Jack G. Becker

1924 - 2009

Jack G. Becker has joined the long gray line of U.S. Military Academy graduates into eternity. He passed away Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, at a local hospital after a brief illness.
Memorial service: 10 a.m. Monday at St. Barnabas United Methodist Church, 5011 W. Pleasant Ridge Road, Arlington. Inurnment: Will be in the columbarium of the chapel at West Point. Visitation: The family will receive friends 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Moore Funeral Home-Bowen Chapel.
Memorials: charity of choice or St. Barnabas United Methodist Church bulding fund.
Col. Jack G. Becker was born Nov. 9, 1924, in New Orleans, La., to Clarence and Louise Nussloch Becker. He attended Tulane University and then received his appointment to the U.S. Military Academy. After graduation in 1946, he served as a construction engineer with the Army for 30 years. His many assignments included Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; Fort Campbell, Ky.; Charleston, S.C.; Fort Belvoir, Va.; and the Pentagon. He also served overseas assignments in Japan, Nicaragua, Korea, Germany, Italy and Vietnam. Upon retirement from the Army, he worked for the U.S. Corps of Engineers in Saudi Arabia for seven years, then in the Fort Worth office of the U.S. Corps of Engineers for several more years. He had resided in Arlington since 1984.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Alice; one daughter, kathleen; and brother, Hal Becker.
Survivors: Wife of eight years, Pat Hamilton Becker; daughter, Karen L. Becker of Staunton, Va.; son, Jack T. Becker and wife, Elizabeth, of Port Townsend, Wash.; stepchildren, Jim Hamilton and wife, Devonna, of Garland, Sherrie Raven and husband, Bruce, of Austin and Rick Hamilton and wife, Sara, of Rogers, Ark.; and grandchildren, Jason Hamilton, Josh Hamilton, Allison Raven, Becky Raven, Colton Lake, Robert Hamilton and Ryan Hamilton.