Obit: Behling, William (1894-1981)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson
Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Behling, Selk, Sternitzky, Puscheck, Montag, Gilbertson, Dix, Ott

---Source: Marshfield News-Herald (7 January 1981)

Behling, William H. (12 June 1894-6 January 1981)

CHILI -- William H. Behling, 84, Route 1, town of Lynn, died Tuesday at Memorial Home, Neillsville. He had been there two years.

The funeral will be Friday at Grace Lutheran Church, Nasonville, with burial in the parish cemetery. Miss Kerry Maslowski and Mrs. Earl Meissner will provide music. The Rev. Stephen Ellerbusch.

Friends may call at Hansen Funeral Home.

Mr. Behling was born June 12 1894 in the town of Lynn to William and Tina Behling. He attended schools in the town of Lynn and farmed there until retiring in 1960. He was affiliated with Grace Lutheran Church, was on its Building and Cemetery committees, and was a member of the Maple Grove School Board, town of Lynn.

On May 15, 1918 in Neillsville, he and Linda Selk were married. She died August 16, 1970.

He is survived by three sons, James of Scottsdale, Arizona, Willard of Route 2, Marshfield, and Lawrence of Route 1, Chili; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren, four sisters and one granddaughter are deceased.

Clarence Sternitzky, Herbert Puscheck, Harold Montag, Vernon Gilbertson, Lawrence Dix and Walter Ott are to serve as pallbearers.