Owen H. Becker, 65, IBM manager

Owen H. Becker of East Hampton, a retired IBM manager and former Ridgefielder, died on Monday, Sept. 29, in St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford. He was 65 years old and the husband of Margaret "Peggy" Hartmann Becker.
A native of Syracuse, N.Y., Mr. Becker was the son of Harry and Alice Godard Becker. He attended Syracuse schools and graduated from Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y., with a bachelor's degree in psychology.
Mr. Becker had been with IBM for 29 years, working in human resources and personnel administration, and retiring as site services manager in Essex Junction, Vt. The family had lived on Indian Cave Road here during the 1980s and until Mr. Becker was transferred to Burlington, Vt., in 1991.
In 1995, Mr. Becker joined Bank North Group of Burlington, serving as executive vice president for administration. He was also chairman of the Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce from 1997 to 1998 and served on many business and community boards in Chittenden County, Vt.
While in Ridgefield, he coached youth soccer and sang in St. Mary's Choir.
Besides his wife, Mr. Becker is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Janine Becker of Trumbull; a son, Christopher Becker of Bridgeport; a daughter and son-in-law, Susan B. and Thomas Meotti of Glastonbury; a sister, Carol Jane Wilsey of Kendall, N.Y.; and six grandchildren, Alysse, Rachel and Jack Meotti of Glastonbury, and Julianne, Jennifer and Olivia Becker of Trumbull.
A procession will form at the Glastonbury Funeral Home, 450 New London Turnpike, on Friday, Oct. 3, at 9:15 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 in St. Paul's Church, Main Street, Glastonbury.
Burial will follow in Green Cemetery, Glastonbury.
Friends may call the Glastonbury Funeral Home on Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the Support-A-Student Scholarship Program, attention DiDi Brush, Champlain College, 163 South Willard Street, PO Box 670, Burlington, VT 05401-0670. Please put "SAS" on memo part of the check.
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