JOY MARIE BECKER OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT LILBURN, MISSOURI ON APRIL 29, 1943, A DAUGHTER OF CLORINE (MORRIS) HARRISON AND THE LATE RONALD HARRISON. JOY DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HER RESIDENCE IN POTOSI, MISSOURI OF NOVEMBER 18, 2001 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND TWENTY DAYS.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING AND DEVOTED HUSBAND OF FORTY YEARS, GERALD F. BECKER OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; ONE DAUGHTER, CATHY PHELPS AND FIANCÉ JAMES ABERNATHY OF DESOTO, MISSOURI; ONE SON, GERALD A. BECKER AND WIFE KATHY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS; THREE GRANDCHILDREN, GARRETT BECKER, KRISTINE PHELPS AND KEITH PHELPS. HER MOTHER, CLORINE HARRISON OF BARNHART, MISSOURI; FOUR BROTHERS, RONALD HARRISON OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ROBERT HARRISON AND WIFE JOAN OF FESTUS, MISSOURI, WILLIAM HARRISON AND WIFE RHONDA OF BARNHART, MISSOURI, CHARLES HARRISON AND WIFE RUTH OF FESTUS, MISSOURI; THREE SISTERS, JACKIE SAWYER OF BARNHART, MISSOURI, JERRY RIGGS AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF BARNHART, MISSOURI, AND MINNIE SHULTZ AND HUSBAND JIM OF BARNHART, MISSOURI, IN LAWS; KENNETH BECKER AND WIFE LOU OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DONALD BECKER AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AND RICHARD "RICK" BECKER AND WIFE DARLENE OF BLACKWELL, OKLAHOMA; ONE STEP SISTER, JACKIE SCHRADER AND HUSBAND JERRY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; TWO STEP BROTHERS, JOE VACLAVIK AND WIFE DIANE, JAMES VACLAVIK AND WIFE SHARON AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
JOY WAS A MEMBER OF THE ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH PARISH, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
JOY ENJOYED CRAFTING CERAMICS AND WORKING IN HER FLOWER GARDEN. SHE RELAXED READING ANY TYPE OF BOOK BUT ESPECIALLY ENJOYED A GOOD MYSTERY BY AGATHA CHRISTIE.
JOY HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HER FAMILY AND EACH OF THEM HELD A VERY DEAR PLACE IN HER HEART. SHE ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO THE TIME THEY ALL COULD GET TOGETHER AND SPEND TIME WITH EACH OTHER. SHE ALWAYS HAD A SMILE OR A KIND WORD TO SHARE WITH ANYONE.
VISITATION WAS HELD 4:00 P.M. ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2001 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WAS CONDUCTED AT 10:00 A.M AT THE ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER GEORGE GALOVICH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE ST. JAMES CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI. SERVING AS PALL BEARERS WERE ADAM HARRISON, ROBERT HARRISON, BO METZ, DAVID SAWYER, DONNIE SAWYER AND JAMES SHULTZ.