Obit: Behnke, Arthur (1914 -1996)

Transcriber: Nina Watkins
Email: nina@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Behnke, Bock, Knoop, Zinthefer, Roehl, Rozman

---- Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, WI)

Behnke, Arthur

LOYAL – Arthur Charles Behnke, 81, of 306 N. Thomas St., Loyal, died at 7:15 p.m. March 9, 1996, at his home.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church with the Rev. Joseph Kraly officiating.

Burial will be in Loyal Lutheran Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be his grandsons, Dennis Roehl, Randy Guillaume, Joe Behnke, Ted Behnke and his grandsons-in-law, Paul Brostowitz and Chris Harder.

Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. today at Rinka Funeral Home and again from 10 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the church.

He was born Oct. 15, 1914, in the town of Fremont to Helmuth and Gertrude (Bock) Behnke, He married Velda Knoop on Oct. 24, 1935, in the town of Fremont. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in Oct. 1995.

Mr. Behnke was educated at Pine Circle School in the town of Fremont. Following his education, he farmed in the town of Fremont until 1951. He then moved to West Allis and was employed at Safeway Scaffolding Co. and then Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing until 1953. He returned to Loyal and farmed until 1970. He worked off the farm at the Loyal Canning Co. until retiring in 1985. He enjoyed gardening, fishing, hunting, and collecting old toy tractors. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.

He is survived by his wife, Velda Behnke of Loyal; one son, Kenneth (Mary Kay) Behnke of Loyal; two daughters, Darlene Zinthefer of Marshfield and Velora (Lowell) Roehl of Loyal; 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; one brother, Harold (Dovie) Behnke of Milwaukee and two sisters, Lena Rozman of Waukesha and Evelyn (Louis) Rozman of Milwaukee.

He was predeceased by his parents and by his son, Duane Behnke.