Family: William H Becker / Dorothy M Jenkins Becker (F480)

• Father | Male William H Becker

  
  

  Born	19 Apr 1926	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Died	3 Mar 2008	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Cremated		Cremated; inurnment at Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Married	7 Mar 1953	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Father	Herbert Becker | F479 Group Sheet
  Mother	Lucille Nyman Becker | F479 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Dorothy M Jenkins Becker

  
  

  Born	5 Dec 1925	Rea, Andrew County, Missouri
  Died	27 Sep 2004	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried		Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Father	Cecil Jenkins | F8095 Group Sheet
  Mother	Ollie Morgan Jenkins | F8095 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Stephen Becker

  
  

  Born	25 Oct 1946	Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
  Died	30 Dec 2016
  Buried
  Spouse	Sharon L Becker | F3993
  Married	14 May 1967	New London, New London County, Connecticut

  
  

  Child 2 | Female + Kathleen Ruth Becker Billings

  
  

  Born	28 Oct 1948	Fort Riley, Geary County, Kansas
  Died	2 May 2016	Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina
  Buried	6 May 2016	Whitehead-Jones Cemetery, Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina
  Spouse	James L Billings | F4028
  Married	10 Dec 1972	Homestead, Miami-Dade County, Florida

  
  

  Child 3 | Female + Patty Becker McQueen

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Lee Vernon McQueen | F3195
  Married	26 Jul 1975	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas

  
  

• 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