Virginia K. Becker

Virginia K. Becker, 88, of Mt. Pleasant, died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, at the Pleasant Manor Care Center in Mt. Pleasant.

A funeral service for Virginia Becker will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19 at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street, Mt. Pleasant. Rev. David Plooster will officiate. Burial will be at a later date in the Forest Home Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant. Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at the funeral home. The family will be present to greet friends one hour prior to the funeral on Thursday.

Those considering an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to the Pleasant Manor Care Center Activity Fund. Online condolences may be left at www.kimzeyfuneralhome.com

Becker was born Oct. 24, 1926, in Mt. Pleasant, the daughter of Milo and Mildred (Townsend) Kudobe. She graduated from Salem High School in 1943 and attended Iowa Wesleyan College for two years. On May 10, 1946, she married Frank John Becker in Mt. Pleasant. He preceded her in death.

While her husband was stationed with the US Marine Corps in San Diego, Calif., Becker worked as a secretary for the R. Victor Venburg Insurance Agency and for Safeway Grocery Stores, Inc. Upon their return to Iowa, they farmed with his parents for 15 years before moving to Mt. Pleasant where she and her husband co-owned and operated Becker Electronics. Becker held several other positions in Mt. Pleasant area businesses including serving as secretary of the First Baptist Church of Mt. Pleasant, from which she retired.

Becker was a member of the Faith Christian Outreach Church of Mt. Pleasant. Becker enjoyed music and sang as well as played the guitar. She also enjoyed sewing, computers, and a good practical joke.

Becker is survived by four grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank; one son, Gerald Dennis ?Gerry? Becker; one brother, Keith Kudobe; and one sister, Nadine Simpkin.