Albert G Behrens Obituary

Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, Colorado, July 13, 1978
 
ALBERT G. BEHRENS RITES JULY 8
 
Funeral services were held Saturday, July 8, 1978, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Amherst, Colorado, for Albert G. Behrens, who passed away July 6 at a Denver Hospital.
 
Pastor Gerald Werth officiated at the services. Interment was in the Amherst Cemetery. Austin Funeral Home of Julesburg was in charge of arrangements.
 
Albert G. Behrens, a long time resident of Sedgwick County, was born June 29, 1898, on a farm near Altona, Nebraska. He was the son of Gustav and Albertina Behrens. He grew to manhood in this eastern Nebraska area.
 
He was united in marriage to Martha Friedrich on March 15, 1922 at Norfolk, Nebraska. They made their first home on a farm in the Amherst-Venango community near Venango, Nebraska, where he resided until his death.
 
He was a member of the Lutheran Church of Amherst.
 
He is survived by his wife, Martha; two daughters and their husbands, Mr. and Mrs. Dick (Leota) Burns of Denver and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne (Eunice) Prottsman of Venango, Nebraska; four grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Prottsman, Marlon Prottsman, Rory Prottsman and Mr. and Mrs. Richard (Linda) Reimer, and three great grandchildren.

ALBERT G. BEHRENS

MARTHA (FRIEDRICH) BEHRENS
 
 
Holyoke Enterprise, Holyoke, CO, 16 Jun 1988
 
MARTHA BEHRENS RITES JUNE 14
 
Martha Behrens, daughter of Herman and Louise Friedrich was born in Dixson County, Nebraska on August 15, 1900. As a small child she moved with her family to Buffalo Gap, South Dakota. There she attended school and received her education. Later she moved with her family to Madison County, Nebraska, near Norfolk, Nebraska. On March 15, 1922 she was united in marriage to Albert Behrens and they made their home on a farm in Sedgwick County, in the Amherst and Venango communities where she resided until her death. To this union were born two daughters, Leota Burns and Eunice Prottsman.
 
She had been baptized as a child and was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Amherst and currently was one of the oldest members of the Ladies Aid of Amherst. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1978, her parents, one sister and three brothers. She was a loving, sharing, caring Christian to her family and to all who knew her and a gracious example to many.
 
She leaves to mourn her death her parents, one sister and three brothers. She was a loving, sharing, caring Christian to her family and to all who knew her and a gracious example to many. She also leaves to mourn her death her daughters and their husbands, Leota and Dick Burns of Denver and Eunice and Wayne Prottsman of Venango, Nebraska and four grandchildren. Mrs. Behrens passed away Sunday, June 12, 1988 at the Grant Community Hospital.
 
Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 14 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Amherst with the Rev. John Larson officiating. Interment was at the Amherst Cemetery.

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