Thomas C. Becker, age 78 of Indiana, died Thursday, December 17, 2020 at the Indiana Regional Medical Center.
He was born in 1942 in Hastings to Anthony and Amelia Thomas Becker.
Tom was a graduate of the Hastings Elder High School.
He was employed by AT&T as a telecommunication technician for 40 years until his retirement in 2000.
He was a resident of Indiana for the past 47 years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, gardening, traveling, playing cards and fixing just about anything. He enjoyed watching sports, especially his grandchildren’s sports. Family and church were most important to him.
Tom was a member of St. Bernard of Clairvaux Roman Catholic Church where he served as an usher for many years.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Ruth A. (Farabaugh) Becker, Indiana; four children, Lori Ginter and husband Robert, Homer City; Sandra Sharp and husband William III, Cranberry Twp.; Matthew Becker and wife Kathy, Denver, PA; Julie Carr and husband Kenneth II, Columbus, OH; seven grandchildren, Elizabeth and Abigayle Ginter, Liam Sharp, Todd and Josh Becker and Daniel and Kelsey Carr; one brother Gerald Becker; and two sisters, Mildred Carpinello and husband Nick; Edna Mae Stiffler; and numerous nieces, nephews and God children.
He was preceded in death by his parents, an infant son Todd, and the following siblings, Blair and wife Olive, Bernadine, Ernest and wife Virginia, Lucy Carpinello and husband Henry, sister-in-law Joanne Becker, brother-in-law Melvin Stiffler.
Friends will be received on Monday, December 28, 2020 at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Roman Catholic Church, Indiana from 10 to 11 a.m. where a funeral mass will be celebrated on Monday at 11 a.m. Interment will be made in the St. Bernard Cemetery, Hastings. The Bowser-Minich Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.
