Private family services for Mary Ann Becker, 85, were at St. Theodore Catholic Church in Albert Lea. Interment was at St. Theodore Cemetery in Albert Lea.

Mary Ann always enjoyed spending time with family and friends. Open house gatherings were on the previous three weekends, allowing everyone to re-connect, and giving her the time that she so very much loved.

Mary Ann went to her heavenly home Saturday, April 27, 2019, at St. John’s Lutheran Community in Albert Lea.

She was born in Kasota, the daughter of Charles and Etta (McFadden) Flowers.

Mary Ann worked in every position in her husband’s trucking business, Becker Hi-Way Frate, with the exception of driving. Mary Ann was always the happiest while working at her husband’s side. They traveled coast to coast in his antique Mack truck, pulling a fifth-wheel trailer.

Mary’s home was always open to all, whether family, friends, cousins or neighbors. She was always concerned for others and felt she needed to take care of and love all who entered the Becker home.

She knitted scarves and mittens for veterans, made beautiful tablecloths for fundraisers and benefits, while also winning many blue ribbons for her crocheting.

Mary was strong in her faith and was a faithful member of St. Theodore Catholic Church.

Mary Ann is survived by her husband of almost 70 years, Joe; her children Joseph (Sandy) Becker, Catherine (Terry) Sippel and Richard Becker; daughters-in-law Delores Becker and JoAnn Becker; grandson, Jason Becker (Kim); sister, Ina Mae Fischer; brother, David (LaDona) Flowers; brothers-in-law Phillip Borgmeier (Linda), Kenneth Becker and Dale Hennek; sisters-in-law Janet Hanf and Iva Lou Becker; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents Charles and Etta Flowers; her son, Thomas Becker; her siblings Howard Flowers and his wife, Lorraine, Pauline Graham and her husband, James, Francis Flowers and his wife, Lucile, Charles Flowers Jr. (sister-in-law) Grace Flowers, Richard Flowers and his wife, Kaye, and Margie Borgmeier; father-in-law and mother-in-law Ambrose and Alma Becker; brothers-in-law Frank Fischer and Harold Becker; and sisters-in-law Mildred Becker, Victorine Traynor and her husband, Robert, Lucille Becker and Veronica Hennek.