Selda A Becker

Selda A. Becker, age 78 of Gaylord, MN died on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Arlington Good Samaritan Center. Funeral Service will be 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 13, 2013 at St. John's Lutheran Church Mountville (23677 491st Avenue Gaylord, MN) Visitation will be Wednesday from 4:00 - 8:00 pm at the Kolden Funeral Home in Arlington and continue one hour prior to the service at church on Thursday. Rev. Harold Storm will officiate. Interment will be in the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery in Dryden Twp, MN Selda was born on June 11, 1934 to John and Hulda (Gaulke) Otto in Dryden Township, Gaylord, Minnesota. She was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gaylord on July 15, 1934, and was confirmed on Palm Sunday, March 21, 1948 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Gaylord. Selda was a 1952 graduate of Gaylord High School. On July 2, 1952 she married Clarence H. Becker at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Gaylord. They worked together farming. Selda also worked at Crystal Foods in Gaylord and at the Arlington Good Samaritan Center. She enjoyed sewing, gardening, baking, and playing cards and liked dancing. Selda especially enjoyed spending time with her family, children and grandchildren. Selda was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clarence; siblings, Lydia Novak, Erwin Alsleben and Lorraine Burdorf and several siblings-in-law. Selda is survived by her children, Connie (Jerry) Byrnes, Donovan (Marcia) Becker and Kurt (Laurie) Becker; 7 Grandchildren, Jessica (Dusty) Brabender, Levi (Wendy) Becker, Lexi (Shane) Meyer, Lyndsey (Corey) Schultz, Brad Becker (Sp. Friend Brittany Farasyn), Stacia (John) Stepien and Hailey Becker; 6 Great Grandchildren, Liam and Lily Becker, Emersyn Meyer, Brooklyn and Tate Schultz, and Reed Stepien; Siblings-in-law, Inez Alsleben, Elmer Burdorf, Wilbert (Helen) Becker, Ernest Becker, Alfred Jr. (Marlys) Becker, Harvey (Elaine) Becker and Marlys Barfknecht; and many other relatives and friends.