LEROY J BEHNKE
Leroy J. Behnke, age 86, of 3206 Wildwood Drive Manitowoc, died Monday afternoon
June 5, 1920, in Reedsville, son of the late Henry G. and Mabel (Pollack)
Behnke. Lee was a graduate of Reedsville High School, class of 1938. He served
in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1942 to 1945 with the 10th Armored
Division in Germany. Being a prisoner of war, he was honorably discharged from
the U.S. military Nov. 23, 1945. After his military service, Lee attended the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Agriculture. Lee was employed with
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, stationed at Lakeland Egg Cooperative from
1949 to 1959. In 1959 he joined the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, where
he was employed as a commodity grader with the Trade and Consumer Protection
Division until his retirement in 1985.
On Nov. 2, 1963 he married the former Elizabeth Doelker by Pastor Koehler at
Church of Peace, United Church of Christ in Fond du Lac. The couple lived in
Manitowoc all their married lives.
Survivors include his wife; Elizabeth (Betty) Behnke, Manitowoc; and three
brothers and sisters-in-law; Lemerl and LaVerne Behnke, Manitowoc, Orval and
Ruth Behnke, Fond du Lac; and Henry and Doris Behnke, Reedsville. Also
surviving are nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held at First Lutheran Church in Manitowoc.
Officiating at the service will be the Rev. Steven Solberg, with burial at
Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc. Graveside military rites will be accorded by
AMVETS Post 99.
Herald Times Reporter June 7, 2006
Leroy J. Behnke, age 86, of 3206 Wildwood Drive Manitowoc, died Monday afternoon
June 5, 1920, in Reedsville, son of the late Henry G. and Mabel (Pollack)
Behnke. Lee was a graduate of Reedsville High School, class of 1938. He served
in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1942 to 1945 with the 10th Armored
Division in Germany. Being a prisoner of war, he was honorably discharged from
the U.S. military Nov. 23, 1945. After his military service, Lee attended the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Agriculture. Lee was employed with
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, stationed at Lakeland Egg Cooperative from
1949 to 1959. In 1959 he joined the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, where
he was employed as a commodity grader with the Trade and Consumer Protection
Division until his retirement in 1985.
On Nov. 2, 1963 he married the former Elizabeth Doelker by Pastor Koehler at
Church of Peace, United Church of Christ in Fond du Lac. The couple lived in
Manitowoc all their married lives.
Survivors include his wife; Elizabeth (Betty) Behnke, Manitowoc; and three
brothers and sisters-in-law; Lemerl and LaVerne Behnke, Manitowoc, Orval and
Ruth Behnke, Fond du Lac; and Henry and Doris Behnke, Reedsville. Also
surviving are nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held at First Lutheran Church in Manitowoc.
Officiating at the service will be the Rev. Steven Solberg, with burial at
Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc. Graveside military rites will be accorded by
AMVETS Post 99.
Herald Times Reporter June 7, 2006
LEROY J BEHNKE
Leroy J. Behnke, age 86, of 3206 Wildwood Drive Manitowoc, died Monday afternoon
June 5, 1920, in Reedsville, son of the late Henry G. and Mabel (Pollack)
Behnke. Lee was a graduate of Reedsville High School, class of 1938. He served
in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1942 to 1945 with the 10th Armored
Division in Germany. Being a prisoner of war, he was honorably discharged from
the U.S. military Nov. 23, 1945. After his military service, Lee attended the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Agriculture. Lee was employed with
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, stationed at Lakeland Egg Cooperative from
1949 to 1959. In 1959 he joined the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, where
he was employed as a commodity grader with the Trade and Consumer Protection
Division until his retirement in 1985.
On Nov. 2, 1963 he married the former Elizabeth Doelker by Pastor Koehler at
Church of Peace, United Church of Christ in Fond du Lac. The couple lived in
Manitowoc all their married lives.
Survivors include his wife; Elizabeth (Betty) Behnke, Manitowoc; and three
brothers and sisters-in-law; Lemerl and LaVerne Behnke, Manitowoc, Orval and
Ruth Behnke, Fond du Lac; and Henry and Doris Behnke, Reedsville. Also
surviving are nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held at First Lutheran Church in Manitowoc.
Officiating at the service will be the Rev. Steven Solberg, with burial at
Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc. Graveside military rites will be accorded by
AMVETS Post 99.
Herald Times Reporter June 7, 2006
Leroy J. Behnke, age 86, of 3206 Wildwood Drive Manitowoc, died Monday afternoon
June 5, 1920, in Reedsville, son of the late Henry G. and Mabel (Pollack)
Behnke. Lee was a graduate of Reedsville High School, class of 1938. He served
in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1942 to 1945 with the 10th Armored
Division in Germany. Being a prisoner of war, he was honorably discharged from
the U.S. military Nov. 23, 1945. After his military service, Lee attended the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Agriculture. Lee was employed with
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, stationed at Lakeland Egg Cooperative from
1949 to 1959. In 1959 he joined the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, where
he was employed as a commodity grader with the Trade and Consumer Protection
Division until his retirement in 1985.
On Nov. 2, 1963 he married the former Elizabeth Doelker by Pastor Koehler at
Church of Peace, United Church of Christ in Fond du Lac. The couple lived in
Manitowoc all their married lives.
Survivors include his wife; Elizabeth (Betty) Behnke, Manitowoc; and three
brothers and sisters-in-law; Lemerl and LaVerne Behnke, Manitowoc, Orval and
Ruth Behnke, Fond du Lac; and Henry and Doris Behnke, Reedsville. Also
surviving are nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held at First Lutheran Church in Manitowoc.
Officiating at the service will be the Rev. Steven Solberg, with burial at
Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc. Graveside military rites will be accorded by
AMVETS Post 99.
Herald Times Reporter June 7, 2006
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