Sally D. Becker

Sally D. Becker, 75, S. Indiana Ave., Watertown, passed away at her home on Wednesday morning, January 25, 2012.

Calling hours will be held at Cummings Funeral Service, Inc., Watertown, on Tuesday, January 31, from 4 - 7PM. The funeral mass will be celebrated at Holy Family Church on Wednesday, February 1, at 11AM with Rev. Steven Murray officiating with burial following in Glenwood Cemetery.

She was born in Watertown on January 7, 1937, daughter of Alfred H. “Speedy” and Rose A. Netto DeCastro. She graduated from Watertown High School in 1954 and from the House of the Good Samaritan School of Nursing in 1957.

On May 14, 1960 she married Edmund F. Becker, of Albany, at Holy Family Church with Rev. Eugene Beaudet officiating.

Sally worked as an OR nurse at the House of the Good Samaritan, for Dr. Anthony Flood, a general surgeon, and then as an OR nurse at St. Peter’s Hospital, Albany. She retired from nursing to raise her children, enjoying being a housewife and mother. In later years, she worked part time at JoAnn Fabrics and Sears engravable gift shop.

She was a communicant of Holy Family Church, a Eucharistic Minister, and a member of its Altar and Rosary Society. She was a member of the Elks Lodge #496. Her favorite enjoyment was spending time with her family, making cookies for and with her grandchildren, and she also enjoyed sewing, reading, and crossword puzzles.

Besides her husband, Ed, Sally is survived by her two daughters and their husbands, Terese and Mark Bartlett, Adams Center and Jennifer and John Lachenauer, Watertown; her six grandchildren, Katie, M. Andrew, and Danielle Bartlett, and Nathanial, Ethan, and Samuel Lachenauer; her brother-in-law, Joseph J. Becker, Speigletown; and several nieces, nephews, cousins, and life-long friends.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in her name to either Sisters of the Precious Blood, 400 Pratt St. or Hospice of Jefferson County, 425 Washington St., both in Watertown, NY 13601.