Jamie L. Behrens, 56, of Rock Island, died Sunday, April 6, 2008, at Trinity Medical Center, Rock Island.
A gathering to celebrate Jamie's life will be 2-6 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at Friends Circle Club, Moline. There will be no services. Private inurnment was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Jamie was born June 11, 1951, in Rock Island, the daughter of James and Mary Coghill Shaw. She married Jim Behrens on Aug. 11, 1977 in Rock Island.
She worked for the former Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Rock Island, for 17 years until the late 1980s.
Jamie loved the fishing trips that she and her and husband and family took to Bagley, Wis. She enjoyed knitting and spending time with her family and friends. She also was active in her community.
She is survived by her husband, Jim Behrens, Rock Island; sons and daughter-in-law, David and Joy Behrens, Geneseo, and Brett Behrens, San Francisco; mother, Mary Shaw, Rock Island; grandchildren, Alissa and David Jr.; great-grandsons, Keldon and Noah; brothers and sister-in-law, Marty Shaw, Caseyville, Ill., Steve and Terri Shaw, Lakeland, Fla.; along with several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded by her father.
A gathering to celebrate Jamie's life will be 2-6 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at Friends Circle Club, Moline. There will be no services. Private inurnment was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Jamie was born June 11, 1951, in Rock Island, the daughter of James and Mary Coghill Shaw. She married Jim Behrens on Aug. 11, 1977 in Rock Island.
She worked for the former Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Rock Island, for 17 years until the late 1980s.
Jamie loved the fishing trips that she and her and husband and family took to Bagley, Wis. She enjoyed knitting and spending time with her family and friends. She also was active in her community.
She is survived by her husband, Jim Behrens, Rock Island; sons and daughter-in-law, David and Joy Behrens, Geneseo, and Brett Behrens, San Francisco; mother, Mary Shaw, Rock Island; grandchildren, Alissa and David Jr.; great-grandsons, Keldon and Noah; brothers and sister-in-law, Marty Shaw, Caseyville, Ill., Steve and Terri Shaw, Lakeland, Fla.; along with several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded by her father.
Jamie L. Behrens, 56, of Rock Island, died Sunday, April 6, 2008, at Trinity Medical Center, Rock Island.
A gathering to celebrate Jamie's life will be 2-6 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at Friends Circle Club, Moline. There will be no services. Private inurnment was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Jamie was born June 11, 1951, in Rock Island, the daughter of James and Mary Coghill Shaw. She married Jim Behrens on Aug. 11, 1977 in Rock Island.
She worked for the former Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Rock Island, for 17 years until the late 1980s.
Jamie loved the fishing trips that she and her and husband and family took to Bagley, Wis. She enjoyed knitting and spending time with her family and friends. She also was active in her community.
She is survived by her husband, Jim Behrens, Rock Island; sons and daughter-in-law, David and Joy Behrens, Geneseo, and Brett Behrens, San Francisco; mother, Mary Shaw, Rock Island; grandchildren, Alissa and David Jr.; great-grandsons, Keldon and Noah; brothers and sister-in-law, Marty Shaw, Caseyville, Ill., Steve and Terri Shaw, Lakeland, Fla.; along with several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded by her father.
A gathering to celebrate Jamie's life will be 2-6 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at Friends Circle Club, Moline. There will be no services. Private inurnment was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Rock Island. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Jamie was born June 11, 1951, in Rock Island, the daughter of James and Mary Coghill Shaw. She married Jim Behrens on Aug. 11, 1977 in Rock Island.
She worked for the former Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Rock Island, for 17 years until the late 1980s.
Jamie loved the fishing trips that she and her and husband and family took to Bagley, Wis. She enjoyed knitting and spending time with her family and friends. She also was active in her community.
She is survived by her husband, Jim Behrens, Rock Island; sons and daughter-in-law, David and Joy Behrens, Geneseo, and Brett Behrens, San Francisco; mother, Mary Shaw, Rock Island; grandchildren, Alissa and David Jr.; great-grandsons, Keldon and Noah; brothers and sister-in-law, Marty Shaw, Caseyville, Ill., Steve and Terri Shaw, Lakeland, Fla.; along with several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded by her father.
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