Carolyn Becker Myles

Cari Becker Myles Family and friends mourn the loss of Carolyn Becker Myles who left her body to explore the universe on October 23, 2014. Cari was the youngest of four children born to Rev. Harold Becker and Anne Aardal Becker in 1953. Like many “PKs” Cari spent her youth in a variety of locations: Denver and Sterling, CO; Blair, NE and Waverly, IA, where she graduated from high school. She received her BA in Sociology from Wartburg College in 1975 and her Masters of Social Work degree from UW Milwaukee in 1979. She fell madly in love with Tom Myles and they were married in 1982. Two exceptional children followed: Blayne in 1985 and Kristi Marie in 1987. The Myles family made their home in exotic places: Adana, Turkey; Welschbillig and Feilsdorf, Germany; and Okinawa, Japan. Tom was employed by the U.S. Dept of Defense as a teacher and Cari as a social worker. Tom retired in 2007 and Cari continued her rewarding career at the VA Hospital in Madison counseling soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, including those with traumatic brain injuries. When not working Cari enjoyed golf, playing the piano and singing in the Madison Festival Choir. Cari bravely weathered the sudden death of her husband, Tom, in 2008 and the return of breast cancer in 2011. She recently entered hospice care and died at home with her children at her side. Cari was preceded in death by father, Rev. Harold Becker, mother, Anne Aardal Becker and husband of 26 years, Thomas Patrick Myles. She is survived by children Blayne and Kristi; siblings Kristi, Jane and John; sister-in-law Robbie; and many nieces and nephews. Services Saturday, November 1, 11:30 am at Kingo Lutheran Church, 1225 E. Olive St., Shorewood, WI 53211.