Husband Ernest E Becraft [3667] 1
Born: 8 Feb 1916 - Huntsville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States 2 3
Christened:
Died: 29 Nov 1982 - Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States 2
Buried: - Rochester IOOF Cemetery, Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States 3 4
FamilySearch ID: 9F93-T36
Find A Grave ID: 45547556
Father: William Henry Becraft [3661] (1887-1970) 1 5
Mother: Gertrude E Dorsett [3665] (1893-1988) 1
Marriage: 1936 3
Events
• Soc Sec Num: 311-28-6671.
• He appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Huntsville Township, Schuyler, 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.
• He appeared on the 1930 Census census in 1930 in Huntsville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States. William Becraft, age 42, born IL; wife Gertrude age 36, born IL; son Ernest age 14, born IL; son Glen age 10, born IL.
• His obituary was published in The Rochester Sentinel on 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.
Wife Lila Evelyn Hanning [3679] 1 6
Born: 27 Oct 1918 - Augusta Township, Hancock Co, IL
Christened:
Died: Dec 1986 - Macomb, McDonough, Illinois, United States 7
Buried:
FamilySearch ID: GM8K-MMB
Other Spouse: Richard George Books 8 [11159] (1917-1978)
Events
• Soc Sec Num: 324-14-2569.
Children
1 F Beverly Sue Becraft [3680] 1
Born: 2 Sep 1940 - Chalmers, , IL
Christened:
Died: 20 Dec 1990 - Sarasota, Florida, United States
Buried: 5 Jan 1991 - Rochester IOOF Cemetery, Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States
FamilySearch ID: G3KS-67M
Spouse: William D House 1 [3690] ( - )
Marr: 24 May 1958 - Fulton, Indiana, United States
Spouse: Dr Richard Edwin Painton 9 [6293] (1924-1990)
Marr: 15 Sep 1972 - Monticello, White, Indiana, United States
Burial Notes: Husband - Ernest E Becraft
Plot: Section 17, Row 3