Obit. 1967 - mid-Missouri newspaper: " August Peter Becklenberg, son of the late Joseph and Mary Hunter Becklenberg was born on the 18th day of November 1907, on a farm near Chamois and departed this life Tuesday morning, October 17, 1967 at his home on Hwy. 89, reaching the age of 59 years, 11 months and 29 days. Mr. Becklenberg was a lifelong resident of the Chamois community, where he operated a farm for many years. Until his health began to fail, he also operated a filling station. On the 35th of July 1932, he was united in marriage to Miss Myrtle Nichols and to this union three children were born. They are Mrs. Kathleen Klebba of Linn; Mrs. Rosella Rippstein and Lawrence Becklenberg, both of Chamois. Surviving besides his wife and three children are one grandchild, Marilyn Klebba; one brother, John Becklenberg of Belle; four sisters, Mrs. Tillie Smith and Mrs. Ada Werz, both of St. Louis; Mrs. Christine Mertens of Fulton, and Mrs. Ethyl Woody of Anthony, Kansas. After resting at the Meyer Funeral Home in Chamois, funeral services were conducted Thursday, October 19, at the Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Chamois with interment in the church cemetery. The Reverend Father A. J. Grellner officiated."