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Walter Francis Becker, 69, of Lynnville died Thursday, July 13, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center.
The body was cremated. A memorial service was conducted Saturday at the Lynnville Friends Church, with the Rev. Marvin Miller officiating. Organist was Bernice Smith and vocalists were Dave and Sue Vanderpool Linden.
The son of Harry and Helen Delaney Becker, he was born April 7, 1926, in Elgin. He was raised in Clermont and received his education in the Clermont School District graduating from high school in He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy during World War II and served in both the European and Pacific theaters.
He was married to Leta Lavon Gaynor May 17, 1947, in Clermont. They lived in several Iowa communities before moving to Lynnville in 1954.
Mr. Becker was a long-time biology teacher, football and track coach, and mentor in the Lynnville-Sully School District. His football accomplishments included nine Des Moines River Conference titles and three undefeated squads. He was inducted into the Iowa Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1983. He retired from education and coaching in 1986.
He was a former member of the Lynnville Lions Club.
Surviving are his wife; one son, Steve of Monona; one brother, Joe of Newton; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Peggy Fortch.
_BENJAMIN BENNETT ___ | (1704 - 1783) m 1745 _JAMES BENNETT ______|_SARAH SADLER _______ | (1760 - 1841) m 1797 (1725 - ....) _REV. ZACHARIAH HENDERSON BENNETT _| | (1798 - 1877) m 1830 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_MARY ANN CRYER _____|_____________________ | (1762 - ....) m 1797 _SHEPHERD H BENNETT _| | (1852 - 1922) m 1873| | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | |_ELIZA NEVILS _____________________| | (1810 - 1877) m 1830 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |--PEARL I BENNETT | (1891 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | ___________________________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_ISADORA WILLHITE ___| (1855 - ....) m 1873| | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | |___________________________________| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________
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_BENJAMIN BIBB ______+ | (1715 - 1768) _HENRY BIBB _________|_ANN ARMSTEAD _______ | (1750 - 1803) m 1775 (.... - 1789) _DAVID ROBERT BIBB __________| | (1788 - 1875) m 1815 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_SARAH MEADE ________|_____________________ | (1753 - 1832) m 1775 _VERNON FLEMING BIBB SR._| | (1816 - 1894) | | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | |_MARGARET "PEGGY" ARMSTRONG _| | (1799 - ....) m 1815 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |--EUGENEIA BIBB | (1865 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | _____________________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_MAHALIA ADELE JOHNSON __| (1837 - 1889) | | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | |_____________________________| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________
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_JOHN CLIFTON _________+ | (1784 - 1846) m 1805 _EZEKIAL CLIFTON ______|_EUNICE STANSIL _______ | (1816 - 1891) m 1839 (1784 - ....) _HENRY EZEKIAL CLIFTON _| | (1863 - 0941) m 1889 | | | _RICHARD EDENFIELD ____+ | | | (1796 - 1863) m 1822 | |_SARAH EDENFIELD ______|_ELIZABETH HERRINGTON _ | (1823 - 1891) m 1839 (1801 - 1852) _SAMUEL D. CLIFTON ___| | (1890 - 1949) | | | _EZEKIAL CLIFTON ______+ | | | (1773 - 1852) | | _DANIEL C. CLIFTON SR._|_ELIZABETH ROBERTS ____ | | | (1828 - 1903) (1773 - 1850) | |_RHODA CLIFTON _________| | (1872 - 1959) m 1889 | | | _WILLIAM W. BARBER ____ | | | (1805 - 1844) | |_RHODA BARBER _________|_MRS. SUSAN BARBER ____ | (1831 - 1901) | |--MARIE CLIFTON | (1927 - ....) | _______________________ | | | _______________________|_______________________ | | | ________________________| | | | | | | _______________________ | | | | | | |_______________________|_______________________ | | |_LOIUSE L. LINDQUIST _| (1889 - 1969) | | _______________________ | | | _______________________|_______________________ | | |________________________| | | _______________________ | | |_______________________|_______________________
__ | __|__ | _THOMAS CRAWFORD ____| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _JOHN CRAWFORD ______| | (1765 - 1821) m 1798| | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--EZEKIEL CRAWFORD | (1806 - ....) | __ | | | __|__ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_PRISCILLA MULADY ___| (1768 - ....) m 1798| | __ | | | __|__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | |__|__
_WILLIAM H. DRIGGERS SR.__+ | (1776 - 1879) m 1806 _JONAS DRIGGERS ___________|_MILLY "EMILY" LASTINGER _ | (1814 - 1866) m 1837 (1778 - ....) _AARON DRIGGERS _____| | (1841 - 1894) m 1865| | | __________________________ | | | | |_LUCRETIA TOMLINSON _______|__________________________ | (1818 - ....) m 1837 _SHERROD M. DRIGGERS ___| | (1877 - 1928) m 1895 | | | __________________________ | | | | | _ELIJAH CARTER ____________|__________________________ | | | (1822 - ....) | |_CAROLINE CARTER ____| | (1846 - 1898) m 1865| | | __________________________ | | | | |_PERNICA "NICEY" PRESCOTT _|__________________________ | (1824 - ....) | |--MATTIE DRIGGERS | (1909 - ....) | __________________________ | | | ___________________________|__________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | __________________________ | | | | | | |___________________________|__________________________ | | |_SARAH ELIZABETH DUKES _| m 1895 | | __________________________ | | | ___________________________|__________________________ | | |_____________________| | | __________________________ | | |___________________________|__________________________
_JOHN GRIFFIN ________+ | (1745 - 1780) m 1768 _JEREMIAH GRIFFIN ___________|_SUSAN ELIZABETH RAY _ | (1774 - 1847) (1750 - 1841) _RICHARD C. GRIFFIN ____| | (1790 - 1862) m 1819 | | | _JOB CALLAWAY ________+ | | | (1742 - 1804) m 1759 | |_EUNICE M. "NICEY" CALLAWAY _|_MARY CARTER _________ | (1776 - 1842) (1739 - ....) _FELIX THOMAS GRIFFIN ____| | (1838 - 1903) m 1868 | | | ______________________ | | | | | _____________________________|______________________ | | | | |_PHOEBY YATES PARKS ____| | (1801 - 1858) m 1819 | | | ______________________ | | | | |_____________________________|______________________ | | |--LAMAR CANTELOU GRIFFIN | (1885 - ....) | ______________________ | | | _____________________________|______________________ | | | _CHAPLEY ROSS STROTHER _| | | (1822 - 1892) | | | | ______________________ | | | | | | |_____________________________|______________________ | | |_LAURA CORINTHA STROTHER _| (1847 - 1890) m 1868 | | ______________________ | | | _____________________________|______________________ | | |_CAROLINE CANTELOU _____| (1827 - 1884) | | ______________________ | | |_____________________________|______________________
_________________________ | ________________________|_________________________ | _____________________| | | | | _________________________ | | | | |________________________|_________________________ | _NORMAN GRIFFIS _____| | | | | _________________________ | | | | | ________________________|_________________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | _________________________ | | | | |________________________|_________________________ | | |--KAREN GRIFFIS | | _________________________ | | | ________________________|_________________________ | | | _CHARLES A. SUTTON __| | | (1895 - 1965) m 1920| | | | _________________________ | | | | | | |________________________|_________________________ | | |_CLAUDIA SUTTON _____| | | _JOHN ALBERT CLIFTON JR._+ | | (1839 - ....) | _WILLIAM HENRY CLIFTON _|_LOUISA BELLAMY _________ | | (1875 - ....) (1841 - ....) |_LORETTA CLIFTON ____| (1901 - 1978) m 1920| | _________________________ | | |_ANN YELVINGTON ________|_________________________ (1875 - ....)
__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _STEPHEN HENRY LOVE _____| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--MARY ELLEN LOVE | (1868 - 1928) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_LUCY MILDRED DICKERSON _| | | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
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__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _SAMUEL PASCHALL SR._| | (1727 - 1805) m 1748| | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--RELIANCE PASCHALL | (1749 - 1829) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_PHEREBA WARD _______| (1733 - 1810) m 1748| | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
_____________________ | _________________________|_____________________ | _JAMES A TEDDER _____| | (1861 - 1933) m 1882| | | _____________________ | | | | |_________________________|_____________________ | _ALFRED HUGH TEDDER ______| | (1887 - 1970) m 1908 | | | _____________________ | | | | | _JOHN ALFRED GROOVER ____|_____________________ | | | (1828 - 1908) m 1850 | |_MARTHA ANN GROOVER _| | (1863 - 1939) m 1882| | | _MALECHIAH HARPER ___ | | | (1800 - 1857) m 1829 | |_LAVICIA "VICIE" HARPER _|_MARY HARPER ________ | (1830 - 1908) m 1850 (1809 - 1897) | |--EMMA B. TEDDER | (1913 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _________________________|_____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_________________________|_____________________ | | |_ALZORA BELL MERIWEATHER _| (1890 - 1981) m 1908 | | _____________________ | | | _________________________|_____________________ | | |_____________________| | | _____________________ | | |_________________________|_____________________
_LITTLEBERRY WALKER SR._+ | (1767 - 1853) m 1808 _ANDREW JACKSON WALKER SR._|_ELIZABETH JOHNS _______ | (1813 - 1893) m 1833 (.... - 1835) _ABRAHAM WALKER _____| | (1840 - 1910) m 1860| | | _ABRAHAM MINCHEW _______+ | | | (1773 - 1854) m 1794 | |_ELIZABETH MINCHEW ________|_FANNIE SHACKELFORD ____ | (1816 - 1899) m 1833 (1777 - 1837) _ANDREW JACKSON WALKER ____| | (1861 - 1941) m 1879 | | | ________________________ | | | | | _WILLIAM TURNER ___________|________________________ | | | (1805 - 1897) m 1830 | |_SUSAN TURNER _______| | (1839 - 1936) m 1860| | | ________________________ | | | | |_LURANEY BYRD _____________|________________________ | (1808 - 1909) m 1830 | |--MARY E. WALKER | (1888 - 1967) | ________________________ | | | ___________________________|________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | ________________________ | | | | | | |___________________________|________________________ | | |_HESTER ANN MOZELL MIKELL _| (1861 - 1920) m 1879 | | ________________________ | | | ___________________________|________________________ | | |_____________________| | | ________________________ | | |___________________________|________________________