Wendell Orgie Becraft and Effie Bernice Patee
Husband Wendell Orgie Becraft [3535] 1
Born: 24 Feb 1909 - Mesa, Colorado, United States 1 2 Christened: Died: 19 Jan 1975 - Manhattan, Riley, Kansas 2![]()
Buried: - Sunrise Cemetery, Manhattan, Riley Co, KS 2 FamilySearch ID: LJ18-LYL Find A Grave ID: 85937657
Father: Jesse Abram Becraft [3531] (1878-1962) 1 Mother: Eunice Janet Harris [3532] (1880-1956) 1
Marriage: 18 Jul 1931Events
• He appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Finney Co, KS. Wendell Becraft, age 10.
• He appeared on the Federal census in 1930 in Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States. Name:
Wendall Bechraft
Event:Census
Event Date:1930
Event Place:Garden, Finney, Kansas
Gender:Male
Age:21
Marital Status:Single
Race:White
Birthplace:Colorado
Estimated Birth Year:1909
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household:Son
Father's Birthplace:Iowa
Mother's Birthplace:Iowa
Enumeration District Number:0004
Family Number:140
Sheet Number and Letter:7A
Line Number:38
NARA Publication:T626, roll 702
Film Number:2340437
Digital Folder Number:4584458
Image Number:00157
Household Gender Age Birthplace
HeadJ A Bechraft M Iowa
WifeEunice Bechraft F 51 Iowa
SonWendall Bechraft M 21 Colorado
DaughterLavona Bechraft F 17 California. • He appeared on the Federal census in 1940 in Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States. Name:
Wendell Becraft
Titles & Terms:
Event:Census
Event Year:1940
Event Place:Ward 2, Garden City, Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States
Gender:Male
Age:31
Marital Status:Married
Race (Original):White
Race (Standardized):White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized):Head
Birthplace:Colorado
Estimated Birth Year:1909
Residence in 1935:Rural, Finney, Kansas
Enumeration District Number:28-2
Family Number:
Sheet Number and Letter:24A
Line Number:4
NARA Publication Number:T627
NARA Roll Number:1231
Digital Folder Number:005449136
Image Number:00400
Household Gender Age Birthplace
HeadWendell Becraft M 31 Colorado
WifeBernice Becraft F 31 Kansas. • His obituary was published in The Salina Journal on 22 Jan 1975. Becraft is dead
Manhattan, Kan. (AP) - Wendell Becraft, a former state director of the Agricultural Stabilization...
Wife Effie Bernice Patee [3847]
Born: 5 Feb 1909 - Greensburg, Kiowa, Kansas, United States 2 3 Christened: Died: 1 May 1994 - Manhattan, Riley, Kansas 2 3![]()
Buried: - Sunrise Cemetery, Manhattan, Riley Co, KS 2 FamilySearch ID: 9F3D-CRJ Find A Grave ID: 85937411
Father: Abraham Lincoln Patee [13293] (1863-1955) 2 Mother: Amy Drucilla Sparling [13294] (1868-1910) 2
Other Spouse: John Walter Ferguson [3848] ( - ) - 14 May 1925 - Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United StatesEvents
• She appeared on the Federal census in 1940 in Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States. Name:
Bernice Becraft
Titles & Terms:
Event:Census
Event Year:1940
Event Place:Ward 2, Garden City, Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States
Gender:Female
Age:31
Marital Status:Married
Race (Original):White
Race (Standardized):White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized):Wife
Birthplace:Kansas
Estimated Birth Year:1909
Residence in 1935:
Enumeration District Number:28-2
Family Number:
Sheet Number and Letter:24A
Line Number:5
NARA Publication Number:T627
NARA Roll Number:1231
Digital Folder Number:005449136
Image Number:00400
Household Gender Age Birthplace
HeadWendell Becraft M 31 Colorado
WifeBernice Becraft F 31 Kansas.
Children
1 F Nancy D Becraft [16185]
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Born: 23 Jan 1944 - Manhattan, Riley, Kansas Christened: Died: 16 Apr 2018 - Kansas City, Clay Co, MO Buried: Find A Grave ID: 271186571Spouse: Bob McConnell [16186] (1943-2013)
2 M David Richard Becraft [15434]
Born: 6 Sep 1946 - Manhattan, Riley, Kansas Christened: Died: 4 May 2024 - Overland Park, Johnson Co, KS Buried: Find A Grave ID: 271142493Spouse: Janet [15436] (living)
3 M Larry Becraft [15435] (details suppressed for this person)
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Ann [15437] (living)
Burial Notes: Husband - Wendell Orgie Becraft
E-01-064-S
Burial Notes: Wife - Effie Bernice Patee
E.01-064-N
1 dad1037@yahoo.com (Emails, etc from her sources.).
2 Findagrave.com.
3
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 Nov 2025), entry for Effie Bernice Patee, person ID 9F3D-CRJ.
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