Becker William John Faribault Daily News 03/Dec/1956 Funeral services were conducted Nov. 22 for William Becker, 46, of Bridgewater Township. Mr. Becker met with an accidental death from asphyxiation in a trailer while hunting with four other Rice County men near Lutsen on Nov. 17. The funeral service took place at St. Lawrence Catholic Church at 9 a.m. The Rev. F. L. Tschann officiated. Burial was in the St. Lawrence Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ralph Kotz, Harold Kotz, Jerome Kotz, Roman Kotz, Irvin Becker and Kenneth Becker. Relatives and friends who came from a distance to the funeral were from Ashton, Iowa, Seattle, Wash., Endeaver and Sinsinawa, Wis., St. Paul, Minneapolis, McGrath, Farmington, Northfield, Rochester, and New Prague. William Becker, the son of Nick and Barbara Strouth Becker, was born on Oct. 26, 1910, in Bridgewater Township. He attended St. Lawrence School and District 29. He lived all his life on the farm in Bridgewater Township. He was married to Janet Hatfield on Nov. 13, 1933, at the St. Lawrence Catholic Church. Mr. Becker, who had been a farmer all his life, served as clerk of District 29 for many years. He was a director of the Co-op Oil Company and had been a director of the Forest Creamery before it closed. He belonged to the St. Lawrence Church and the St. Lawrence Society. He is survived by his widow, Janet; three daughters and three sons: Patricia, 21, who is a nurse at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester; Gordon, 20, at home; Barbara, 18, who is in the convent at Sinsinawa, Wis., Connie, 16, Larry, 14, and James, 5, all at home. Also surviving are his father, Nick Becker of St. Paul; two brothers: Al Becker of Dundas and Math Becker of Faribault; and a sister, Mrs. Math Kotz of rural Faribault.
Becker William John Faribault Daily News 03/Dec/1956 Funeral services were conducted Nov. 22 for William Becker, 46, of Bridgewater Township. Mr. Becker met with an accidental death from asphyxiation in a trailer while hunting with four other Rice County men near Lutsen on Nov. 17. The funeral service took place at St. Lawrence Catholic Church at 9 a.m. The Rev. F. L. Tschann officiated. Burial was in the St. Lawrence Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ralph Kotz, Harold Kotz, Jerome Kotz, Roman Kotz, Irvin Becker and Kenneth Becker. Relatives and friends who came from a distance to the funeral were from Ashton, Iowa, Seattle, Wash., Endeaver and Sinsinawa, Wis., St. Paul, Minneapolis, McGrath, Farmington, Northfield, Rochester, and New Prague. William Becker, the son of Nick and Barbara Strouth Becker, was born on Oct. 26, 1910, in Bridgewater Township. He attended St. Lawrence School and District 29. He lived all his life on the farm in Bridgewater Township. He was married to Janet Hatfield on Nov. 13, 1933, at the St. Lawrence Catholic Church. Mr. Becker, who had been a farmer all his life, served as clerk of District 29 for many years. He was a director of the Co-op Oil Company and had been a director of the Forest Creamery before it closed. He belonged to the St. Lawrence Church and the St. Lawrence Society. He is survived by his widow, Janet; three daughters and three sons: Patricia, 21, who is a nurse at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester; Gordon, 20, at home; Barbara, 18, who is in the convent at Sinsinawa, Wis., Connie, 16, Larry, 14, and James, 5, all at home. Also surviving are his father, Nick Becker of St. Paul; two brothers: Al Becker of Dundas and Math Becker of Faribault; and a sister, Mrs. Math Kotz of rural Faribault.
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SP. JANET HATFIELD. PAR. NICKOLAS & BARBARA STROUTH BECKER. MAR. 13/NOV/1933. ASPHIXIATED IN CAMPER. FDN. 03/DEC/1956
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