Raymond P. Behmer, age 60, of 3902 Seneca Lane, Manitowoc, died Thursday,
February 12, 1998, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center, Manitowoc, after
a courageous battle with cancer.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 p.m. on Monday, February 16, 1998, at First
German Ev. Lutheran Church. Rev. Bruce Bitter will officiate, with burial in
Evergreen Cemetery.
Ray was born June 28, 1937, in Milwaukee, son of the late Raymond E. and Emma
Kirchhoff Behmer. He was a graduate of Lincoln High School in 1954, and a
graduate of The Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, Calif. On June 20,
1959, he married Marilynn Schley at St. John & St. James Ev. Lutheran Church,
Reedsville. They resided in Dearborn Heights, Mich., where Ray was an automotive
designer for Ford Motor Company for 31 years, retiring in 1989. He was chief
designer for Ford of Australia from 1985 to 1988. He enjoyed many years of
teaching Sunday School, bible class, singing in the choir, and serving on the
church council at Lola Park Ev. Lutheran Church, Redford, Mich., and more recently
serving on the Board for Christian Education at his present church, First German
Ev. Lutheran Church, Manitowoc.
February 12, 1998, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center, Manitowoc, after
a courageous battle with cancer.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 p.m. on Monday, February 16, 1998, at First
German Ev. Lutheran Church. Rev. Bruce Bitter will officiate, with burial in
Evergreen Cemetery.
Ray was born June 28, 1937, in Milwaukee, son of the late Raymond E. and Emma
Kirchhoff Behmer. He was a graduate of Lincoln High School in 1954, and a
graduate of The Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, Calif. On June 20,
1959, he married Marilynn Schley at St. John & St. James Ev. Lutheran Church,
Reedsville. They resided in Dearborn Heights, Mich., where Ray was an automotive
designer for Ford Motor Company for 31 years, retiring in 1989. He was chief
designer for Ford of Australia from 1985 to 1988. He enjoyed many years of
teaching Sunday School, bible class, singing in the choir, and serving on the
church council at Lola Park Ev. Lutheran Church, Redford, Mich., and more recently
serving on the Board for Christian Education at his present church, First German
Ev. Lutheran Church, Manitowoc.
Raymond P. Behmer, age 60, of 3902 Seneca Lane, Manitowoc, died Thursday,
February 12, 1998, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center, Manitowoc, after
a courageous battle with cancer.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 p.m. on Monday, February 16, 1998, at First
German Ev. Lutheran Church. Rev. Bruce Bitter will officiate, with burial in
Evergreen Cemetery.
Ray was born June 28, 1937, in Milwaukee, son of the late Raymond E. and Emma
Kirchhoff Behmer. He was a graduate of Lincoln High School in 1954, and a
graduate of The Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, Calif. On June 20,
1959, he married Marilynn Schley at St. John & St. James Ev. Lutheran Church,
Reedsville. They resided in Dearborn Heights, Mich., where Ray was an automotive
designer for Ford Motor Company for 31 years, retiring in 1989. He was chief
designer for Ford of Australia from 1985 to 1988. He enjoyed many years of
teaching Sunday School, bible class, singing in the choir, and serving on the
church council at Lola Park Ev. Lutheran Church, Redford, Mich., and more recently
serving on the Board for Christian Education at his present church, First German
Ev. Lutheran Church, Manitowoc.
February 12, 1998, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center, Manitowoc, after
a courageous battle with cancer.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 p.m. on Monday, February 16, 1998, at First
German Ev. Lutheran Church. Rev. Bruce Bitter will officiate, with burial in
Evergreen Cemetery.
Ray was born June 28, 1937, in Milwaukee, son of the late Raymond E. and Emma
Kirchhoff Behmer. He was a graduate of Lincoln High School in 1954, and a
graduate of The Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, Calif. On June 20,
1959, he married Marilynn Schley at St. John & St. James Ev. Lutheran Church,
Reedsville. They resided in Dearborn Heights, Mich., where Ray was an automotive
designer for Ford Motor Company for 31 years, retiring in 1989. He was chief
designer for Ford of Australia from 1985 to 1988. He enjoyed many years of
teaching Sunday School, bible class, singing in the choir, and serving on the
church council at Lola Park Ev. Lutheran Church, Redford, Mich., and more recently
serving on the Board for Christian Education at his present church, First German
Ev. Lutheran Church, Manitowoc.
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