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Age 77
Given Name Edwin
Surname Behrensmeyer
Birth Date 30 Jul 1897
State Illinois
Last Place of Residence Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Previous Residence Postal Code 85014
Event Date Mar 1974
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Burial Plot: Z - 487.
Inscription:
Tec 5 US Army World War II
Find A Grave Memorial# 83404653
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Earl E.H. Behrensmeyer, 90, of Milan, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at Trinity Rock Island.

Services are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity United Methodist Church, Milan. Interment with military honors, presented by American Legion Post 569/200 and VFW Post 1303, will be at Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Visitation will be 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, 201 E. 4th Ave., Milan, where a Masonic service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Memorials may be made to Shriners Hospitals for children or to Honor Flight of the Quad Cities.

Earl was born July 10, 1921, in Quincy, Ill., a son of Edwin and Thelma Budde Behrensmeyer. He married Betty A. Golliher on June 7, 1947, in Quincy. She preceded him in death on July 19, 2001.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a medic and served in the Northern Africa and European Campaigns.

He began working for the C.B. and Q. railroad and retired from Burlington Northern in 1991, after 45 years of service.

Earl was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Milan, Trinity Lodge 208 A.F. & A.M., Davenport, and the Davenport Moose Lodge. He enjoyed dancing and gardening.

He is survived by his son, Kim Behrensmeyer, Milan, and his fiancee, Terri Bergthold, Davenport; daughter, the Rev. Gay Behrensmeyer, Illinois City; granddaughter, Lindsay (Christopher) Bayer, Galesburg; special friend, Harriet Bealer, Rock Island; sister, Norma Schreiber, Davenport; brothers, Robert Behrensmeyer, and his wife, June, Davenport, David Behrensmeyer, and his special friend, Connie, Davenport, and Tom Behrensmeyer, and his wife, Bertie, Princeton, Iowa; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Earl was preceded in death by his parents; wife; and sisters, Carol Walker and Dorothy O'Brien.
(Rock Island Argus)
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USA, GenealogyBank Obituaries
Deceased
Name Earl E H Behrensmeyer
Event Type Obituary
Event Date 14 Jan 2012
Event Place Iowa
Gender Male
Age 90
Relationship to Deceased Deceased
Birth Date 10 Jul 1921
Birthplace Quincy, , Illinois
Death Date 12 Jan 2012
Death Place Rock Island, ,
Newspaper Quad-City Times, The
Spouse and Children
Betty A Golliher Spouse Unknown
Kim Behrensmeyer Son Male
Reverend Gay Behrensmeyer Daughter Female
Parents and Siblings
Edwin Behrensmeyer Father Male
Thelma Budde Behrensmeyer Mother Female
Norma Schreiber Sister Female
Robert Behrensmeyer Brother Male
David Behrensmeyer Brother Male
Tom Behrensmeyer Brother Male
Carol Walker Sister Female
Dorothy O'Brien Sister Female
Extended Family
Lindsay Bayer Granddaughter Female
Christopher Bayer Grandson Male
June Sister-In-Law Female
Bertie Sister-In-Law Female
Others on Record
Terri Bergthold Fiancé Male
Harriet Bealer Non Relative Female
Connie Non Relative Unknown