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92_SR0253
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 express their sincere condolences to the family and friends
4 of Maynard C. Becker of Mount Olive, Illinois, who passed
5 away on October 6, 2001; and
6 WHEREAS, Maynard C. Becker was born on March 28, 1914 in
7 Mount Olive to Edward Herman and Minnie Keune Becker; he
8 married Elizabeth Jane Potts in 1939 in Huntington, West
9 Virginia; and
10 WHEREAS, Mr. Becker attended Mount Olive Grade School and
11 graduated from Mount Olive High School in 1931; he attended
12 the University of Illinois and transferred to Millikin
13 University, where he graduated in 1935; he received his
14 mortuary degree from Hohenschuh-Carpenter College of
15 Embalming in St. Louis; and
16 WHEREAS, In 1938, Mr. Becker opened a funeral home in
17 Taylorville along with his partner, Wilbert Ross; in 1940,
18 they sold the Taylorville funeral home and opened Ross and
19 Becker Funeral Home in Litchfield; in 1949, Mr. Becker left
20 Litchfield to join his father at Becker and Son Funeral Home;
21 in addition, he drove an ambulance at all three locations for
22 more than 40 years; and
23 WHEREAS, Mr. Becker was a life member of the Zion
24 Lutheran Church in Mount Olive, the first president of the
25 Mount Olive Ambulance Association, the current president of
26 the Mount Olive Cemetery Board, a former exalted ruler of the
27 Litchfield Elks Club, a life member of the Mount Olive Turner
28 Hall, and a member for more than 60 years of the National and
29 Illinois Funeral Directors' Association; and
30 WHEREAS, The passing of Maynard C. Becker will be deeply
31 felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife,
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1 Elizabeth; his daughters, Jane Becker and Judy (husband, Ken)
2 Hinkley; his son, Ed (wife, Shelley) Becker; his 8
3 grandchildren; his 10 great-grandchildren; and his brother,
4 Dr. Vernon (wife, Bettye) Becker; therefore, be it
5 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
7 all who knew him, the death of Maynard C. Becker of Mount
8 Olive, Illinois; and be it further
9 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to the family of Maynard C. Becker with our sincere
11 condolences.