Beaverton Historical Society Gladwin County Obituary/Death Notice
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Harold Behnke
Harold Behnke, 24, night superintendent at the Simplicity Engineering Company plant
of Durand and son of George Behnke, president of the concern, died at 7:30 p.m. January 26th in the
University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, after seven weeks' illness. Funeral services were held on
Friday afternoon, January 29th, at 2:30 o'clock from Salem Lutheran Church in Owosso of which Mr. Behnke
was a member. The Rev. W. C. Voss pastor of the church, officiated and interment made in Greenwood
Cemetery, Vernon.
Mr. Behnke was born in Gladwin July 4, 1918, the son of George W. Behnke and the late Mrs. Behnke. The
family moved to Durand in 1925. He attended the Durand schoolsand the School of Engineering at Angola,
Ind. He was married on May 29, 1940, to Miss Josephine Shenk of Durand, who survives. Surviving besides
the father and step-mother are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jungman of Gladwin and Mrs. Kate Behnke
of Durand.
Relatives attending the funeral from Gladwin were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jungman, Mrs. Albert Klamer, Mr. and
Mrs. William Behnke, Mr. and Mrs. August Behnke, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Behnke, Mr. and Carl Behnke, Otto
Rabe and son Henry of Rhodes.
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Personal Information
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Death Date
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Burial/Final Location
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Service
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01/26/1943
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Greenwood Cemetery
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Publication Information
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Pub. Date
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Publication
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Pub. Page
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02/03/1943
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Gladwin County Record, Gladwin, MI
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P:? C:?
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Transcription Information
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Date
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Transcribed by
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Source Media
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January 2005
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Tom Ladner
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Microfilm
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