Name Age Place of Birth > Place of Death Newspaper Publication Date Submitter
BECKER, Juliana L (WOLTERING)85 Breese IL CarlyleUB 27 Aug 2008 fch 

Juliana L. Becker

February 16, 1923 - August 22, 2008

Juliana L. Becker, 85, of Breese, died Friday, August 22, 2008, at St. Joseph Hospital in Breese.

She was born February 16, 1923, in Breese, a daughter of Bernard and Anna (Wessel) Woltering. She married Joseph F. Becker on June 18, 1946, at St. Augustine Church in Breese and he preceded her in death on September 27, 2005.

She is survived by her children, Margaret Foppe and husband Roger, John Becker and special friend Nancy Nettemeier, Charles Becker, James Becker and wife Marcia, Barbara Von Alst and husband John, Julia Becker and husband Phil, all of Breese, and Alicia Smith and husband Kermit of Houston, Texas; 21 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Norbert Woltering and wife Grace of Florissant, Mo., Veronica Timmermann and husband Paul of Aviston, Joan Neff and husband David of Germantown and Daniel Woltering of Centralia.

In addition to her husband and her parents she was preceded in death by two brothers, Alfred Woltering and Charles Woltering; two sisters, Laura Schuette and Sister Mary Myles, SSND.

She and her husband established Joseph F. Becker Masonry in 1948. She was a member of St. Dominic Parish and Altar Sodality, a charter member of the St. Joseph Hospital Auxiliary and a member of the American Legion Post 252 Auxiliary in Breese.

A funeral mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, August 25, at St. Dominic Catholic Church in Breese with Rev. Patrick Peter officiating.

Burial followed at St. Dominic-St. Augustine Cemetery in Breese.

Hempen Funeral Home in Breese handled the arrangements. 

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