DEATH CLAIMS PIONEER IN FRED BEHM TODAY
Fred Behm, aged sixty-nine, and a resident of this county for almost fifty years
passed away at the home of his son, Walter, on Route one this morning after a
lingering illness.
The decedent was born in Germany December 20, 1869 and came to this country when
about twenty years of age. He was married in 1886, his wife having preceded him
in death about five months ago. He resided in this city for about five years and
then located at Manitowoc Rapids where he had made his home until the time of his
wife’s death, when he took up his residence with son on Route one.
Besides the one son, Walter, with whom he had been making his home, two brothers,
August of Lincoln, Ill., Christ of the town of Liberty, and one sister, Mrs. John
Just, of this city and four grandchildren survive.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon from the Fred Vogelsang home, 623
Franklin street, at one thirty o’clock and at two o’clock at the Lutheran church,
the Rev. Koenninger officiating. Interment will be at Evergreen.
Manitowoc Herald News, January 29, 1929 P. 1
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[bur. 1 Feb. 1929/age 69 yrs./cause: pulmonary tuberculosis]
DEATH CLAIMS PIONEER IN FRED BEHM TODAY
Fred Behm, aged sixty-nine, and a resident of this county for almost fifty years
passed away at the home of his son, Walter, on Route one this morning after a
lingering illness.
The decedent was born in Germany December 20, 1869 and came to this country when
about twenty years of age. He was married in 1886, his wife having preceded him
in death about five months ago. He resided in this city for about five years and
then located at Manitowoc Rapids where he had made his home until the time of his
wife’s death, when he took up his residence with son on Route one.
Besides the one son, Walter, with whom he had been making his home, two brothers,
August of Lincoln, Ill., Christ of the town of Liberty, and one sister, Mrs. John
Just, of this city and four grandchildren survive.
Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon from the Fred Vogelsang home, 623
Franklin street, at one thirty o’clock and at two o’clock at the Lutheran church,
the Rev. Koenninger officiating. Interment will be at Evergreen.
Manitowoc Herald News, January 29, 1929 P. 1
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[bur. 1 Feb. 1929/age 69 yrs./cause: pulmonary tuberculosis]
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