Jean Francis Behnke

Birth date: Nov 27, 1921 Death date: Nov 11, 2018

Jean Francis Behnke, age 96 went to be with her Savior peacefully Sunday, November 11, 2018 surrounded by family. Born to Clifford and Carrie Hawley, She was the eldest of 14 children. As a young girl she asked Jesus to be her Lor Read Obituary

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Gail Hawley

369w ago

My heart goes out to Dawn, Dan, Dennis, Faye, and all Jean's grandchildren who I , know loved her dearly. This picture is so beautiful of her and shows her spirit of total "presence" to each and every person she encountered...looking us right in the eye with a smile that spoke volumes of her love for us. She was so very good to my mother...she was like a sister to her and although we all can celebrate knowing where she is today, our hearts feel the bittersweet loss and yet gratitude for her in our lives.

Jean, may you be enjoying your family reunion in heaven with grandma and grandpa, your brothers, sisters, in laws, nieces, nephews and other loved ones who have passed on! Thank you for loving me and for being so wonderful to mom. Gail Hawley

Sarah Troxell

369w ago

To the Behnke family,

We want to express our sympathy to you. Jean was one of the most loving Christian women we have ever known. We are thankful for the opportunity our children had to be taught by her as their very first Sunday School teacher. Jean was also an integral part of the Ladies' Sunday School Class, who shared many wise, insightful thoughts as we studied the Bible together.

Jean also was a wonderful friend to Sarah's mother, Gertrude Schaap, in their later years at Simeanna. Jean often would walk my mother across the parking lot to make sure she arrived there safely. They had a strong friendship.

May you find peace and comfort in knowing that she is now in the presence of the Lord, and we will all see her again someday.

Love in Christ,
Sarah and Gary Troxell

Tom And Sandy Richmond

369w ago

in honor of Jean.

I will always remember her as a sweet kind lady who was always happy to see you. She was surely one of Gods angels and I'm blessed to have met her. Never forget the great memories that you shared. My condolences to the family.

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Liza Hawley

369w ago

My beautiful sweet precious Aunt Jean . She was such a godly woman . Jean was so thoughtful of others . I will so miss our talks , our fellowship in the Lord and her encouraging letters and beautiful note cards. I will surely miss her, but will see her again! ❤️

Sally Millman

369w ago

I was so very sad when Rod passed on the news of the loss of Jean from all of our lives. I am in Oshkosh only until Wednesday but one of the things that I very much wanted to do was to touch base with Jean. She and Mom(Melba) shared such a wonderful friendship but the love they shared also spilled over and made all of our lives better. Please accept my condolences and know your loss is shared. Sally(Melba's daughter)

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