Obituaries : Susan M. “Becker” Barger

Susan M. “Becker” Barger

ATKINS:      Susan M. “Becker” Barger, 48, passed away peacefully from complications of Multiple Sclerosis on Friday, October 2, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. 
     A Mass Of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, October 5, 2015 at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Norway with Father Craig Steimel as Celebrant.  Interment will be held at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Blairstown.  Visitation will be held from 2 to 6 p.m., Sunday at the church in Norway.  A Memorial fund has been established. 
     Susan was born February 28, 1967 in Marengo to Donald and Virginia (Schmuecker) Becker and graduated from Benton Community High School in 1985.  
     On August 19, 1995 she was united in marriage to Tim Barger at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. 
     Susan was a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Norway.  She was employed at Aegon as a Proof Reader for many years.  She collected Eagle memorabilia and enjoyed their majesty.  Susan loved animals especially “Blackie”.  Spending time with her family was always her greatest joy. She will be remembered as a loving wife and mother. 
     She is survived by her husband, Tim Barger of Atkins; their twin children, Thaddeus and Tabatha both at home; her parents, Don and Virginia Becker of Van Horne; her siblings, Steve (Deanna) Becker of Blairstown, Angela Becker of Amana, Debbie  Becker Gorsch of Cedar Rapids, Cheryl (Todd) Hennings of Elberon, and Jeanne Becker of Cedar Rapids; her brother-in-law, Joe Barger of Cedar Rapids and her sister-in-law, Nancy (Ed) Sass of Shellsburg; twenty nieces and nephews and sixteen grand-nieces and nephews. 
     She was preceded in death by her in-law parents, Don and Jeanie Barger.