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Robert C. Behnke

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Robert C. Behnke

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30 Apr 2011 (aged 84)
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, USA
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Clay, Onondaga County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Section 1, lot 1094
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Robert C. Behnke, 84, of Clay, passed away Saturday at St. Joseph's Hospital. He was born July 27, 1926, the youngest of the 11 children of the late Charles and Anna Kraft Behnke. His sisters, Elsie Gratien, Anna Reed, Marie Fisk, Margaret Smith and Norma Santy, and his brothers, Charles, Ernest, Edward, John and George, predeceased him. He graduated from North High School and CCBI. During World War II, from July 1944 to October 1946, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as an airplane engine mechanic. Mr. Behnke retired in January 1987, as manager of personnel accounting in the Heavy Military Division, after 38 years with General Electric. He is a past member of the Town of Clay Zoning Board of Appeals. In retirement, he enjoyed traveling, following SU sports, gardening and spending time with family at their summer cottage on Tuscarora Lake, Erieville, NY. Surviving are his wife of 60 years, the former Marilyn A. Mahar; two children, Robert (Peri) Behnke and Karen (Paul) Gage; two grandchildren, Brian and Amanda Behnke and numerous nieces and nephews. Services will be held Saturday, May 7, at 10 a.m. at Fergerson Funeral Home. Burial with military honors will follow in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery. Calling hours will be Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home, 215 South Main Street, North Syracuse. Donations may be made to a charity of one's choice.

Published in Syracuse Post Standard on May 4, 2011
Robert C. Behnke, 84, of Clay, passed away Saturday at St. Joseph's Hospital. He was born July 27, 1926, the youngest of the 11 children of the late Charles and Anna Kraft Behnke. His sisters, Elsie Gratien, Anna Reed, Marie Fisk, Margaret Smith and Norma Santy, and his brothers, Charles, Ernest, Edward, John and George, predeceased him. He graduated from North High School and CCBI. During World War II, from July 1944 to October 1946, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as an airplane engine mechanic. Mr. Behnke retired in January 1987, as manager of personnel accounting in the Heavy Military Division, after 38 years with General Electric. He is a past member of the Town of Clay Zoning Board of Appeals. In retirement, he enjoyed traveling, following SU sports, gardening and spending time with family at their summer cottage on Tuscarora Lake, Erieville, NY. Surviving are his wife of 60 years, the former Marilyn A. Mahar; two children, Robert (Peri) Behnke and Karen (Paul) Gage; two grandchildren, Brian and Amanda Behnke and numerous nieces and nephews. Services will be held Saturday, May 7, at 10 a.m. at Fergerson Funeral Home. Burial with military honors will follow in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery. Calling hours will be Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home, 215 South Main Street, North Syracuse. Donations may be made to a charity of one's choice.

Published in Syracuse Post Standard on May 4, 2011

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