Leota F. "Tootie" Becker, age 87, passed away on Wednesday May 1, 2013 at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf House of Mercy in Hiawatha. There will be a private family service with Reverend David Mears officiating. Burial will be at St. John's Cemetery in Clarence. Leota was born on July 13, 1925 in Cedar County, Iowa to Everett and Frieda (Bock) Ford. She married Alvin Becker on November 30, 1942 in Kahoka, Missouri. He died September 15, 2010. Leota and her husband Alvin farmed from 1946 until 1989 in Rural Clarence. They moved to Tipton in 1990. She was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ in Clarence and the Women's Fellowship. She is survived by two daughters, Donna Oldorf of Cedar Rapids and Marian McKee of Denver, Colorado; son, Steven (Rita) of Stanwood; sister, Evelyn Clark of Tipton; 8 grandchildren, and 12 great grandchildren. Leota was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Alvin; two sons, Harlan and David; four brothers; three sisters; and son-in-laws Dennis Oldorf and Michael McKee.