RICE COUNTY JOURNAL 10/APR/1912:
MANY FRIENDS IN THIS CITY WERE STARTLED MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, TO LEARN THAT J. P. BECKER WAS DEAD. HE HAD BEEN IN TOWN SATURDAY, APPARENTLY IN THE BEST OF HEALTH, AND THE NEWS CAME AS A GREAT SHOCK TO HIS FRIENDS. MR. BECKER AWOKE AT 5:30, THE USUAL TIME, AND CALLING MRS. BECKER, SAID THAT IT WAS TIME TO GET UP. SHORTLY AFTERWARD MRS. BECKER NOTED THE HEAVY BREATHING OF HER HUSBAND, AND BEFORE HELP COULD BE SUMMONED HE WAS DEAD. MR. BECKER WAS BORN IN SCHLERT, GERMANY IN 1866 TO BERNARD AND MARGARET EPPERS BECKER. IN 1869 HE CAME TO MINNESOTA AND THE FAMILY SETTLED AT BRIDGEWATER, AND MR. BECKER HAD MADE THAT TOWN HIS HOME EVER SINCE. HE MARRIED MARY WETZLER, FEB. 6, 1874, OF DEERFIELD, AND NINE CHILDREN WERE BORN TO THE UNION. HE ENGAGED IN FARMING AND RAISING OF BLOODED STOCK. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MRS. J. P. BECKER, THE DAUGHTERS, MRS. JOHN FRANTZ, OF HUMBOLT, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA; MRS. MATT THOMAS, OF FOREST; MRS. M. MARTIN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND MAGGIE BECKER, WHO RESIDES AT HOME; THE SONS, ANDREW BECKER, OF THIS CITY; GEORGE AND JOHN, OF BRIDGEWATER, AND MICHAEL, ALSO OF BRIDGEWATER. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY MORNING AT 10 A. M. FROM THE CHURCH OF ST. LAWRENCE. REV. FATHER KIEBOON WILL OFFICIATE, AND THE BURIAL WILL BE IN ST. LAWRENCE CEMETERY.
FARIBAULT REPUBLICAN 10/APR/1912:
J. P. BECKER, OF THE TOWN OF BRIDGEWATER, DIED SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN THAT TOWNSHIP MONDAY, APRIL 8, MORNING ABOUT 5:30. MR. BECKER HAD BEEN IN HIS USUAL GOOD HEALTH THE PREVIOUS EVENING, AND WHEN HE AWOKE MONDAY MORNING HE REMARKED TO HIS WIFE, WHO WAS ALREADY UP, THAT IT WAS ABOUT TIME FOR HIM TO GET UP. THESE WERE THE LAST WORDS HE SPOKE. HIS WIFE SUDDENLY NOTICED IS HEAVY BREATHING, AND CALLED THE BOYS, WHO WERE IN ANOTHER ROOM. WHEN THEY CAME IN HE WAS DEAD. HEART FAILURE WAS THE CAUSE OF HIS SUDDEN DEATH. J. P. BECKER WAS BORN, TO BERNARD AND MARGARET EPPERS BECKER, IN GERMANY SIXTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. HE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY AND SETTLED IN WISCONSIN IN 1866. IN 1869 HE CAME TO THIS COUNTY AND SETTLED IN BRIDGEWATER, WHERE HE HAD SINCE LIVED. HE MARRIED MARY WETZLER, OF DEERFIELD, THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO, WHO SURVIVES HIM. THE CHILDREN LIVING ARE MRS. JOHN FRANTZ, OF HUMBOLT, SASKATCHEWAN, CAN; MRS. MAT. THOMAS, FOREST; MRS. M. MARTIN, MINNEAPOLIS; MICHAEL, OF BRIDGEWATER; ANDREW, OF THIS CITY; GEORGE, JOHN AND MAGGIE, AT THE HOME IN BRIDGEWATER. MR. BECKER WAS A LONG-TIME MEMBER OF THE GERMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY AT 10 O'CLOCK FROM THE ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH.
MANY FRIENDS IN THIS CITY WERE STARTLED MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, TO LEARN THAT J. P. BECKER WAS DEAD. HE HAD BEEN IN TOWN SATURDAY, APPARENTLY IN THE BEST OF HEALTH, AND THE NEWS CAME AS A GREAT SHOCK TO HIS FRIENDS. MR. BECKER AWOKE AT 5:30, THE USUAL TIME, AND CALLING MRS. BECKER, SAID THAT IT WAS TIME TO GET UP. SHORTLY AFTERWARD MRS. BECKER NOTED THE HEAVY BREATHING OF HER HUSBAND, AND BEFORE HELP COULD BE SUMMONED HE WAS DEAD. MR. BECKER WAS BORN IN SCHLERT, GERMANY IN 1866 TO BERNARD AND MARGARET EPPERS BECKER. IN 1869 HE CAME TO MINNESOTA AND THE FAMILY SETTLED AT BRIDGEWATER, AND MR. BECKER HAD MADE THAT TOWN HIS HOME EVER SINCE. HE MARRIED MARY WETZLER, FEB. 6, 1874, OF DEERFIELD, AND NINE CHILDREN WERE BORN TO THE UNION. HE ENGAGED IN FARMING AND RAISING OF BLOODED STOCK. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MRS. J. P. BECKER, THE DAUGHTERS, MRS. JOHN FRANTZ, OF HUMBOLT, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA; MRS. MATT THOMAS, OF FOREST; MRS. M. MARTIN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND MAGGIE BECKER, WHO RESIDES AT HOME; THE SONS, ANDREW BECKER, OF THIS CITY; GEORGE AND JOHN, OF BRIDGEWATER, AND MICHAEL, ALSO OF BRIDGEWATER. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY MORNING AT 10 A. M. FROM THE CHURCH OF ST. LAWRENCE. REV. FATHER KIEBOON WILL OFFICIATE, AND THE BURIAL WILL BE IN ST. LAWRENCE CEMETERY.
FARIBAULT REPUBLICAN 10/APR/1912:
J. P. BECKER, OF THE TOWN OF BRIDGEWATER, DIED SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN THAT TOWNSHIP MONDAY, APRIL 8, MORNING ABOUT 5:30. MR. BECKER HAD BEEN IN HIS USUAL GOOD HEALTH THE PREVIOUS EVENING, AND WHEN HE AWOKE MONDAY MORNING HE REMARKED TO HIS WIFE, WHO WAS ALREADY UP, THAT IT WAS ABOUT TIME FOR HIM TO GET UP. THESE WERE THE LAST WORDS HE SPOKE. HIS WIFE SUDDENLY NOTICED IS HEAVY BREATHING, AND CALLED THE BOYS, WHO WERE IN ANOTHER ROOM. WHEN THEY CAME IN HE WAS DEAD. HEART FAILURE WAS THE CAUSE OF HIS SUDDEN DEATH. J. P. BECKER WAS BORN, TO BERNARD AND MARGARET EPPERS BECKER, IN GERMANY SIXTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. HE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY AND SETTLED IN WISCONSIN IN 1866. IN 1869 HE CAME TO THIS COUNTY AND SETTLED IN BRIDGEWATER, WHERE HE HAD SINCE LIVED. HE MARRIED MARY WETZLER, OF DEERFIELD, THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO, WHO SURVIVES HIM. THE CHILDREN LIVING ARE MRS. JOHN FRANTZ, OF HUMBOLT, SASKATCHEWAN, CAN; MRS. MAT. THOMAS, FOREST; MRS. M. MARTIN, MINNEAPOLIS; MICHAEL, OF BRIDGEWATER; ANDREW, OF THIS CITY; GEORGE, JOHN AND MAGGIE, AT THE HOME IN BRIDGEWATER. MR. BECKER WAS A LONG-TIME MEMBER OF THE GERMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY AT 10 O'CLOCK FROM THE ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH.
RICE COUNTY JOURNAL 10/APR/1912:
MANY FRIENDS IN THIS CITY WERE STARTLED MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, TO LEARN THAT J. P. BECKER WAS DEAD. HE HAD BEEN IN TOWN SATURDAY, APPARENTLY IN THE BEST OF HEALTH, AND THE NEWS CAME AS A GREAT SHOCK TO HIS FRIENDS. MR. BECKER AWOKE AT 5:30, THE USUAL TIME, AND CALLING MRS. BECKER, SAID THAT IT WAS TIME TO GET UP. SHORTLY AFTERWARD MRS. BECKER NOTED THE HEAVY BREATHING OF HER HUSBAND, AND BEFORE HELP COULD BE SUMMONED HE WAS DEAD. MR. BECKER WAS BORN IN SCHLERT, GERMANY IN 1866 TO BERNARD AND MARGARET EPPERS BECKER. IN 1869 HE CAME TO MINNESOTA AND THE FAMILY SETTLED AT BRIDGEWATER, AND MR. BECKER HAD MADE THAT TOWN HIS HOME EVER SINCE. HE MARRIED MARY WETZLER, FEB. 6, 1874, OF DEERFIELD, AND NINE CHILDREN WERE BORN TO THE UNION. HE ENGAGED IN FARMING AND RAISING OF BLOODED STOCK. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MRS. J. P. BECKER, THE DAUGHTERS, MRS. JOHN FRANTZ, OF HUMBOLT, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA; MRS. MATT THOMAS, OF FOREST; MRS. M. MARTIN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND MAGGIE BECKER, WHO RESIDES AT HOME; THE SONS, ANDREW BECKER, OF THIS CITY; GEORGE AND JOHN, OF BRIDGEWATER, AND MICHAEL, ALSO OF BRIDGEWATER. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY MORNING AT 10 A. M. FROM THE CHURCH OF ST. LAWRENCE. REV. FATHER KIEBOON WILL OFFICIATE, AND THE BURIAL WILL BE IN ST. LAWRENCE CEMETERY.
FARIBAULT REPUBLICAN 10/APR/1912:
J. P. BECKER, OF THE TOWN OF BRIDGEWATER, DIED SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN THAT TOWNSHIP MONDAY, APRIL 8, MORNING ABOUT 5:30. MR. BECKER HAD BEEN IN HIS USUAL GOOD HEALTH THE PREVIOUS EVENING, AND WHEN HE AWOKE MONDAY MORNING HE REMARKED TO HIS WIFE, WHO WAS ALREADY UP, THAT IT WAS ABOUT TIME FOR HIM TO GET UP. THESE WERE THE LAST WORDS HE SPOKE. HIS WIFE SUDDENLY NOTICED IS HEAVY BREATHING, AND CALLED THE BOYS, WHO WERE IN ANOTHER ROOM. WHEN THEY CAME IN HE WAS DEAD. HEART FAILURE WAS THE CAUSE OF HIS SUDDEN DEATH. J. P. BECKER WAS BORN, TO BERNARD AND MARGARET EPPERS BECKER, IN GERMANY SIXTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. HE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY AND SETTLED IN WISCONSIN IN 1866. IN 1869 HE CAME TO THIS COUNTY AND SETTLED IN BRIDGEWATER, WHERE HE HAD SINCE LIVED. HE MARRIED MARY WETZLER, OF DEERFIELD, THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO, WHO SURVIVES HIM. THE CHILDREN LIVING ARE MRS. JOHN FRANTZ, OF HUMBOLT, SASKATCHEWAN, CAN; MRS. MAT. THOMAS, FOREST; MRS. M. MARTIN, MINNEAPOLIS; MICHAEL, OF BRIDGEWATER; ANDREW, OF THIS CITY; GEORGE, JOHN AND MAGGIE, AT THE HOME IN BRIDGEWATER. MR. BECKER WAS A LONG-TIME MEMBER OF THE GERMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY AT 10 O'CLOCK FROM THE ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH.
MANY FRIENDS IN THIS CITY WERE STARTLED MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, TO LEARN THAT J. P. BECKER WAS DEAD. HE HAD BEEN IN TOWN SATURDAY, APPARENTLY IN THE BEST OF HEALTH, AND THE NEWS CAME AS A GREAT SHOCK TO HIS FRIENDS. MR. BECKER AWOKE AT 5:30, THE USUAL TIME, AND CALLING MRS. BECKER, SAID THAT IT WAS TIME TO GET UP. SHORTLY AFTERWARD MRS. BECKER NOTED THE HEAVY BREATHING OF HER HUSBAND, AND BEFORE HELP COULD BE SUMMONED HE WAS DEAD. MR. BECKER WAS BORN IN SCHLERT, GERMANY IN 1866 TO BERNARD AND MARGARET EPPERS BECKER. IN 1869 HE CAME TO MINNESOTA AND THE FAMILY SETTLED AT BRIDGEWATER, AND MR. BECKER HAD MADE THAT TOWN HIS HOME EVER SINCE. HE MARRIED MARY WETZLER, FEB. 6, 1874, OF DEERFIELD, AND NINE CHILDREN WERE BORN TO THE UNION. HE ENGAGED IN FARMING AND RAISING OF BLOODED STOCK. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MRS. J. P. BECKER, THE DAUGHTERS, MRS. JOHN FRANTZ, OF HUMBOLT, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA; MRS. MATT THOMAS, OF FOREST; MRS. M. MARTIN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND MAGGIE BECKER, WHO RESIDES AT HOME; THE SONS, ANDREW BECKER, OF THIS CITY; GEORGE AND JOHN, OF BRIDGEWATER, AND MICHAEL, ALSO OF BRIDGEWATER. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY MORNING AT 10 A. M. FROM THE CHURCH OF ST. LAWRENCE. REV. FATHER KIEBOON WILL OFFICIATE, AND THE BURIAL WILL BE IN ST. LAWRENCE CEMETERY.
FARIBAULT REPUBLICAN 10/APR/1912:
J. P. BECKER, OF THE TOWN OF BRIDGEWATER, DIED SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN THAT TOWNSHIP MONDAY, APRIL 8, MORNING ABOUT 5:30. MR. BECKER HAD BEEN IN HIS USUAL GOOD HEALTH THE PREVIOUS EVENING, AND WHEN HE AWOKE MONDAY MORNING HE REMARKED TO HIS WIFE, WHO WAS ALREADY UP, THAT IT WAS ABOUT TIME FOR HIM TO GET UP. THESE WERE THE LAST WORDS HE SPOKE. HIS WIFE SUDDENLY NOTICED IS HEAVY BREATHING, AND CALLED THE BOYS, WHO WERE IN ANOTHER ROOM. WHEN THEY CAME IN HE WAS DEAD. HEART FAILURE WAS THE CAUSE OF HIS SUDDEN DEATH. J. P. BECKER WAS BORN, TO BERNARD AND MARGARET EPPERS BECKER, IN GERMANY SIXTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. HE CAME TO THIS COUNTRY AND SETTLED IN WISCONSIN IN 1866. IN 1869 HE CAME TO THIS COUNTY AND SETTLED IN BRIDGEWATER, WHERE HE HAD SINCE LIVED. HE MARRIED MARY WETZLER, OF DEERFIELD, THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO, WHO SURVIVES HIM. THE CHILDREN LIVING ARE MRS. JOHN FRANTZ, OF HUMBOLT, SASKATCHEWAN, CAN; MRS. MAT. THOMAS, FOREST; MRS. M. MARTIN, MINNEAPOLIS; MICHAEL, OF BRIDGEWATER; ANDREW, OF THIS CITY; GEORGE, JOHN AND MAGGIE, AT THE HOME IN BRIDGEWATER. MR. BECKER WAS A LONG-TIME MEMBER OF THE GERMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY AT 10 O'CLOCK FROM THE ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH.
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SP. MARY EVA WERTZLER PAR. BERNARD & MARGARET EPPERS BECKER. MAR. 06/FEB/1874. RCJ. 10/APR/1912. REP. 10/APR/1912
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