Ernest Waller Becraft and Jessie Cecelia Hewitt
Husband Ernest Waller Becraft [3216] 1 2 3
Born: 11 Jan 1909 - Montello, Marquette, Wisconsin, United States 2 Christened:![]()
Died: 14 Dec 1979 - Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, United States 2 4![]()
Buried: - Saint Kilian Cemetery, Blenker, Wood, Wisconsin, United States 2 FamilySearch ID: MW8B-T49 Find A Grave ID: 91720756
Father: Frederick William Yaap [13861] (1875-1944) 5 Mother: Ida A Labrenz [3212] (1890-1954) 1 6
Marriage: 26 May 1942 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United StatesEvents
• Soc Sec Num: 387-16-0814.
• He died on 14 Dec 1979 in Stpo, , WI. Name:
Ernest W Becraft
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Event:Death
Event Date:14 Dec 1979
Event Place:Stpo, , Wisconsin
Residence:, Wisconsin
Gender:Male
Age:70
Certificate Number:027157.
Wife Jessie Cecelia Hewitt [13862] 2
Born: 6 Nov 1911 - North Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States 2 7 Christened:![]()
Died: 25 Sep 1983 - Marshfield, Wood, Wisconsin, United States 2 7![]()
Buried: - Saint Kilian Cemetery, Blenker, Wood, Wisconsin, United States 2 7 FamilySearch ID: MW8B-T4C Find A Grave ID: 91720757Events
• Her obituary was published on 25 Sep 1983. Mrs. Ernest W. Becraft
MILLADORE -- Services for Mrs. Ernest W. (Jessie C.) Becraft, 71, Route I. Milladore, who died at 10:10 p.m. Sunday at the Marshfield Convalescent Center, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Kilian's Catholic Church in Blenker.
The Rev. John A. Wisneski will be the principal celebrant of the concelebrated mass. Mrs. Judy Meyer, organist, will accompany St. Kilian's church choir. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Peter B. Karaliunas, Edward Kadrilik, George Swetz Sr., Raymond Hoffman, Robert Manci and Julius Linzmeier.
Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. today at Rembs/Kundinger Chapel, Marshfield, and Wednesday at the church from 10 a.m. until service time. St. Kilian's parish rosary will be at 8 p.m. today in the funeral chapel.
The former Jessie C. Hewitt was born Nov. 6, 1911 in North Fond du Lac, to the late Mr. and Mrs. Jesse (Cecelia Dart) Hewitt. She received her education at Wausau School for the Deaf, Wausau.
She was married to Ernest W. Becraft May 26, 1942 in Chicago. After their marriage they lived in Fox River Valley until her husband's retirement and then moved to Milladore to live with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold J. (Grace) Ashbeck. Her husband died Dec. 14, 1979.
A member of st. Kilian's Catholic Church, Mrs. Becraft is survived by a son, James of Milwaukee; two other daughters, Mrs. Thomas (Barbara) Gould and Mrs. Catherine Ann Landwehr, both of Wausau; 10 grandchildren; a brother, Arthur Hewitt of Waupaca; and three sisters, Mrs. Harvey (Betty) Stark of Edgar, Mrs. Clarence (Marie) Towle sr. of Eau Claire and Mrs. Truman (Helen) Tornow of Wausau.
Children
1 M James Walter Becraft [13863]
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Born: 15 Mar 1947 - Wisconsin, United States Christened: Died: 18 Dec 2020 - Arizona, United States Buried: - National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States Find A Grave ID: 221448936Spouse: Brenda [17117] (living)
2 F Grace Becraft [13864] (details suppressed for this person)
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Arnold J Ashbeck [13869] (living)
3 F Barbara Anne Becraft [13865] (details suppressed for this person)
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Thomas Gould [13868] (living)Spouse: Riehle [13870] (living)
4 F Catherine Ann Becraft [13866] (details suppressed for this person)
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Richard Verne Uuman [11709] (living)Spouse: Landwehr [13867] (living)
1 Shane Beecraft, Beecraft/BeCraft and Eggimann Family Tree, Ancestry.com.
2 Findagrave.com.
3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 23 Nov 2025), entry for Ernest W Becraft, person ID MW8B-T49.
4 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 Nov 2025), entry for Ernest W Becraft, person ID MW8B-T49.
5 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 23 Nov 2025), entry for Frederick Yaap, person ID GWRD-Q7B.
6 Joanne Murray (lajkam@gmail.com), The Becraft Family of Morehouse (http://hamilton.nygenweb.net/bios/Becraft1.html), Ida.
7
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 20 Nov 2025), entry for Jessie Cecelia Hewitt, person ID MW8B-T4C.
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