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1 CONC Vernon News, May 31, 1965
1 CONT p.2 - Funeral for Long-Time Armstrong Resident Held
1 CONT Funeral service was held Wednesday for Francis (Frank) Jones Becker who di
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1 CONT in Armstrong Hospital May 23.  Born in Deseronto, Ont., in 1895, Frank
1 CONT Becker came to Armstrong as a lad with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs.
1 CONT Charles J. Becker.  He was one of the students who attended the first
1 CONT schools in Armstrong.
1 CONT Mr. Becker St. came here as head miller for the Armstrong Flour Mill which
1 CONT in the 1890s was situated where BuckerfieldÂ’s now stands.  In 1908, Frank
1 CONT Becker married Miss Lillian Mae Clinton, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
1 CONT Thomas Clinton, Sr. early pioneers of the Larkin district.  Mr. Becker was
1 CONT an active of Spallumcheen Lodge 13 AF & AM for over 50 years.  He, like hi
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1 CONT father, was appointed District Deputy Grand Master of District 9, Grand
1 CONT Lodge of British Columbia.  Charles Becker, Frank Becker and the latterÂ’s
1 CONT son the late Thomas C. Becker, all served as Master of the local Masonic
1 CONT Lodge.
1 CONT Mrs. Becker predeceased her husband in 1950; his son Tom in May of last
1 CONT year.  His only brother, J. Becker, died some years ago.  surviving are fo
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1 CONT daughter: Farnces, Mrs. H. Avis, Calgary; Mrs. Helen Skermer, Calgary;
1 CONT Geneevieve, Mrs. J. Culling, Calgary; Shirley, Mrs. Art Danallanko,
1 CONT Armstrong; eleven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; a sister Mr
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1 CONT P. Etter in Vernon.  Rev. J. R. Hague conducted the funeral service from S
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1 CONT JamesÂ’ Anglican Church.  Pallbearers were J. Culling, Calgary, Arthur
1 CONT Danallanko, Robert Dodds, G. Sidney, K. Watt, B.W. Fletcher.
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