Alfred Earl Becker

Alfred Earl Becker was born January 25, 1929 to Walter Eugene Becker and Thelma Alice Cone, in San Antonio, Texas. He was one of five children: Vivian, Eugene, Alfred, Elizabeth, and Beverly. He lived on Cottonwood Road in San Antonio, Texas in a house built by his father and shared with his grandmother; Anna Amelia Henrietta Ripschlager Becker McClintock, who came to America from Magdaburg, Germany in 1872. In 1953, he married, Marjorie Mae Leverett. Catherine was born later that year, followed by Carolyn, Michael, and then Mark in the Philippines.

Alfred is predeceased by his father and mother, sister Vivian, brother, Eugene, and granddaughter, Rebecca.

Alfred served in the US Air Force for 28 years, pulling his family from Virginia to the Philippines and pit-stopping several times in San Antonio; the family home base.

Alfred served two tours in Vietnam and a separate tour in Korea. He started his military career serving in Germany at the end of World War II. Alfred retired from the military and moved to the Marble Falls area in 1975. He worked at the Horseshoe Bay airport and later as a bus driver for the Marble Falls School district.

He was a man who enjoyed a good days work, but enjoyed his time with his family most. His children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren were his greatest pride.

Survived by his wife of 60 years, Marjorie; children, Catherine Miller and husband, James; Carolyn Watts and husband, Lamar; Michael Becker and wife, Patricia; Mark Becker and wife, Tracey; grandchildren, Stephanie, Timothy, Amy, Nicole, Jessica, Benjamin, Charlie, Justin, Lane and Ryan; great-grandchildren, Cody, Ella, Emery, Brice, Henry, and Ben; sisters, Elizabeth Markell and husband, Lloyd, and Beverly Leverett and husband, Donald; and finally, many, many nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be Friday, June 14, 2013 from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home. Funeral service will be Saturday, June 15, 2013 at 3:00 PM at Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Lakeland Hills Memorial Park. Pallbearers are Justin Becker, Ryan Becker, Mark Becker, Michael Becker, James Miller, and Rick McQuaide. Honorary pallbearers are Don Buss, Bobby Boyles, Cody Kidd, and Brice Becker.