| Mr. William H.
Becker, 237 N. Clinton, son of the late John
Becker, first Mayor of the City of Collinsville,
died Tuesday, February 6 at 10:40 a.m. at St.
Mary's Hospital in East St. Louis. He was 86
years old. Born
in Collinsville April 27, 1875, Mr. Becker was a
lifelong resident of this city. He never married,
and is survived by one nephew, Roy J.Becker, of
Elmhurst, Ill.
The funeral will
be from the Herr Funeral Home in Collinsville
Friday at 1 p.m. to the Lutheran Cemetery. The
Rev. C.H. Kuhlman will officiate.
(Headstone Photo
Contributed by Gene Beals)
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