Becker, Elma
Birth
Elma Becker was born December 2, 1895, the daughter of Lewis Henry Becker (3 MAR 1854 - 24 NOV 1920) and Mary Elizabeth (Libbie) Wood (14 OCT 1860 - 7 FEB 1955). Elma's sisters were:
- Alice Julia Becker (13 MAR 1891 - 7 MAR 1954)
- Anna Laura Becker (27 JUN 1893 - 20 APR 1958)
Lewis also married Sarah E. Barton (1854 - 12 NOV 1888). Their children were:
- Myrtle Becker (5 JAN 1877 - 4 APR 1898)
- Iva Becker (25 JUN 1879 - 19 DEC 1959)
- Roy Peter Becker (16 JUL 1883 - 18 APR 1884)
- Minton Washington Becker (18 JUN 1885 - 18 SEP 1955)
- Omer J. Becker (25 AUG 1887 - 5 JAN 1966 )
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Marriage & Children
Elma Becker married on 24 OCT 1940 at Altamont Lutheran Parsonage, Altamont, Albany, NY Morris Chesebro (23 AUG 1888 - 17 DEC 1956).
Death
Mrs. Elma Becker Chesebro died Friday, Feb. 14, at the home of her brother, Omer J. Becker.
Obituary
Mrs. Elma B. Chesebro
Mrs. Elma Becker Chesebro died Friday, Feb. 14, at the home of her brother, Omer J. Becker.
Born Dec. 2, 1895, the daughter of the late Lewis Becker and Elizabeth Wood, she spent greater part of her life in Berne. In 1940 she married Morris Chesebro and lived in Albany until the recent death of her husband. She and Mrs. Chesebro were both former members of St. Paul's Lutheran church in Berne until they moved to Albany when they affiliated with the First Reformed church of Albany.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Avery Jansen of Berne and Mrs. Iva Filkins; one brother, Omer J. Becker; two step-sons, Jack Chesebro of Virginia and Maxwell Chesebro of Albany, and several nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were held from the Brunk Funeral Home on Tuesday with Rev. Russell Greene officiating. Interment was in Memorial Gardens in Albany.
- Altamont Enterprise - February 21, 1958.
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