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Mrs. Flora (Cook) Becker obituary

contributed by Russ Tallman

Mrs. Fred Becker

     Mrs. Flora C. Becker, widow of Fred Becker, formerly of Seward, died Saturday, Jan. 17, at the home of her son, Howard Wilday, of Saratoga.
     She was born Nov. 14, 1878, in the Town of Fulton, a daughter of Charles and Maria Bailey Cook.
     Funeral services were conducted Monday, jan. 19, at 2 p. m. in the Bundy Funeral Home, Cobleskill, with the Rev. Jack Lottey officiating. Interment will be in the spring in Wharton Hollow Cemetery.
     Survivors include besides the son mentioned above, another son, Charles Wilday, of Central Bridge; two daughters, Mrs. Franklin Myers, of Warnerville and Mrs. Paul Smith, of Hobart; thirteen grand children and eighteen great grandchildren.

Mrs. Flora C. Becker

     Mrs. Flora C. Becker, 80, of Warnerville, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 1959 in Saratoga Springs at the home of her son, Howard Wilday, after several years of illness.
     The funeral service was conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in the Bundy Funeral Home, Cobleskill, by Rev. Jack Lotty of Cobleskill Baptist Church.
     Mrs. Becker was born in Fulton and moved to Warnerville about 28 years ago from Scotia.
     Besides her son, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Franklin Myers of Warnerville and Mrs. Paul Smith of Hobart; and another son, Charles Wilday of Central Bridge.

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