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Gerd Behnken

Birth	:	21 Feb 1877 Ardorf, Landkreis Wittmund, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Death	:	14 Dec 1937 Jones County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Wayne Zion Cemetery, Jones County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.1650009, -91.1825027
Description	:	Note: This memorial set up from information from Wayne Zion Lutheran Church Book...Page 66 No Gravestone found SOURCE: THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS,MONTICELLO, IOWA, DECEMBER 23, 1937, NUMBER 27 GERD BEHNKEN FOUND DEAD LAST MONDAY Body Was Found By John Murray In Doorway Of Home Monday Noon Gerd Behnken, 60, a farmer living in the northwest part of Lovell township, was found dead at noon last Monday. His body was discovered by John Murray at 12 o'clock. It is thought he had been dead five or six days. Funeral services will be held today. They... Read More	Note: This memorial set up from information from Wayne Zion Lutheran Church Book...Page 66 No Gravestone found SOURCE: THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS,MONTICELLO, IOWA, DECEMBER 23, 1937, NUMBER 27 GERD BEHNKEN FOUND DEAD LAST MONDAY Body Was Found By John Murray In Doorway Of Home Monday Noon Gerd Behnken, 60, a farmer living in the northwest part of Lovell township, was found dead at noon last Monday. His body was discovered by John Murray at 12 o'clock. It is thought he had been dead five or six days. Funeral services will be held today. They will be in charge of Rev. John P. Willms, pastor of Zion Lutheran church. Mr. Behnken must have suffered a heart attack that caused his instant death. His body lay on the porch of his home with his head resting on the top step. The body was frozen and was partially covered with ice caused by water dripping from the roof of the porch. This was the gruesome sight that met Mr. Murray when he found his nearby neighbor. Died Tuesday Mr. Behnken must have died late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. He had started to lay a fire in the stove and was fully dressed even to wearing mittens. He had started to care for his stock, and a barn door was partially open. It seems that he had taken a horse to be sold at a sale in Delaware county. He attended the sale on Tuesday. The horse did not sell and Mr. Behnken had planned to go back Wednesday for the horse. The fact that he did not return for the horse caused a search to be made on Monday of this week. It was found that his chickens had been shut up for the night and that a horse in the barn had been so tied that it could eat hay. There were no cattle on the place. The deductions of those who visited the farm on Monday were such that Behnken must have done his evening chores and then gone to the house to build a fire and get his supper. Native of Germany Mr. Behnken was born in Germany about sixty years ago. He was married to Lena Rieken some thirty years ago. No children were born to this union. Mrs. Behnken died February 22, 1935. The only survivors of Mr. Behnken are children of his brothers, Henry and Harm Behnken. There may be other relatives but we are uninformed in this regard.

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Gerd Behnken's memorial is located at: Wayne Zion Cemetery, Jones County, USA.
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Gerd Behnken death on 14 Dec 1937 in Jones County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.1650009
Longitude: -91.1825027

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Helene Marie “Lena” Rieken Behnken

(1884 - 1935)

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