Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. from the Berge funeral home, Valders, and at 2:15 from the St. Peters Lutheran church in Collins. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Behnke, nee Helen Damm, was born at Gibson in 1872 and in 1892 was married to Mr. Behnke. Mr. Behnke died in 1931.
Survivors are 10 daughters, Mrs. Charles Wagner of Chilton, Mrs. Arno Seehafer, Mrs. Otto Rusch, Mrs. Hugo Zutz, Mrs. Wilmer Kanter, Mrs. Frederick Graf, of Brillion, Mrs. Arthur Otto, Mrs. Arnold Behnke, of Hilbert, Mrs. John Utke, Mrs. Alfred Ziemer, of Reedsville; four sons, Oscar and Henry of Collins, Frederick of Reedsville, Paul of Brillion; three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Etzler of Chicago, Mrs. Anna Schwalbe of Chilton, Mrs. Carrie Hammel of Milwaukee; three brothers, John of Valders, Edward of Appleton, William of Collins; and a half-brother, Louis Lemke of Collins.
The body may be viewed after Tuesday noon at the funeral home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, October 19, 1942 P. 2
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. from the Berge funeral home, Valders, and at 2:15 from the St. Peters Lutheran church in Collins. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Behnke, nee Helen Damm, was born at Gibson in 1872 and in 1892 was married to Mr. Behnke. Mr. Behnke died in 1931.
Survivors are 10 daughters, Mrs. Charles Wagner of Chilton, Mrs. Arno Seehafer, Mrs. Otto Rusch, Mrs. Hugo Zutz, Mrs. Wilmer Kanter, Mrs. Frederick Graf, of Brillion, Mrs. Arthur Otto, Mrs. Arnold Behnke, of Hilbert, Mrs. John Utke, Mrs. Alfred Ziemer, of Reedsville; four sons, Oscar and Henry of Collins, Frederick of Reedsville, Paul of Brillion; three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Etzler of Chicago, Mrs. Anna Schwalbe of Chilton, Mrs. Carrie Hammel of Milwaukee; three brothers, John of Valders, Edward of Appleton, William of Collins; and a half-brother, Louis Lemke of Collins.
The body may be viewed after Tuesday noon at the funeral home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, October 19, 1942 P. 2
Family Members
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Hattie Behnke Wagner
1892–1957
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Oscar Behnke
1896–1955
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Martina Behnke Seehawer
1897–1980
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Mathilda Martha Behnke Draheim Rusch
1899–1990
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Helen Behnke Otto
1900–1985
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Edward Behnke
1902–1929
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Delia Behnke Utke
1905–2001
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Almira Behnke Zutz
1907–1980
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Esther Behnke Ziemer
1908–2001
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Henry Otto Behnke
1910–1981
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Elsa Minnie Behnke Behnke
1912–1999
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Frederick A. Behnke
1913–2002
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Paul L. Behnke
1915–2004
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Evelyn Ida Behnke Kanter
1917–2007
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Elnora Lydia Behnke Graf
1920–2011
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