DeLores E Becwar April 11, 1925 – May 02, 2019 Share this obituary Send Flowers Sign Guestbook| Send Sympathy Card Remembering the Life Of DeLores E. (Witfoth) Becwar Funeral Services are at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 6, 2019 at the Milligan Auditorium in Milligan. Visitation is from 2-8pm Sunday, with family from 6-8 pm at Lauber Funeral Home in Friend and on Monday from 9am until service time at the Milligan Auditorium. Memorials have been established to the Crete City Library building fund.
DeLores Eleanor (Witfoth) Becwar went on her last trip on Thursday, May 2, 2019 leaving from Tabitha Gardens at Crete, Nebraska at the age of 94. She was born April 11, 1925 to Clarence and Bertha (Kasl) Witfoth on a farm nine miles south of Friend. DeLores attended Sunflower Country School District #100 in Saline County through the 8th grade.
Both her grandfathers (Fred Witfoth and Joe Kasl) had attended this school as well as her father. Dee graduated from Friend High School with the class of 1942. On August 28, 1945, she was united in marriage to Leonard Becwar in Friend.
To this union three children were born: Kenneth LeRoy, Dawn Eloise and Mark Leonard. They lived in Ohiowa, Fairmont, Salina, Kansas, Milligan and Friend. Recently Dee moved to Crete after Leonard passed away.
Dee (“Mrs B” to her students) taught in several schools during her 43-year career: Districts 100 and 90 (which was north of District 100), Spunky Hollow (North of Western), Golden Egg (East of Milligan), District 33 (South of Exeter), Ohiowa, Fairmont and Milligan Public Schools. She touched the lives of over 1,000 students from Kindergarten through the 9th grade. Mrs. B was reminded by several of her former students about “Station BECWAR”.
If this station was on-the-air they had better be tuned in. They made comments about having fun and enjoyed her sense of humor. But also knew when they should get down to business.
Her hobbies included bowling, crocheting, knitting, quilting, oil painting, tole painting plus her special collection of over 1,200 bells. Reading, playing games and connecting with friends on FaceBook on her IPad and playing bingo were her favorite pastimes these past 5 years. From 1977 to 1997, Dee and LB planned over 90 tours and had a mailing list of 370 couples and singles.
She enjoyed giving talks about their tours to organizations and her students. She was known as Mama Dee when singing with the LB Orchestra. Dee was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Leonard in 2008, son, Kenneth and his wife Sandy in 1993.
Leaving to mourn are her daughter, Dawn (Doug) Mundt, Crete, son Mark, Albuquerque, NM. Seven grandchildren and spouses, Shannon (Shaun) Mee, Colorado Springs CO, Chad Becwar, Lincoln, Jennifer Becwar, Lincoln, Kamron Becwar, Boca Del Toro, Panama, Jarod (Stacey) Mundt, Windsor, CO, Julie (Jared) Rohrs, Lincoln and Chandler Marintzer, Greeley, CO, eleven great-grandchildren and one great-great grandson, nieces, a nephew, cousins and a host of other relatives and friends. SERVICES Visitation Sunday, May 05, 2019 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM Lauber Moore Funeral Home – Friend 814 Maple Street Friend, Nebraska 68359 Get Directions on Google Maps The family will greet relatives and friends from 6-8 pm at the funeral home on Sunday.
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