Obituary: Ozaukee County, Wisconsin: Theo. BECKER ************************************************************************ Submitted by Mary Saggio, September 2007 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ The Cedarburg News July 8, 1885 FREDONIA, WIS., JULY 6, 1885 Two old settlers left us last week. Theo. BECKER died on Monday at the age of 65. He had been in the county some 40 years. Was buried Wednesday at Holy Cross. Sunday morning the body of James PARKS was found in the river. Mr. PARKS had been blind, and a sufferer with an incurable, painful disease, for a number of years. He had frequently expressed suicidal sentiments and could hardly be blamed for taking his own life. On the night of the 4th, he was seemingly in the best of spirits, and insisted upon everybody in the house going to the dance. He was not missed until 7 o'clock Sunday morning when search resulted as above mentioned. A jury summoned by Justice CIGRAND gave a verdict of suicide. Mr. PARKS was one of the first settlers of our town, and a well informed man who attended strictly to his own business.