Martha Anni Sekula

Martha Anni Becher Sekula was born in Bayreuth, Germany to parents, Konrad Becher and Frieda Popp Becher, on August 1, 1936, as a fraternal twin. She went to school in Bayreuth, Germany where she graduated from the German school system and afterwards attended a German trade school. She married Joseph Sekula, Sr., an American soldier, on July 6, 1958, in city of Bayreuth, Germany. She was a “model military wife” raising her three children and making many sacrifices being married to a veteran of Korean and Vietnam Wars who served in the U.S. Army twenty-two years. As a foreign-born German wife of a military serviceman speaking no English when she first arrived in the United States in December of 1958, she [as many other dependent spouses] deserved a medal for her dedication in keeping her family together and safe during the many separations she endured when her husband was stationed out of the country/state or on long-duty assignment. As her children grew older, she returned to work. She especially enjoyed working for 19 years as a special-needs bus aide for the Northeast Independent School District. She loved her special-needs school children; the children and many of their parents showered her with appreciation. She was a loving mother to her children and taught them her German customs and tongue, and as the devoted wife even made sure they were baptized, communized, and confirmed according to her husband’s Catholic faith although she was Lutheran. She was involved in many monthly get-togethers and Kaffeeklatsches with her numerous German lady friends keeping close friendships, maintaining German traditions, and warding off homesickness.

Martha Anni Becher Sekula is preceded in death by parents, Konrad Becher and Frieda Popp Becher; husband, Joseph P. Sekula, Sr.; sisters, Hildegard Zahn and Luise Schertel; and brother, Ernest Becher.

Martha Anni Becher Sekula is survived by children, Joseph Sekula, Jr, Claudia Ramos, and Karin Sekula-Keen; grandchildren, Aric Ramos, Aaron Ramos, Christina Roche, Melanie Renfoe, and Lennox Keen, and five great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Joseph Sekula, Jr., Lennox Keen, Preston Barragan, Aric Ramos, and Joseph Ramos.

Visitation will be from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at Sunset Memorial Park and Funeral Home, 1701 Austin Highway, San Antonio, Texas.

Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery Shelter One with the Pastor Tim Holmes of Place of Grace Fellowship officiating. Burial will follow at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery. Arrangements are by Sunset Memorial Park and Funeral Home.

The family requests in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Sacred Heart Hospice and the Animal Defense League.

The family of Martha Anni Becher Sekula wishes to extend our sincere thanks to Dr. John Canales, Dr. Rohit Kapoor, FNP Claire Boomhower, the staff at Sacred Heart Hospice, the separate staffs at Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation and the Coronado at Stone Oak, and Pastor Tim Holmes at Place of Grace Fellowship.