Behrend, Earnest Leroy (1911 – 2004)

BEHREND, GAER, FISCUS, SACHTJEN, CHAFEE

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/5/2013 at 15:52:49

Name of deceased: Earnest Leroy Behrend

Aged: 92 yrs, 6 mo, 29 days

Residence: Harlan, IA

Born: Oct. 11, 1911, farm near Redline, IA

Died: May 10, 2004, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Friday, May 14, 2004, Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, Harlan, IA; Jeff Thayer, Jack Henry, Mike Henry, and Dirk Henry officiated. Burial was in the Redline Cemetery in Redline, IA.

Survived by: Sons, Wendell Behrend (friend, Darla Hall) of Kirkman, IA, Wayne (spouse, Jolene) Behrend of Harlan, IA, and Richard (spouse, Lorraine) Behrend of Walnut, IA; sister, Elizabeth Chafee of Carlile, WY; 9 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, William and Anna (nee Gaer) Behrend; first wife, Fern Behrend (deceased March 12, 1948, Audubon, IA); second wife, Marie Behrend (deceased May 29, 1997, Elk Horn, IA); son, Eldred Behrend; brothers, Oliver Behrend, Phillip Behrend, and Elmer Behrend; grandson, Todd Behrend

Education: country school in South Dakota, through Grade 8

Marriage: (1) Fern Fiscus, March 1936, Audubon, IA; (2) Marie Sachtjen, January 1953, Winner, SD

Employment: not indicated

Hobbies/Interests: not indicated

Source: burmeisterjohannsen.com