{"id":26220,"date":"2015-09-29T18:40:31","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T00:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=26220"},"modified":"2015-11-25T16:17:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T22:17:21","slug":"miriam-offner-becker-dies-graveside-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/miriam-offner-becker-dies-graveside-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Miriam Offner Becker dies; graveside service held"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIRIAM OFFNER BECKER, \u00a0a mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully on September 29, surrounded by her loved ones. She was 89.<\/p>\n<p>A woman who doted on her family, she was affectionately called &#8220;Mimi&#8221; by close friends.<\/p>\n<p>Becker was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Jake, her son Marc, her granddaughter Kobi, and her great-grandson Sean Fox.<\/p>\n<p>She is survived by her two sons Cary M. Becker (Tricia) and Hal O. Becker (Linda), her daughter Marsha B. Zander (Skip) and her daughter-in-law Ellen Becker, and eight grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>She was noted as a flawless beauty, a devotee of fashion and a possessor of a sharp wit. Always quick with a joke, she was immaculately attired and even during her last days had her nails expertly manicured.<\/p>\n<p>Graveside services were held Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Jewish Burial Rites Cemetery, 4321 Frenchmen Street. \u00a0In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to Congregation Gates of Prayer, 4000 West Esplanade Avenue, Metairie, \u00a0or the charity of your choice<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?iu=\/423686928\/prod\/obit-aff\/obit-standard\/clio-inline-1&amp;t=clio%3DCOYCLLS%26cobrand%3Dnola%26linktext%3Dcharity%20of%20your%20choice%26linkurl%3Dhttp%3A\/\/www.legacy.com\/obituaries\/nola\/condolences-charities.aspx%3Fkeyword%3Dcoyclls%26pid%3D175968218%26fn%3DMiriam%26ln%3DBecker&amp;sz=1x1&amp;c=1750669873\" alt=\"\" \/> . <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tharpsontheimerfh.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp<\/a> Funeral Home of Metairie was in charge of arrangements.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Miriam%20Offner%20Becker%20dies%3B%20graveside%20service%20held\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[8790,8795,7372,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26220"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27144,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26220\/revisions\/27144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}