BECKEN, Charles Friedrich Gustav

1887 - 1969  (81 years)

• Name	BECKEN, Charles Friedrich Gustav
  Birth	6 Sep 1887	Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Jul 1969	Sanborn, Niagara County, NY
  Person ID	I58186	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	BECKEN, August,   b. Apr 1851, Prussia d. 24 Apr 1927, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	BEHM, Fredericke,   b. Mar 1856, Prussia d. 5 Jul 1942, Buffalo, Erie County, NY (Age ~ 86 years)
  Marriage	1876	Prussia
  Family ID	F16239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	KRUEGER, Alma A,   b. Feb 1889, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY d. 19 Jul 1976, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY (Age ~ 87 years)
  Marriage	24 Nov 1910	North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY
  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	1. BECKEN, Erwin L,   b. 11 Jan 1912, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY d. Oct 1986, Sanborn, Niagara County, NY (Age 74 years)   2. BECKEN, Violet A,   b. 18 Oct 1915, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY d. 30 Nov 2005, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY (Age 90 years)   3. BECKEN, Harold Charles,   b. 30 Oct 1917, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY d. 26 Jun 1998, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY (Age 80 years)   4. BECKEN, Chester F,   b. 28 Sep 1919, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY d. 22 Jan 2005, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Age 85 years)   5. BECKEN, Carl R,   b. 10 Dec 1924, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY d. 25 Sep 2013, Sanborn, Niagara County, NY (Age 88 years)   6. BECKEN, Jean Ruth
  Family ID	F13967	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• 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.