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TOD: "Brillion: M. P. Becker, Prominent as Civic Leader, Dies at Advanced Age of 81(headlines). M. P Becker one of Brillion's prominent early day business leaders passed away Sunday noon at the Maple Crest Sanitarium at Whitelaw, (WI) encumbered by a ripe age and life-long convalescence. (He had a history of tuberculous from a young age). Mr. Becker was, all his life, respected for his business acumen, on occasion ridiculed for aggressive and advanced theories on municipal improvements but he was seldom discouraged because their lack of success. He was active in all civic groups and shared his community responsibility as a public official for many years. Among the rewards of the confidence of the people in this community in his integrity, he served as village trustee for six years, and was village president in 1926. It was during this period that Mr Becker vociferously and energetically pushed a proposed for the village to install its own diesel-powered electric power plant. He did not succeed in this revolutionary idea, but lost no enthusiasm for the project. He was an avid sport fan, sponsoring and managing athletic teams of basketball and baseball, which in those days involved investment of no small amounts of his personal funds. In 1908 and 1909 his local teams claimed championship honors. Mr. Becker in partnership for the first installation of multiple bowling alleys in Brillion. He in partnership with the late E. F. Behnke managed the most sensational basketball teams in the 1900's when the local team took on all comes in no less personage than the New York Celtics, the Globetrotters, all respectably narrow losing margins. He was likewise a great lover of music, rearing his family in the same accomplishments with great diversity. One of his great prides was his family orchestra. Himself a "fiddler". Mike was frequently called upon to provide the "swing" for social gatherings and invariably entered music contest calling for a test calling for a test of his abilities. His son Harold is presently a music instructor at Corona, CA and Richard though originally a music instructor in now principal at Corona, CA. Besides his service in municipal offices, Mr. Becker was postmaster in the city (Brillion, WI) for six years during the Democratic era, to which party he was closely allied. He moved to what he considered his home town (Brillion, WI) in 1898 (From Eaton, township, WI) establishing a flourishing cigar factory (on the property of his home, on Custer Street) with wide distribution. when the machine age began to tell on the hand made processes, Mr. Becker closed that business, converting it to a wholesale candy business which ultimately went into the hands of his son Eugene (John Becker, father of Margaret Ann BECKER Schatz, He brought the property, the home and the cigar factory and turned it into a 2 unit apartment in 1940's. He moved from that home in 1949 to Kansas City, MO, with his family of 4 children). Mr. Becker was born August 27, 1876 in Manitowoc, WI, the son of the late Frank X and Katie ROEMEION (RAMION or RAM IAN) Becker. On June 11, 1900, he took the former Annie Catherine Pritzl as his wife at the Trinity Kasson Catholic Church. His wife (Annie) Catherine passed away Dec. 9, 1942 and to comfort him in his later years, wed Mrs. Margaret GLOMSKY of Manitowoc, May 27, 1944. A devout member of the Catholic Faith, he belonged as well to the Knights of Columbus, Holy Name Society and the Catholic Knights. The article states Mr. Becker had 3 living daughters, Mrs. William G. .(Lillian) Straitiff of Wilmington, DE; Mrs. Leslie (Helen) O'Hearn, of Milwaukee, WI; Mrs. A. (Al) R. (Anita) Leonard, Milwaukee, WI; 5 sons: Eugene John Becker, Kansas City, MO; Frank of Sheboygan, WI; Richard Becker of Corona, CA; Harold Becker of Corona, CA; Lyle of Brillion, WI. Buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Brillion, WI. Says he had 33 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, (7 step-grandchildren GLOMSKY).
TOD: OBIT of Michael P. Becker - from Agnes Birringer - 5/1990 Michael P. Becker of 129 Center Street, Brillion, died Sunday noon at Maple Crest Sanitarium, Whitelaw, following a lingering illness. He was 81. Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, at Wieting Funeral Home, Brillion and at 10 a.m. at St Mary Catholic Church. The Rev. Joseph A Becker, nephew of the deceased, will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr Becker was born Aug. 27, 1876, in Manitowoc, son of the late Frank X and Katie Roemeon Becker. He moved to Brillion in 1898 and established a cigar manufacturing business. June 11 1900, he married the former Annie Catherine Pritzl at the Trinity Catholic Church, Kasson. Mr. Becker was a band and orchestra leader many years, served as postmaster at Brillion for six years, was trustee of the Village of Brillion six years, village president in 1926 and managed the championship city baseball team in 1908 and 1909. Mrs. Becker died Dec. 9, 1942 and he married Mrs. Margaret Glomsky of Manitowoc, May 27, 1944. He was a member of St Mary Catholic Church, Brillion, the Knights of Columbus, Holy Name Society and Catholic Knights. Survivors include his wife, Margaret; five sons, Frank of Sheboygan, Richard and Harold of Corona, Calif., Eugene of Kansas City, Mo. and Lyle of Brillion; three daughters, Mrs. W. G. Straitiff of Wilmington Del., Mrs. Leslie O'Hear and Mrs. A. R. Leonard of Milwaukee; three step-sons, Jake, Harry and Ervin Glomsky of Manitowoc; two step-daughters, Mrs. Eugene Biederwolf of Sheboygan and Mrs. William Dubner of Medford; three brothers, Frank of Two Rivers, George of Thorp and John of Manitowoc; a sister, Mrs. Mary Kaufman of Manitowoc; 33 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and seven step-grandchildren.
BIOGRAPHIE: NOTES BY MARGARET SCHATZ, REMEMBRANCE OF HER GRANDFATHER, (Michael Peter Becker) He owned and operated a cigar factory at Custer and Jackson St. In Brillion, WI. My dad, Eugene J. Becker, at age 11, hand made a wooden box, as a gift for his sister, LOUISE BECKER. It was to be her hope chest. It is a simple box with much meaning. I have it and used it over the years for a toy box for my children and grandchildren. It was made from the shipping crating wood that tobacco came in to make cigars. Grandpa, Michael Peter Becker's cigar factory building was on the same property where my father Eugene John Becker was born and lived all his childhood. It was the factory that made the most cigars to the tune of 1,400,000 in 1921. The home and factory were in Brillion, Calumet CO. WI. In about 1942, Michael P. sold the factory and homestead to, my parents, Eugene and Ann SCHNEIDER BECKER. I lived in this home until I was almost 9 years of age, just before we moved North Kansas City, MO. The original cigar factory building still stands in 2002. It was turned into a two unit apartment in about 1944 when I was 4 years old. I remember gutting of the building and the building of the steps in front of it which still has the "B" for Becker in the wrought iron grill work. -written by Margaret Ann (Becker ) SCHATZ.
Manfred
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