Befort, Barbara Ellen (Morris) Becker (1940 - 2024)

BEFORT, MORRIS, BECKER, SCHABEN, SCHMITZ, STALEY, MCMICHAEL

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 2/11/2024 at 13:55:32

Name of deceased: Barbara Ellen Becker Befort (nee Morris)

Aged: 83 yrs, 6 mo, 8 days

Residence: Avoca, IA

Born: July 26, 1940; rural Griswold, Cass County, IA

Died: Feb. 3, 2024; at home in Avoca, IA, after being placed on Myrtue Medical Center Hospice (Harlan, IA)

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Friday, Feb. 9, 2024; St. Mary's Catholic Church, Avoca, IA; burial was in the Carson Cemetery, Carson, IA

Survived by: Sons, Darren (spouse, Paula) Becker of Harlan, IA, Greg (spouse, Teri) Becker of Avoca, IA, and Steven (spouse, Angela) Becker of Johnston, IA; grandchildren, Derek (spouse, Kristen) Becker of Avoca, IA, Drew (spouse, Caitlyn) Becker of Avoca, IA, Cory (spouse, Mary Frances) Becker of Washington, D.C., Jordan (spouse, Nathan) Becker of Omaha, NE, Taylor (spouse, Isabella) Becker of Chicago, IL, Ciara Becker and Jacob Becker of Johnston, IA, Christina (spouse, Willie) Schaben of Glenwood, IA, Jason (spouse, Melissa) Schmitz of Harlan, IA, Stephanie (spouse, Austin) Staley of Harlan, IA; great-grandchildren, Bradie Becker of Avoca, IA, Brody Becker of Avoca, IA, Georgie Kirkman Becker of Omaha, NE, Liam, Alica, and Helen Schaben of Glenwood, IA, Kaitlynn and Lawson Schmitz of Harlan, IA, and Rosie Staley of Harlan, IA and 2 more great-grandchildren on the way; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Alice Evelyn (nee McMichael) and Richard Glendon Morris; husband, Maurice; brother, Richard "Dick" Morris; daughters Lori and Jennifer

Education: Attended elementary school in Oakland, IA and then junior and senior high school in Colorado Springs, CO; she graduated with the Class of 1956. Later, she graduated from Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, IA, in 2001 with her associate in science degree

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Military service: n/a

Marriages: (1) (unknown first name) Becker; date and location not provided (2) Maurice J. Befort; Nov. 20, 1971; Wabasha, MN

Employment: no information provided

Hobbies/Interests: In her youth and teenage years in Colorado Springs, CO, she was a member of the Girl Scouts, the Rainbow Girls, and the Junior Civil Air Patrol, where she learned to fly. Barb was the first woman elected mayor in Avoca, IA; she was also president of the American Legion Auxiliary for 2 terms, Life Member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and American Legion Auxiliary, member of the American Red Cross, a CPR instructor, served on the Board of Pottawattamie County Civil Defense, was EMT certified in 1982 and served as an EMT for many years while on the Avoca (IA) City Council; she enjoyed sewing, cross stitch and needle point, as well as ceramics, canning, puzzles and reading

Sources: pauleyjones.com; findagrave.com; ancestry.com, Minnesota, U.S., Marriage Index, 1958-2001