Kaydene Becker

Topeka Services for Kaydene Becker, 65, Meriden, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Parker-Price Chapel, Topeka. Burial will be in Meriden Cemetery.

Mrs. Becker died Sunday, Aug. 4, 2002, at her home in Meriden.

She was born July 20, 1937, in Yates Center, the daughter of Ludwig and Evelyn Mae (Steenrod) Dashen. She was raised in Pratt and graduated from Kansas State University in 1959 with a bachelor’s degree. She had lived in Meriden since 1959.

Mrs. Becker was a substitute teacher for Meriden Elementary School. She was a member of Meriden United Methodist Church and Chi Omega sorority at KSU.

She married Daryl Becker on June 14, 1959, in Pratt. He survives of the home.

Other survivors include a son, Scott Becker, Meriden; a sister, Patricia Flickinger, Lawrence; and a granddaughter.

Friends may call after noon Wednesday at Parker-Price Mortuary, where the family will receive friends from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

The family suggests memorials to Kaydene Becker Jefferson West Scholarship Fund, sent in care of Countryside Bank, P.O. Box 288, Meriden 66512-0512.