Obituary for Joan Becker
Joan Becker, 84, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas surrounded by family and friends. She was born May 30, 1937, in Nashville, Kansas, the daughter of Phillip & Elizabeth (Bayer) Becker.
Joan earned her Elementary School Diploma from Kingman County Public Elementary Schools in St. Leo, Kansas; graduated from Immaculate Conception High School in Great Bend, Kansas; attended Immaculate Conception College, Mary Mount College in Salina, Kansas; and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Medical Technology at Sacred Heart College in Wichita, Kansas on June 1, 1961. Joan also entered the Dominican Sisters in Great Bend, Kansas in 1952; re-entered laity in 1971, and became a laity Associate Dominican Sister of Peace in 1984. She began working as a Lab and X-Ray Technician at St. Rose Hospital in Great Bend. She then continued her work at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas before moving to Lamar, Colorado to work at the Dominican Sisters of the Conception’s Sacred Heart Hospital, known today as the Prowers County Hospital District. Joan later returned to Garden City and was employed at Plaza Medical Center for many years until her retirement.
Joan was a longtime member of St. Dominic Catholic Church in Garden City and an Associate of the Dominican Sisters of Peace. Her hobbies included crocheting and working outdoors in her yard, in which she took great pride. She also loved attending to her flowers, going to the casino, and visiting the sick.
Survivors include a longtime friend, Cindy Duran; three sisters-in-law Carolyn Becker, JoAnn Becker, and Agnes Keiss; and many nieces and nephews. Joan is preceded in death by her parents; and eleven siblings Jerome, Philip, Emil, John, Alfred, Nicholas, Philomena Becker, Ruth Becker, Marie Doll, Josephine Kimball, and Elizabeth Ricke.
A Vigil service and Rosary will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, May 16, 2022, at St. Dominic Catholic Church in Garden City. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, also at St. Dominic Catholic Church with Rev. Warren Stecklein as Celebrant. The funeral Mass may also be viewed on Facebook Live on the Garnand Funeral Home Facebook page. Burial will follow at Valley View Cemetery in Garden City. Friends may call from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday at Garnand Funeral Home in Garden City. The family suggests memorials given to the Charities of St. Dominic Catholic Church in care of the funeral home.
Joan earned her Elementary School Diploma from Kingman County Public Elementary Schools in St. Leo, Kansas; graduated from Immaculate Conception High School in Great Bend, Kansas; attended Immaculate Conception College, Mary Mount College in Salina, Kansas; and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Medical Technology at Sacred Heart College in Wichita, Kansas on June 1, 1961. Joan also entered the Dominican Sisters in Great Bend, Kansas in 1952; re-entered laity in 1971, and became a laity Associate Dominican Sister of Peace in 1984. She began working as a Lab and X-Ray Technician at St. Rose Hospital in Great Bend. She then continued her work at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas before moving to Lamar, Colorado to work at the Dominican Sisters of the Conception’s Sacred Heart Hospital, known today as the Prowers County Hospital District. Joan later returned to Garden City and was employed at Plaza Medical Center for many years until her retirement.
Joan was a longtime member of St. Dominic Catholic Church in Garden City and an Associate of the Dominican Sisters of Peace. Her hobbies included crocheting and working outdoors in her yard, in which she took great pride. She also loved attending to her flowers, going to the casino, and visiting the sick.
Survivors include a longtime friend, Cindy Duran; three sisters-in-law Carolyn Becker, JoAnn Becker, and Agnes Keiss; and many nieces and nephews. Joan is preceded in death by her parents; and eleven siblings Jerome, Philip, Emil, John, Alfred, Nicholas, Philomena Becker, Ruth Becker, Marie Doll, Josephine Kimball, and Elizabeth Ricke.
A Vigil service and Rosary will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, May 16, 2022, at St. Dominic Catholic Church in Garden City. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, also at St. Dominic Catholic Church with Rev. Warren Stecklein as Celebrant. The funeral Mass may also be viewed on Facebook Live on the Garnand Funeral Home Facebook page. Burial will follow at Valley View Cemetery in Garden City. Friends may call from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday at Garnand Funeral Home in Garden City. The family suggests memorials given to the Charities of St. Dominic Catholic Church in care of the funeral home.