Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Thursday, April 20, 1939
Sylvester J. BECKER, aged 30, former resident of Fulton, died at his home, 310 Ohio Street, South Bend, at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Death was due to Hodgkins disease and followed an illness of 18 months. The deceased was born in Fulton January 20, 1909 and lived in that city until ten years ago when he moved to South Bend. His parents were Charles and Edith BECKER. His father was associated with the McMAHAN brothers in the road construction business. He was killed in an auto accident near Plymouth just 18 years ago on the same date and at the same hour as his son's death occurred. In a ceremony which was performed November 2, 1926 he was married to Nellie SUTTON of Fulton. Mr. Becker had been employed in the Studebaker factory at South Bend and he was a member of the Baptist Church, at Fulton. Survivors are the widow; daughter, Shirley [BECKER], 11; and son, Charles [BECKER], aged 6; mother, Mrs. Edith BECKER, of Peru; two sisters, Mrs. Earl NICKELS, Beech Grove and Mrs. Gale MORRETT, Wabash; two brothers, Omer [BECKER] of South Bend, and Herschel [BECKER] of Indianapolis, and an uncle, Henry BECKER, of this city. Short funeral services will be held at the Becker home in South Bend at 12:30 p.m. Saturday after which the cortège will leave for Fulton where the last rites in charge of Rev. J. Franklin ARTHUR will be held in the Baptist Temple at 2:30 o'clock. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Fulton.
SOURCE:
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1939.htm
Sylvester J. BECKER, aged 30, former resident of Fulton, died at his home, 310 Ohio Street, South Bend, at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Death was due to Hodgkins disease and followed an illness of 18 months. The deceased was born in Fulton January 20, 1909 and lived in that city until ten years ago when he moved to South Bend. His parents were Charles and Edith BECKER. His father was associated with the McMAHAN brothers in the road construction business. He was killed in an auto accident near Plymouth just 18 years ago on the same date and at the same hour as his son's death occurred. In a ceremony which was performed November 2, 1926 he was married to Nellie SUTTON of Fulton. Mr. Becker had been employed in the Studebaker factory at South Bend and he was a member of the Baptist Church, at Fulton. Survivors are the widow; daughter, Shirley [BECKER], 11; and son, Charles [BECKER], aged 6; mother, Mrs. Edith BECKER, of Peru; two sisters, Mrs. Earl NICKELS, Beech Grove and Mrs. Gale MORRETT, Wabash; two brothers, Omer [BECKER] of South Bend, and Herschel [BECKER] of Indianapolis, and an uncle, Henry BECKER, of this city. Short funeral services will be held at the Becker home in South Bend at 12:30 p.m. Saturday after which the cortège will leave for Fulton where the last rites in charge of Rev. J. Franklin ARTHUR will be held in the Baptist Temple at 2:30 o'clock. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Fulton.
SOURCE:
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1939.htm
Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Thursday, April 20, 1939
Sylvester J. BECKER, aged 30, former resident of Fulton, died at his home, 310 Ohio Street, South Bend, at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Death was due to Hodgkins disease and followed an illness of 18 months. The deceased was born in Fulton January 20, 1909 and lived in that city until ten years ago when he moved to South Bend. His parents were Charles and Edith BECKER. His father was associated with the McMAHAN brothers in the road construction business. He was killed in an auto accident near Plymouth just 18 years ago on the same date and at the same hour as his son's death occurred. In a ceremony which was performed November 2, 1926 he was married to Nellie SUTTON of Fulton. Mr. Becker had been employed in the Studebaker factory at South Bend and he was a member of the Baptist Church, at Fulton. Survivors are the widow; daughter, Shirley [BECKER], 11; and son, Charles [BECKER], aged 6; mother, Mrs. Edith BECKER, of Peru; two sisters, Mrs. Earl NICKELS, Beech Grove and Mrs. Gale MORRETT, Wabash; two brothers, Omer [BECKER] of South Bend, and Herschel [BECKER] of Indianapolis, and an uncle, Henry BECKER, of this city. Short funeral services will be held at the Becker home in South Bend at 12:30 p.m. Saturday after which the cortège will leave for Fulton where the last rites in charge of Rev. J. Franklin ARTHUR will be held in the Baptist Temple at 2:30 o'clock. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Fulton.
SOURCE:
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1939.htm
Sylvester J. BECKER, aged 30, former resident of Fulton, died at his home, 310 Ohio Street, South Bend, at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Death was due to Hodgkins disease and followed an illness of 18 months. The deceased was born in Fulton January 20, 1909 and lived in that city until ten years ago when he moved to South Bend. His parents were Charles and Edith BECKER. His father was associated with the McMAHAN brothers in the road construction business. He was killed in an auto accident near Plymouth just 18 years ago on the same date and at the same hour as his son's death occurred. In a ceremony which was performed November 2, 1926 he was married to Nellie SUTTON of Fulton. Mr. Becker had been employed in the Studebaker factory at South Bend and he was a member of the Baptist Church, at Fulton. Survivors are the widow; daughter, Shirley [BECKER], 11; and son, Charles [BECKER], aged 6; mother, Mrs. Edith BECKER, of Peru; two sisters, Mrs. Earl NICKELS, Beech Grove and Mrs. Gale MORRETT, Wabash; two brothers, Omer [BECKER] of South Bend, and Herschel [BECKER] of Indianapolis, and an uncle, Henry BECKER, of this city. Short funeral services will be held at the Becker home in South Bend at 12:30 p.m. Saturday after which the cortège will leave for Fulton where the last rites in charge of Rev. J. Franklin ARTHUR will be held in the Baptist Temple at 2:30 o'clock. Burial will be made in the cemetery at Fulton.
SOURCE:
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1939.htm
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