1. | BECKEN, Charles Friedrich Gustav was born on 6 Sep 1887 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY (son of BECKEN, August and BEHM, Fredericke); died on 26 Jul 1969 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY. Notes:
Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 7/28/1969
BECKEN - Charles of 2585 Upper
Mountain Road, Sanborn, in
Mount St. Mary's Hospital, July
26, 1969. Husband of Alma. Father
of Ervin L., Sanborn; Harold
C. of Cambria; Chester B.,
Lockport; Carl of Lewiston;
Mrs. Jacob (Violet) Steingasser
Wheatfield; Mrs. Lawrence
(Jean) Walck, Cambria. Also
survived by 20 grandchildren
and 19 great - grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Escarpment
Lutheran Church,
Lewiston, with Rev. Ronald L.
Bergen officiating. Interment in
White Chapel Memorial Park.
Friends may call at the Pike
and Jones Funeral Home Inc.,
5893 Hoover Road, Sanborn.
The family will be present from
2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Memorials may
be made to the Escarpment
Lutheran Church.
Charles married KRUEGER, Alma A on 24 Nov 1910 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Alma (daughter of KRUEGER, Friedrich Wilhelm and HERMAN, Helena) was born in Feb 1889 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY; died on 19 Jul 1976 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Notes:
North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 11/29/1960
MARRIED 50 YEARS: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Becken of Sanborn,
above, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary
Saturday at a reception and dinner in the Sanborn firehall.
All their wedding attendants wore present. Except for a.
brief period, Mr. Becken has funned most of his married
life. For ten years he farmed the Carroll brothers farm in
Pekin and since 1931. when he purchased a 172 acre farm in
Upper Mountain Rd., has tilled his own land. Mr. and Mrs.
Recken's family consists of four sons and two daughters,
Ervin, Harold and Carl Becken, Pekin, Chester Becken,
Lockport, Mrs. Jacob Steingasser, S a n b o r n and Mrs.
Lawrence Walck, Pekin. They have 17 grandchildren and
nine great grandchildren. Attendants present for the anniversary
event were Mrs. Pauline Dirmyer, Mrs. Becken's
sister of Tonawanda: Mrs. Ruth Welch, Gasport and Mrs.
Louise Lee. Pekin: George Dirmyer; Edward Becken of
Niagara Falls and Charles Hermann of Cleveland.
Children:
- BECKEN, Erwin L was born on 11 Jan 1912 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died in Oct 1986 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY.
- BECKEN, Violet A was born on 18 Oct 1915 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 30 Nov 2005 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; was buried in White Chapel Memorial Park, Tonawanda, Erie County, NY.
- BECKEN, Harold Charles was born on 30 Oct 1917 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 26 Jun 1998 in Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY.
- BECKEN, Chester F was born on 28 Sep 1919 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Jan 2005 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY.
- BECKEN, Carl R was born on 10 Dec 1924 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY; died on 25 Sep 2013 in Sanborn, Niagara County, NY.
- BECKEN, Jean Ruth
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