Jessie (McQuin) Becker at
Aurelia, Iowa. Vincent graduated from the Aurelia High School in 1930.
On May 24, 1938, Vincent married Ann M. Nordstrom at her parent’s home
south of Aurelia. Vincent farmed in Ida and Cherokee County, and then he
purchased a farm in Buena Vista County in 1950 which he farmed until
moving to Aurelia in 1973 retiring from farming in 1978. Vincent and
Ann moved into the Beck in Cherokee in July of 1999. Vincent was a
member of the First United Methodist Church in Aurelia, and the Aurelia
Kiwanis. He enjoyed fishing, bowling, traveling, and playing golf and
shooting pool.
Preceding Vincent in death were
his parents, his wife Ann on May 9, 2002, son-in-law, Leonard Morlan,
two brothers, Lawrence and Ronald Becker, and two sisters, Mabel
Peterson and Berniece Johnson.
Survivors include his daughter,
Theo (Becky) Morlan of Lohrville, IA, five step-grandchildren, Joe, and
his wife JoAnn Morlan of Glidden, IA, Wanda and her husband Mike Johnson
of Winterset, IA, Jerry and his wife Peggy Morlan of Pomeroy, IA, Ilene
and her husband Tom Young of Olathe, KA, and Pattie and her husband
Travis Turner of Omaha, NE, nine step-great-grandchildren, three
step-great-great grandchildren, sister-in-law, Lois Becker of Cherokee,
brother-in-law Vernon Peterson of
Cherokee, and other
relatives and friends.
