Logan County IL Archives Obituaries.....Becker, George 1937
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Lincoln Evening Courier, Lincoln IL
Obituary of George Becker
transcription by William L. Stephenson, Jr. – Historian, Bock Family 
Association

Lincoln Evening Courier, Lincoln, Illinois
January 6, 1937

George Becker, 69, was found dead in his home in San Jose at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday 
by his step-daughter, Miss Bernice Beard who returned at that hour after 
spending the day with neighbors.

The body was found on the floor of the basement near the furnace and a verdict 
of death by heart attack was found at an inquest conducted by Coroner E. H. 
Neiderer of Mason county.

Mr. Becker, a retired farmer, was twice married.  He first married Mary Rapp 
and to this union was born seven children, her death occurred in 1926.  He 
married Mrs. Hattie Beard the following year and she died suddenly Feb. 16, 
1931.

Survivors include one daughter, Miss Emily, Chicago; four sons, Everett, San 
Jose; George, New Holland; and Russell and Palmer, Natrona; two brothers, two 
sisters, and six grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at the resident in San Jose at 1 p.m. 
Thursday and at the San Jose M.E. church at 1:30 o’clock.  Rev. Paul Nestler 
will officiate and burial will be in Green Hill cemetery.

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