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- The Buffalo News - July 27, 1998
Harold C. Becken, 80, of Upper Mountain Road died Sunday (July 26, 1998) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, after a short illness.
Becken, a lifelong Cambria resident, worked briefly at the former Wurlitzer Co. in North Tonawanda and then became a truck driver for the state Department of Transportation, working mostly out of its Lockport garage. He retired in 1980.
Becken also operated a fruit farm on Upper Mountain Road and a fruit stand at the Clinton-Bailey Market in Buffalo. He was a member of the Niagara County Farm Bureau.
Becken was a longtime member of St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Pekin.
His wife, the former Lillian Scheffler, died in 1966.
Survivors include a dear friend, Lillian Strothmann; two brothers, Chester of Lockport and Carl of Lewiston; and two sisters, Violet Steingasser of Wheatfield and Jean Walck.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 3229 Upper Mountain Road, Pekin. Burial will be in White Chapel.
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- Niagara Gazette - 9/3/1938
CAMBRIA, Sept. 3—The marriage
of Harriett Elizabeth, daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Brick,
Cambria Center, to Harold Charles
Becken, son of Mr. and Mrs. Char-
les Becken, of Pekin, was solemniz-
ed Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock
in the Cambria Center Congrega-
tional church, the Rev. John
Vassar, of Niagara Falls, officiating.
The bride, given in marriage
her father, was attractive in a
white satin .gown with long sleeves
puffed at the shoulder and an oval
shape neckline and blossoms cen-
tered with pearls. A lace cap with
a halo of pearls and orange blos-
soms, held a finger-tip veil. The
bride carried an arm bouquet of
white roses, sweet peas, gysphilia
and baby's breath, tied with white
satin ribbons.
The maid of honor, Miss Beth
Donaldson, cousin of the bride, wore
a dusty rose taffeta gown with
short puffed sleeves and crystal
centered buttons the length of the
gown in front, and a full skirt Her
headdress was of silver, with cry-
tal stones. A Juliet cap and
slippers finished her costume.
Pink talisman roses with fern
gypsonlla and sweet peas made
lovely arm bouquet which was tied
with a silver ribbon.
The Bridesmaid, Mrs. Pearl De-
myer, wore a gown of medium
mousseline de sol, with short puffed
sleeves, a high neckline with silver
buttons from the collar to the
waistline and a full skirt. She wore
a Juliet cap and silver slipper. Her
bouquet consisted of yellow roses
with sweet peas, ferns and gypsonilla.
The bridegroom, the best man,
Glenn Brick, Groomsman Kenneth
Dlrmyer and Ushers Chester Becken
and Arthur Brick. Jr., wore
suits with dark ties and white rose
boutonnlers.
Immediately following the cere-
mony the immediate families, the
Rev. and Mrs. Vassar and the bridal
party left for Rldgewood where the
wedding- dinner was served at
Maplebrook Manor. The bride's gift
to her attendants consisted of com-
pacts and linen handkerchiefs. The
groom's gifts to his attendants were
gold tie clasps.
Mr. and Mrs. Becken left for a
trip to the Adirondack rnountains.
Upon their return.they will be at
home in Cambria Center
ALSO
Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 2/15/1945
An interlocutory decree of divorce
granted to Harriet B. Beckon, RO
2. Lockport, from Harold C. Becken,
RD 1, Sanborn, by Supreme Court
Referee Thomas A. Noonan, Buffalo,
has been filed in the County Clerk's
Office.
They were married Aug. 28, 1828,
at Cambria Center. The plaintiff
was granted permission to assume
her maiden name, Harriet Elizabeth
Brick.
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