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Lois Geraldine Simmons Becker

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Birth	:	6 Apr 1912 Cherokee County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	23 Jun 2009 Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, Cherokee County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7496986, -95.5796967
Plot	:	Blk 2N, lot 68, grv 1
Description	:	2009 Jun 23 Cherokee IA OBITUARY Lois G. Becker, 97, of Cherokee, passed away Tuesday morning, June 23, 2009 at Countryside Estates in Cherokee. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 27th at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee. Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Cherokee. There will be a family prayer service at 10:15 a.m. at the church on Saturday. Visitation will be on Friday from 3 p.m. to 9 p.n. with the family present at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee. Lois was born on April... Read More	2009 Jun 23 Cherokee IA OBITUARY Lois G. Becker, 97, of Cherokee, passed away Tuesday morning, June 23, 2009 at Countryside Estates in Cherokee. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 27th at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Cherokee. Rev. Magrey deVega will officiate. Burial will be in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Cherokee. There will be a family prayer service at 10:15 a.m. at the church on Saturday. Visitation will be on Friday from 3 p.m. to 9 p.n. with the family present at the Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee. Lois was born on April 6, 1912 at the home of her parents, Walter W. and Jessie (Peters) Simmons in Pilot Township, Cherokee County. She attended country school, Pilot #6, through the eight grade, and graduated from Cherokee Wilson High School in 1929. She then taught country school for eight years. Lois married Ronald Becker on May 29, 1937 in Aurelia. She and her husband farmed near Aurelia for a few years, and then farmed her family's farm in Pilot Township for many years. They retired from the farm in 1979 and moved to Cherokee. Lois was a member of St. Paul's UMC, and was an active member of church circles and the Family Neighbor Club. She enjoyed crewel embroidery, baking apple pie and cinamon rolls, and was well known for her homemade noodles. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ronald on April 8, 2002; and her brothers, Beryl and Dale Simmons. She is survived by her four children- Karen Magnussen and her husband Dale of Larrabee, Jim Becker and his wife Bette of Naples, Fla., Russ Becker and his wife Angie of Cherokee Terry Becker and his wife Denise of Sun Prairie, Wisc., 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and one great-great granddaughter, one sister, Phyllis Torrey and her husband Bob of Cherokee, and several nieces and nephews.

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Lois Geraldine Simmons Becker's memorial is located at: Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, Cherokee County, USA.
When did Lois Geraldine Simmons Becker death?
Lois Geraldine Simmons Becker death on 23 Jun 2009 in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.7496986
Longitude: -95.5796967

Family Members:

Parent

Walter William Simmons

(1886 - 1978)

Jessie Frances Peters Simmons

(1887 - 1977)

Spouse

Ronald Edwin Becker

(1913 - 2002)

Siblings

Dale Simmons

(1916 - 1975)

Phyllis A Simmons Torrey

(1923 - 2012)

Beryl Dean Simmons

(1925 - 1998)

Children

Karen C. Becker Magnussen

(1938 - 2015)

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