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Helena Fredericka “Lena” <I>Fehners</I> Behnken

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Helena Fredericka “Lena” Fehners Behnken

Birth
Zetel, Landkreis Friesland, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
11 Sep 1954 (aged 68)
Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Monticello, Jones County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Row 9 Lot #31
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SOURCE: THE ANAMOSA JOURNAL…SEPTEMBER 20, 1954…PAGE 2
FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MRS. HELENA BEHNKEN HELD; LIST SURVIVORS

Funeral service, for Mrs. Helena T. Behnken, 69, was conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13, at Goettsch funeral home. Rev. H. E. Hahn officiated. Burial was in Prairie Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Behnken died Saturday, Sept. 11, at Mercy hospital, Anamosa, following a short illness.
Survivors Listed
Surviving are three children, Harm, Anamosa; Gerd, Fort Hood, Tex.; and Mrs. Bertie (Augusta)Cross, Anamosa; a sister, Mrs. Sena Eiben, Monticello; two half-sisters, Mrs. Fannie Siebels; Monticello, and Mrs. Dena Ortgies, Anamosa; a step-sister, Mrs. Etta Reiken, Monticello, and a half-brother, Harm Schafer, Anamosa. Four grandchildren also survive. They are Ronald and Richard Behnken, Manchester, and Chester and Jimmie Cross, Anamosa. Preceding her in death were two sons, John and Ben; her husband; three brothers, John; Herman and Martin Fehners, and two half-sisters, Mrs. Hannah Siebels and Mrs. Mary Poppe.
SOURCE: THE ANAMOSA JOURNAL…SEPTEMBER 20, 1954…PAGE 2
FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MRS. HELENA BEHNKEN HELD; LIST SURVIVORS

Funeral service, for Mrs. Helena T. Behnken, 69, was conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13, at Goettsch funeral home. Rev. H. E. Hahn officiated. Burial was in Prairie Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Behnken died Saturday, Sept. 11, at Mercy hospital, Anamosa, following a short illness.
Survivors Listed
Surviving are three children, Harm, Anamosa; Gerd, Fort Hood, Tex.; and Mrs. Bertie (Augusta)Cross, Anamosa; a sister, Mrs. Sena Eiben, Monticello; two half-sisters, Mrs. Fannie Siebels; Monticello, and Mrs. Dena Ortgies, Anamosa; a step-sister, Mrs. Etta Reiken, Monticello, and a half-brother, Harm Schafer, Anamosa. Four grandchildren also survive. They are Ronald and Richard Behnken, Manchester, and Chester and Jimmie Cross, Anamosa. Preceding her in death were two sons, John and Ben; her husband; three brothers, John; Herman and Martin Fehners, and two half-sisters, Mrs. Hannah Siebels and Mrs. Mary Poppe.


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