Lois Ann Becker Obituary (1930

Lois Ann Becker, 92, of Varna, IL passed away at5:25 a.m. Thursday, February 9, 2023, at Carle Eureka Hospital, Eureka, IL Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 13, 2023, at Calvert-Johnson & Froelich Memorial Home, Toluca, IL with Rev. Randall Perry officiating. Burial will follow at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Toluca. Visitation will be 9:00 to 11:00a.m. on Monday at the memorial home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Blackstone Cemetery Fund or to the Eastern Marshall County Ambulance Fund. Lois was born May 3, 1930, on a farm near Huron, SD, the daughter of John and Hazel Hendershot Wirsching. They moved to Illinois when she was 18 months old, they lived in the rural Blackstone area. She went to Streator High School. She later married Vernon Becker on March 9, 1974, in Blackstone. She moved to the Toluca area and helped him farm and he died March 15, 1999. Surviving are two special daughters Mary (Brian) Russell and Helene (Frank) Caruso; one niece Beverly Concienne of Franklin, LA and several great nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother Walter, one sister Vera Webb, one nephew Bill Webb, and one niece Penny Strickland. Lois was a member of the Blackstone United Methodist Church. She worked at Paris Garter factory and later for the Decorating department in Owens, IL.