Robert Becker

It is with a heavy, sad heart that we announce that Robert Becker passed away and is with the Lord Jesus.

Funeral services are 11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 7, 2024, at Trinity Lutheran Church. Visitation is Wednesday from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at McKown Funeral Home. Military Honors by The American Legion Hartman Post #84 Honor Guard will take place at the church. Private family interment will take place in Columbus Cemetery. The service will be broadcast live on the Trinity Lutheran Youtube channel .

In lieu of plants and flowers, donations may be designated to Trinity Lutheran Church, YFFC, or to the Columbus Rescue Mission.

Robert was born March 5th, 1946, on a farm in Lebo, Kansas. Raised by some hard-working farmers, Ernest and Dorothy, Robert attended Lebo High where he dated his high school sweetheart and wife, Sharon. Knowing that he did not want to be a chicken farmer, Robert attended Kansas State University studying mathematics. He then went on to complete his master's degree at North Carolina State where he joined the ROTC program. During his 20 years as an Air Force officer, Robert worked with the space program, which took him from Georgia to Maine to Shemya, Alaska to Colorado Springs and finally to Omaha, Nebraska where he retired as a Lt. Colonel. During his Air Force career, Robert and Sharon had 4 children, Mary, Mark, Matt, and Meg, and loved every minute of poopy diapers, sibling rivalry, and chauffer services. Knowing also that he did not ever want to retire, Robert then worked 15 years with the electric utility company (NPPD) and another 10 years as a math and physics teacher at the Central Community College. Robert also served faithfully and with joy with the Trinity Lutheran Church, Columbus Rescue Mission, and Campus Crusade.  In all his career, he made lifelong friends wherever he was or wherever he worked.

If you knew Robert, you would be most likely to hear a silly pun, something about the Kansas State Wildcats, collecting tools he will never use, and always about Jesus. Robert was a faithful and loving husband (55 years with Sharon), a gracious and generous father, a kind and helpful neighbor and friend, and a highly respected member of the community who served everyone to the end. We will miss him dearly, but we celebrate his life and know that he is in a better place with Jesus in heaven.

Survived by
Sharon Becker (wife)
Jerry and Edna Anderson (brother-in-law and sister) and Rueben and Nathan
Ann and Curt Dokken (brother-in-law and sister) and LJ
John and Mary McPhail (son-in-law and daughter)
Hunter, Logan, and Brayden (grandsons)
Matt and Rachael Becker (son and daughter-in-law)
Caleb, Norah, and Eva (grandson and granddaughters)
Renaldo and Meg Green (son-in-law and daughter)
Aubrey, Brooklyn, Xavier, and Cadence (granddaughters and grandson)

Preceded in death by:
Ernest Becker (Father)
Dorothy Becker (Mother)
William Green (Father-in-law)
Mildred Green (Mother-in-law)
Mark Becker (Son)