Obituary from Coffelt Funeral Home, Sandpoint, Idado.
Edwin Ed Behrens
(July 24, 1917 - June 10, 2010)
Edwin "Ed" Behrens, 92, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Thursday, June 10, 2010.
Family services will be scheduled later and inurnment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park.
Ed was born in Tilden, Nebraska on July 24, 1917, the son of John and Wilamina Behrens. In 1929 the family moved to the Sandpoint area and Ed attended local schools.
During WW II he served with the US Navy as a motor machinists mate, in a landing craft division. On July 24, 1942 he and Clara A. Petit were married in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Ed owned and operated the Mobil Station on 1st Avenue in Sandpoint, from 1948 until 1951. After selling the station he and Clara opened the Pine Rock Motel and Truck Stop in Ponderay, by the Elk's Golf Course. In the 1960s he took his Real Estate exams and became a broker for John Smith Realty, beside Harold's IGA. He later changed the name to Behren's Real Estate, which he operated until retiring in 1975.
His retirement winters were in Kona, Hawaii where he spent his days sitting by the seawall, carving animals and birds, and selling them to visitors. His summers were spent fishing on his homemade barge, and carving. He owned a garage full of carvings, over 20 years of extensive carvings were stored there.
Edwin Ed Behrens
(July 24, 1917 - June 10, 2010)
Edwin "Ed" Behrens, 92, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Thursday, June 10, 2010.
Family services will be scheduled later and inurnment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park.
Ed was born in Tilden, Nebraska on July 24, 1917, the son of John and Wilamina Behrens. In 1929 the family moved to the Sandpoint area and Ed attended local schools.
During WW II he served with the US Navy as a motor machinists mate, in a landing craft division. On July 24, 1942 he and Clara A. Petit were married in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Ed owned and operated the Mobil Station on 1st Avenue in Sandpoint, from 1948 until 1951. After selling the station he and Clara opened the Pine Rock Motel and Truck Stop in Ponderay, by the Elk's Golf Course. In the 1960s he took his Real Estate exams and became a broker for John Smith Realty, beside Harold's IGA. He later changed the name to Behren's Real Estate, which he operated until retiring in 1975.
His retirement winters were in Kona, Hawaii where he spent his days sitting by the seawall, carving animals and birds, and selling them to visitors. His summers were spent fishing on his homemade barge, and carving. He owned a garage full of carvings, over 20 years of extensive carvings were stored there.
Obituary from Coffelt Funeral Home, Sandpoint, Idado.
Edwin Ed Behrens
(July 24, 1917 - June 10, 2010)
Edwin "Ed" Behrens, 92, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Thursday, June 10, 2010.
Family services will be scheduled later and inurnment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park.
Ed was born in Tilden, Nebraska on July 24, 1917, the son of John and Wilamina Behrens. In 1929 the family moved to the Sandpoint area and Ed attended local schools.
During WW II he served with the US Navy as a motor machinists mate, in a landing craft division. On July 24, 1942 he and Clara A. Petit were married in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Ed owned and operated the Mobil Station on 1st Avenue in Sandpoint, from 1948 until 1951. After selling the station he and Clara opened the Pine Rock Motel and Truck Stop in Ponderay, by the Elk's Golf Course. In the 1960s he took his Real Estate exams and became a broker for John Smith Realty, beside Harold's IGA. He later changed the name to Behren's Real Estate, which he operated until retiring in 1975.
His retirement winters were in Kona, Hawaii where he spent his days sitting by the seawall, carving animals and birds, and selling them to visitors. His summers were spent fishing on his homemade barge, and carving. He owned a garage full of carvings, over 20 years of extensive carvings were stored there.
Edwin Ed Behrens
(July 24, 1917 - June 10, 2010)
Edwin "Ed" Behrens, 92, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Thursday, June 10, 2010.
Family services will be scheduled later and inurnment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park.
Ed was born in Tilden, Nebraska on July 24, 1917, the son of John and Wilamina Behrens. In 1929 the family moved to the Sandpoint area and Ed attended local schools.
During WW II he served with the US Navy as a motor machinists mate, in a landing craft division. On July 24, 1942 he and Clara A. Petit were married in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Ed owned and operated the Mobil Station on 1st Avenue in Sandpoint, from 1948 until 1951. After selling the station he and Clara opened the Pine Rock Motel and Truck Stop in Ponderay, by the Elk's Golf Course. In the 1960s he took his Real Estate exams and became a broker for John Smith Realty, beside Harold's IGA. He later changed the name to Behren's Real Estate, which he operated until retiring in 1975.
His retirement winters were in Kona, Hawaii where he spent his days sitting by the seawall, carving animals and birds, and selling them to visitors. His summers were spent fishing on his homemade barge, and carving. He owned a garage full of carvings, over 20 years of extensive carvings were stored there.
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