Eleanor Jean Becking, daughter of the late Howard Bowman and Gertrude Lawrence Bowman, was born on November 3, 1938, in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and departed this life on August 11, 2021, at Ridgeview Nursing Center in Malden, Missouri, at the age of 82 years.

Mrs. Becking was a former 5th grade teacher in the Bernie Public School System. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Bernie.

On June 22, 1973, in Lawton, Oklahoma, she was united in marriage to Larry Becking. Mr. Becking preceded her in death on December 22, 2018.

She is survived by her son, Mark Becking of St. Louis, Missouri; by two daughters, Jennifer Becking of Dexter, Missouri; and Mary Ann Carter and husband Bill of Gainesville, Florida; by her brother, John Lawrence Bowman of Edmond, Oklahoma; by three grandchildren, Victor Miller, Zachary Renfro, and Daniel Becking and wife Paige; and by three great-grandchildren, Blair Becking, Sam Miller, and Emma Miller.

Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Patricia Ethlyce Mills.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.

Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie is assisting with arrangements.