Dorothy M Jenkins Becker

1925 - 2004  (78 years)

• Name	Dorothy M Jenkins Becker
  Born	5 Dec 1925	Rea, Andrew County, Missouri
  Gender	Female
  Died	27 Sep 2004	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I1538	Rossville
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	Cecil Jenkins
  Mother	Ollie Morgan Jenkins
  Family ID	F8095	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William H Becker,   b. 19 Apr 1926, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 3 Mar 2008, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 81 years)
  Married	7 Mar 1953	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Stephen Becker,   b. 25 Oct 1946, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri ,   d. 30 Dec 2016  (Age 70 years) + 2. Kathleen Ruth Becker Billings,   b. 28 Oct 1948, Fort Riley, Geary County, Kansas ,   d. 2 May 2016, Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina  (Age 67 years) + 3. Patty Becker McQueen
  Documents		Anniversary- Becker, Bill and Dorothy Golden Anniversary for Beckers Bill and Dorothy Becker, Rossville, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner. Dorothy Jenkins and Bill Becker were married in the Central Park Christian Church Chapel March 7, 1953. Their three children and spouses are Steve and Sharon Becker, Golden, CO., Kathy and Jim Billings, Topeka, and Patty and Lee McQueen, Vilonia, AR. They have three grandchildren, Lori and Ken Murphy, Topeka, Megan McQueen and Kurt McQueen, Vilonia, AR; and two great-grandchildren, Emma and D.J. Murphy, Topeka. Bill served in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Merchant Marine in the South Pacific during World War II. He worked as an auto body man in Topeka for 12 years, as an auto damage appraiser for seven years, and retired from his own business, Becker’s Appraisal, in 1988 after 13 years. Dorothy worked as a legal secretary for 30 years and as Administrative Assistant for Judge Joe H. Swinehart of the Kansas Court of Appeals for nine years and Chief Judge Bob Abbott of the Kansas Court of Appeals for three years, retiring in 1988. They lived in Topeka until 1955, when they moved to the country east of Rossville, where they still reside. Bill and Dorothy Becker are happy and a bit surprised to realize they’ve been married 50 years. “What were the chances of meeting my true love?” ponders Dorothy. “In the 1950s, I was a transplant from Missouri to Topeka, a divorced mother with two small children and no support from my former spouse.” Bill, who was born in Topeka, lived in Seattle at the time. Dorothy worked with his sister in a law office. “He was also divorced, and she kept saying we were perfect for each other!” writes Dorothy. They met in May, when Bill returned to Topeka. He met her children “and promptly fell in live with them,” says Dorothy. “By September, we were dating; by October, we were very much in love.” They married on March 7, 1953. Bill adopted Dorothy’s children and raised them as his own, along with their third child. “I think I fell in love with him because of his sense of humor and the fun we have always had together,” writes Dorothy. “We are both independent, but we never let that get in the way of our devotion for each other. “We were 27 when we married and never expected to have 50 years together. When we married, Bill said there would not be another divorce, and that is how we lived. We settled any problems and worked them out. It’s been a wonderful 50 years.” Note: Photo of couple in the news clip
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2018 09:53:07
  Family ID	F480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Documents		Obituary- Becker, Dorothy Dorothy M. Becker ROSSVILLE - Dorothy M. Becker, 78, Rossville, died Monday, Sept. 27, 2004, at her home near Rossville. A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Rossville United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery in Topeka. Mrs. Becker will lie in state after 2 p.m. Thursday at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys, where visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to UMCOR Relief Funeral for national disasters and sent in care of the funeral home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, Kan. 66536. Published in Topeka Capital-Journal from September 28 to September 29, 2004
  		Obituary- Becker, Dorothy 2 Dorothy Becker Dorothy M. Becker, 78, Rossville, died Monday, September 27, 2004, at her rural Rossville home. She was born December 5,1925, in Rea, MO, the daughter of Cecil and Ollie Morgan Jenkins. She had lived in the Rossville community since 1955. She spent her early years in Savannah, MO and moved to Kansas City where she was valedictorian of the class of 1943 at Center High School. She attended Central Missouri State College at Warrensburg. She had been a legal secretary for Ascough and Bausch Law Firm for 23 years, and for Doherty and Benfer Law Firm for seven years. At the conception of the State Appeals Court, she became one of the court’s first legal secretaries and had worked for the chief judge of the court. She retired in January 1983. She was a member of the Rossville United Methodist Church. She married William “Bill” Becker on March 7, 1953, at the Central Park Christian Church, Topeka. He survives. Her parents and a brother, Donald Jenkins, preceded her in death. Survivors include two daughters, Kathy Billings, Topeka, and Patty McQueen, College Station, TX; a son, Stephen Becker, Denver, CO; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Her service was at 10 a.m. Friday at the Rossville United Methodist Church. Burial was in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Topeka. The family received friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Piper Funeral Home, St. Marys. Contributions may be made to UMCOR Relief Fund for national disasters and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street, St. Marys 66536.