Spouse:
Joyce Hiljus (married on September 18, 1948)
Children:
Three children: Bob, Barry (sons); Jani (daughter)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
He lived in Cambridge, Minnesota his entire life.
"Upon returning home [from the service], Becklin went to work as a railway mail clerk on the trains between Minneapolis and Chicago, a position he held until 1955 when he transferred to Cambridge to be a rural mail carrier. In 1955, Becklin joined three others in founding the former charcoal plant, Rum River Charcoal, located south of Isanti. Upon leaving the Postal Service he managed the plant and served as president until it was sold to Husky Industries (now Royal Oak Charcoal) in 1966. He continued to work with Husky as division manager until 1971, when he was elected president of the Peoples State Bank (now Peoples Bank of Commerce), a position he held for 23 years." (Obituary, Isanti County News, August 13, 2011)
"In 1962, upon leaving the US Postal Service, Becklin was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives from Isanti and Chisago Counties and was reelected to five successive terms. He served as chairman of the Conservation Committee for three years and the National Wildlife Society honored Becklin as the Conservation Legislator of the Year in 1969. During his time in the Legislature, he authored and passed the act creating the Cambridge Community College and a bill to manage Minnesota's shorelands, just two of his numerous legislative accomplishments." (Obituary, Isanti County News, August 13, 2012)
"Becklin was elected to the Board of Trustees of Memorial Hospital in Cambridge in 1966 and served for 29 years. He also served on the Minnesota Hospital Association Board of Trustees for 10 years. The Association selected Becklin as Minnesota Hospital Trustee of the Year in 1990." (Obituary, Isanti County News, August 13, 2012)
His funeral was held at Cambridge Lutheran Church on August 18, 2012. He was buried at Cambridge Lutheran Cemetery.
Religion provided by the Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1969-70