Anna Rebecca “Becky” Nicodemus, 73, departed this life on June 11, 2021, with family by her side. A visitation will be held on Saturday, June 19 at 5:00 p.m. at the Sparkman-Crane Funeral Home, 10501 Garland Road, Dallas, Texas. On Monday, June 21 at 10:00 a.m., a funeral service will be held in the chapel at Sparkman-Crane Funeral Home. A graveside service will follow at the Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery in Midlothian, Texas.
Becky, as she was known to close friends and family, was born on January 8, 1948, to Ford Campbell Bangle and Marilyn Keesee at the Florence Nightingale Maternity Hospital in Dallas, Texas. Becky spent most of her life in Dallas, graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School and attending Southern Methodist University. At SMU, Becky was a member of Gamma Phi Beta and met Ivan Forrest Nicodemus of Elkhart, Indiana. Ivan was a member of Delta Chi and they were blessed with a wonderful friendship and courtship while on the SMU campus. Becky and Ivan were married on November 20, 1970.
Becky and Ivan quickly transitioned into Air Force life after their wedding. Early in his Air Force career, Ivan lost a colleague in a plane crash during flight training. This experience prompted Becky to announce that she would complete her undergraduate degree in order to protect and provide for her family if something should happen to Ivan. In 1980, Becky graduated summa cumlaude with a Bachelor of Science in Business from the State University of New York at Utica and went on to earn her CPA in 1985. These were especially meaningful accomplishments as she completed both her degree and CPA while raising two sons as Ivan flew tankers with the Strategic Air Command at Griffiss Air Force Base. Becky enjoyed travel and immersing herself in new and different things. She took each move – from Texas to California to New York to England – as an opportunity to explore. In these years, she was fortunate enough to visit Spain, Norway, Germany, Sweden, France, Belgium, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, and Portugal.
Becky and her family moved back to Dallas to be close to friends and family upon Ivan’s departure from the Air Force and at the age of 37 truly began her professional career. Becky worked at Parkland Hospital as an internal auditor. She later took a job in the audit department at EDS. She worked there for many years eventually becoming Vice-President of Internal Audit. She was
responsible for teams working in England, France, and Belgium and enjoyed the unique camaraderie of these groups and once again the accompanying international travel.
In 2004, Becky retired from EDS and was recruited by AH Belo to lead their internal audit department as vice-president. She was most proud of this association as she had immense respect for the owner, the publisher, and her colleagues and was fiercely committed to the success of newspapers and the Dallas Morning News. It was a wonderful match for her lifelong love of reading. After leaving AH Belo, Becky began consulting with RL Townsend in 2013 working again with close friends from her days at EDS. During this time, she also served as the Audit Director of the University of Texas at Arlington.
Throughout her career, Becky was very active in the audit community. She was a board member of the local and global chapters
of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and was the Chairman of the Audit Committee for the International Association of Auditors. Her volunteer work once again allowed her to travel as she and Ivan explored Indonesia and Japan on a lively and memorable tour of Asia.
Becky loved movies and musicals. She and Ivan were members of the USA Film Festival where they enjoyed seeing special screenings (some good, some bad, and all fun). She was a pro at the half-price ticket window in both Times Square and Leicester Square. She appreciated a shared live theatrical experience and particularly enjoyed taking her family and others to shows and concerts.
Becky was blessed with a competitive spirt and loved playing games of all sorts. She was especially fond of Trivial Pursuit, Chinese Checkers, Mexican Train, Uno, and Christmas-oploy (and any other game her grandchildren wanted to play). She never enjoyed being the center of attention but was always happy to plan a party or trip for someone else. She led the way for her
family from spontaneous dinners to weekend getaways, staycations to family trips, to the beach or Disney World. When it came to her grandchildren Becky never missed a game, concert, dance recital, court of honor, or grandparent day. She always showed up.
Becky was preceded in death by her parents, Ford and Marilyn Bangle, her aunt and uncle, Jack and Sweetie Morton, her cousins, Robert Morton and Susie Vosney, and her loyal cocker spaniels, Woolie and Penny. She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Ivan Nicodemus; her sister, Julie Bangle; her cousins, Melissa Lackman and Nancy Harper; her son and daughter-in-law, Brian and Cindy Nicodemus; her son and daughter-in-law, Jeff and Libby Nicodemus; and her beloved grandchildren, Catherine and Grace Nicodemus; Russell and Claire Nicodemus.
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