MELVERN, Kan. – Anna Marie Becker, 88, passed away Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, at Brookside Retirement Community, Overbrook, Kan. She was born Jan. 29, 1937, near Denison, Kan., the daughter of Walter and Austa (Coleman) Sommers.
Anna grew up around the Denison community. She had lived in Melvern, Kan., since 1966.
Anna was united in marriage to Donald Becker, March 3, 1957, in Denison. To this union three children were born, Donna, Diana and Dwight.
Anna was a homemaker, operated Melvern Lockers and Market, Melvern, was a filter cutter for Filter Services of Kansas, and was a longtime seamstress and alteration expert. She had been a member of the Denison Union Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, of Holton and Burlington, and the Zion Lutheran Church, Vassar. She was a member of the LWML of Holton, Burlington and Vassar, and the Daughters of Zion at Vassar. She served as a Melvern Jr. Highline 4-H Club project leader, and served on the Osage County Extension Council and the Melvern Sunflower Days Fair Board, and was on the committee that started the Osage County Relay for Life of the American Cancer Society. In her spare time she was able to donate 12 gallons of blood for the Red Cross and Community Blood Bank.
Anna was preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Austa.
Anna is survived by her husband, Don, of over 68 years; two daughters, Donna (David) Ball, of Leavenworth, Kan., and Diana (Brian) Allison, Melvern; son, Dwight (Debbie) Becker, Melvern; sister, Norma Remp, Topeka, Kan.; four grandchildren, Lisa (Tim) Reeser, Melvern, David (Brittany) Becker, Newton, Kan., Dennis (Tiffany) Becker, Melvern, and Will Perkowski; seven great-grandchildren, Allison and Isabella Reeser, Bryce, Addison and Lane Becker and Payton and Kamryn Becker; and other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, at Zion Lutheran Church, Vassar. Burial will be in the Melvern Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:30-7 p.m. Monday at Feltner Funeral Chapel, Lyndon.
Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society, sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Ave., Lyndon, KS 66451. Condolences can be left at feltnerfuneralhome.com.
