Oliver E. Becker Jr.

b. circa 1926, d. 20 April 1969
  • Oliver E. Becker Jr. was born circa 1926 in Erie County, New York.
  • He married Ona Jane Schoembs, daughter of Miles Frank Schoembs and Irene Jacques.
  • The following appeared on 13 November 1948 in The Evening Observer: (Forestville) Mr. and Mrs. Miles Schoembs and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Becker of Buffalo were Sunday guests of Mrs. Agnes Neuendorf.
  • Oliver E. Becker Jr. died on 20 April 1969 in Alden, Erie County, New York, at 1338 Exchange Street at his residence.
  • Ona Jane Schoembs became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Acacia Park Cemetery, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, New York.
  • The following appeared on 21 April 1969 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: Oliver E. Becker Jr., 43, Alden restaurateur and town assessor, died Sunday morning in his home, 1338 Exchange St., Village of Alden.
         In 1963 Mr. Becker opened the Whistle Stop Inn at the Exchange St. address after two years as assistant menager of the Roycroft Inn in East Aurora. For 15 years beginning in 1946 he managed his father's tavern at William and Bailey in Buffalo.
         The Alden Town Board appointed him assessor last October.
         Active in service and fraternal activities, Mr. Becker was president of the Alden Kiwanis Club, member and immediate past president of the East Aurora-Orchard Park Shrine Club and member of Springville Lodge 351, F&AM; New York State Assessors Assn., Western New York Innkeepers Assn. and the American Legion's Alden Post 1377.
         A lifelong Buffalo area resident, he formerly served in the Merchant Marine.
         Surviving are his wife, the former Ona J. Schoembs; two sons, Oliver E. III and Douglas; two daughters, the Misses Diane and Donna Becker; his father, Oliver E. Becker of Buffalo; a sister, Miss Mildred Becker of Buffalo, and two brothers, Wilfrid of Hamburg and Sherwood of Buffalo.
         A funeral service at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Alden Presbyterian Church, Broadway and Crittenden Rd., will be followed by burial in Acacia Park Cemetery, Pendleton, Niagara County.
  • Last Edited: 28 Dec 2013

Family: Ona Jane Schoembs b. 28 November 1925, d. 21 June 2006