BEHL, Paul O. 1895-1950

BEHL

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/25/2010 at 00:08:27

#1 of 6 items:

Behl Rites Held

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA — Funeral services were held at Immanuel Lutheran Church Monday for Paul O. Behl, 55, who was killed in a corn picker accident near Grafton Friday.

The widow and four daughters survive, also one sister, Mrs. Henry Wolf of Northwood; and two brothers, his twin, Walter of Northwood, and Paul of Rochester.

[Mason City Globe-Gazette, Tuesday, November 7, 1950]

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ITEM #2:

Mr. and Mrs. George Weidler, Mrs. Bertha Gitch, and Mrs. Ed Harrison attended the funeral of their cousin, Paul Behl, 55, of St Ansgar, on Monday afternoon. Dealt was due to strangulation in a mechanical corn picker on Friday.

He is survived by his wife and four daughters,

[The Fredericksburg News, Friday. November 9, 1950]

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ITEM #3:

NEIHBORS HUSK CORN
FOR ST. ANSGAR WIDOW

St. Ansgar, Iowa - Thirty friends and neighbors of Mrs. Paul Behl gathered at her home Tuesday where they husked out 40 acres of corn and hauled five acres of corn in the shock. There were five two-row mechanical corn huskers and tractors and several other tractors, trucks, and wagons. The ladies of the neighborhood served dinner at the Behl home for the men.

Behl was killed in an accident with a corn husking machine two weeks ago.

[Waterloo Sunday Courier, Sunday, November 19, 1950]

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ITEM #4:

Farmer Killed by Corn Picker

GRAFTON, IOWA - Paul O. Behl, 55, farmer 6 miles southeast of here in Mitchell County, was killed in a corn picking accident Friday. His body was found by his wife who went to the field to get him at 12:20 p.m. when he failed to show up for lunch. The engine of the tractor was still running.

Dr. R. L. Whitley, Mitchell County coroner, said death was caused by stangulation caused when
Behl's clothes became tangled in the picker, drawing the body into the machine, the sweater and coat winding around until the pressure strangled him.

Mr. Behl went alone into the field at 10 a.m., and it is believed the accident happened shortly afterwards as little corn had been picked. Apparently he had reached into the machine to remove some husks which were clogging it.

Survivors include the wife, four daughters, Mrs. Dan Morris and Mrs. Myrna Behl of Mason City and Maxine and Jeannette, at home.

[Mason City Globe-Gazette, Saturday, November 4, 1950]

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ITEM #5:

Grafton Man Is Killed in Corn Picker

Grafton, Iowa - Funeral services for Paul O. Behl, 55, farmer near St. Ansgar, who was fatally injured Friday in a mechanical corn picker, will be 2 p.m. Monday in Immanuel Lutheran Church at St. Ansgar. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Mr. Behl had gone out alone with the picker about 10 a.m. Friday. His body, entangled with the machine, was found by his wife at 12:20 p.m. when she went to the field to call him for lunch.

Dr. R. L. Whitely, Mitchell County coroner, said Behl died of strangulation.

The farmer apparently reached into the machine to exricate some tangled stalks and some part of his clothing caught, drawing him into the picker, Dr. Whitley said. Little corn had been picked indicating that the accident occurred shortly after Behl entered the field, the coroner said.

Behl is survived by his widow, the former Rosa Groth of St. Ansgar; four daughters, Mrs. Dean Morris and Merna Behl, Mason City; Maxine and Jeanette, at home; two brothers and one sister.

The body is at the Schroeder and Houg Funeral Home at St. Ansgar.

[Waterloo Sunday Courier, Sunday, November 5, 1950]

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ITEM #6:

The St. Ansgar Immanuel Luth. Cemetery listing on IaGenWeb shows:

Behl, Paul O. ------- 1895 -- 1950

Behl, Rosalena A. --- 1905 -- 1976 Wife of Paul O. Behl