Ernest E Becraft
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Feb 1916 - IL 2
Christening:
Death: 29 Nov 1982 - Rochester, Fulton Co, IN 2
Burial: 3 Dec 1982 - Rochester IOOF Cemetery, Rochester, Fulton Co, IN 3
Cause of Death:
AFN :
Events
• Soc Sec Num, 311-28-6671
• Census, Federal, 1920 in Huntsville Township, Schuyler Co, IL
Frank L Becraft, age 65y; wife Alice, age 59y; son William H, age 32y; dau-in-law Gertrude, age 26y; grandson Earnest, age 3y11m.• Census, 1930 Census, 1930 in Huntsville, Schuyler Co, IL
William Becraft, age 42, born IL; wife Gertrude age 36, born IL; son Ernest age 14, born IL; son Glen age 10, born IL.• Obituary, The Rochester Sentinel, 30 Nov 1982
Ernest E. Becraft
Ernest E. BECRAFT, 66, of 518 W. Ninth St., died at 3:05 p.m. Monday in St. Joseph's Medical Center at South Bend, where he had been a patient for three weeks. He had been in failing health for two years.
He was born Feb. 8, 1916 in Schuyler County, Ill., to William and Gertrude DORSETT BECRAFT. He had lived here for 37 years, moving from Huntsville, Ill. He was married June 30, 1951 in Rocheter to Phyllis E. ANDERSON, who survives.
He was a retired elementary school teacher, having taught five years in Illinois, 17 years at Akron, and 10 years at Riddle School in Rochester. He was a graduate of Western University at Macomb, Ill., and of Ball State University at Muncie, Ind. He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, a past-member of the Rochester Classroom Teachers Association, and a member of the Fulton County Retired Teachers Association, the National Retired Teachers Association, the Indiana State Teachers Association, and the American Association of Retired Persons.
Surviving with the wife are a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Beverly) PAINTON, Monticello; a grandson, Jeffery Ray HOUSE, Houston, Texas; two brothers, Glen [BECRAFT], of Roseville, Ill., and Don [BECRAFT], of Macomb, Ill.; and the mother, Gertrude BECRAFT, also of Macomb. The father preceded in death.
Services will be in the Foster & Good Funeral Home at 11 a.m. Thursday with the Rev. Sam CARLTON officiating. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, and on Thursday from 9 a.m. until time of services. Memorials may be made to the Grace United Methodist Church or to charity.
Parents
Father: William Henry Becraft 4
Mother: Gertrude E Dorsett 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Lila Evelyn Hanning 5
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Beverly Sue Becraft 1
2. Phyllis "Tillie" E Anderson
Notes
Burial Notes:
Plot: Section 17, Row 3
Sources
1. Michael J Kelly, Kelly Family Tree (rootsweb.com).
2. U.S. Government, Social Security Death Index.
3. Findagrave.com.
4. Michael J Kelly, Kelly Family Tree (rootsweb.com). .... Birth Records, BK2, 1885-1903, page 22-28, "Henry."
5. Michael J Kelly, Kelly Family Tree (rootsweb.com). .... sriddle@lnx.net, "Evelyn."