Family/Spouse: Leslie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edwin married BEHM, Phyllis Irene on 9 Apr 1949 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. Phyllis (daughter of BEHM, Arthur and HAAK, Minnie) was born on 22 Feb 1931 in New York; died on 14 Nov 1999 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 4/8/1949

Arthur Behm of 126 Lock St. announces
that the marriage of his
daughter. Pyllis Irene, to Edwin P.
Lute, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Lute of the Million Dollar Highway,
will be solemnized at 11 o'clock Saturday
morning, April 9, at St. Peter's
Church.
A reception will be held from 3
until 6 o'clock at the bride's home.
Relatives and friends are Invited

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 4/12/1949

Large vases of snapdragons and
Easter lilies decorated the altar
of St. Peter's Evangelical Church
for the marriage at 11 o'clock Sat-
urday morning of Miss Phyllis I
Behm, daughter of Arthur Behm of
126 Lock St., and Edwin F. Lute,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lute of
the Million Dollar Highway. The
Rev. Herbert L. Siegner officiated.
Olven In marriage by her father.
Miss Behm wore a royal blue gabardine
suit with grey accessories.
Her corsage was of whlte roses.
SISTER ATTENDANT
Miss Mary Margaret Behm was
maid of honor for her sister, wearing
a frostpolnt brown suit and
formed her corsage.
Raymond Conner attended the
bridegroom as best man. Ushers
were brothers of the bridal couple,
John Behm and Milton Lute.
The bridegroom's mother chose a
blue print dress and a corsage of
pink and white roses.
After the ceremony a dinner for
12 was served at the Hotel Lox-
Plaza, where Spring flowers formed
appropriate settings for the tables.
A reception for 100 guests followed
at the bride's home with Miss Mary'
Long, Miss Audry Kemp and Mrs
Garthy Long assisting.
Upop their return from a wedding
trip to Pennsylvania and the Southern
states Mr. and Mrs. Lute will
make their home at 126 Lock St.
PRENUPTIAL EVENTS
Before her marriage the bride
was entertained at a bedroom shower
given by her sister; a variety
shower given by aiiss Helen Lute
and Mrs. Milton Lute; a couples
shower given by Mrs. Robert Lute:
and a linen shower given by Mrs
Charles Behm. At a kitchen shower
given by Miss Kemp and Mrs.
Ralph Kemp, she was given a
bride's book
The bride is a graduate of Lockport
High School Her husband
served for two years in the U. S.
Navy.

Arthur married HAAK, Minnie about 1918. Minnie (daughter of HAAK, George) was born about 1901 in New York; died on 25 Jul 1940 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 7/26/1940

Minnie Behm, wife of Arthur
Behm, entered Into rest on Thursday
afternoon, July 25th. She is
survived by her husband Arthur
Behm, three daughters and one son
Mary Margaret Behm, Phyllis
Behm, Shirley May Behm and John
Behm, her parents Mr. and Mrs.
George Haak, Lockport, two sisters
and one brother Mrs. Bertha Olbeter,
Pittsburgh, Pa., Mrs. John
Kaufman, and Clarence Haak,
Lockport. Remains reposing at the
Paul Reynolds Funeral Home, 46
East Ave., where funeral services
will be held on Sunday afternoon,
July 28th, at, 3:30 o'clock. Interment
will be in Cold Springs Cemetery.

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 6/11/1934

John L. Behm entered into rest
on Saturday, June 9th, at the family
residence, Purdy road, town of Lockport.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Clara Proctor Behm, four
daughters and three sons, Mrs. Edward
Wendt, Janesville, Minn., Mrs.
Bruce Moore, Lockport, Mrs. Hewett
Allen, Niagara Falls, N. Y., Mrs.
Mason Wilson, Lockport, Charles
Behm, Lockport, Arthur Behm, town
of Lockport and Irving Behm, town
of Wilson, four sisters and four
brothers, Mrs. Philip Breitenbach,
Mrs. Martin Wendlinger, Mrs. Frank
Martin, Mrs. Amiel Bush, George
Behm, William Behm, Charles
Behm and Frank Behm. Remains
reposing at the Conover & Reynolds
Funeral Home, 46 East avenue. Time
of funeral to be announced later.

Same date and paper

John L. Behm, 59, farmer, of
the Purdy road, town of Lockport,
took his life by hanging late Saturday
night after believing he had
succeeded in throttling his wife,
Clara, to death.
Mrs. Behm lay unconscious for
nearly 46 minutes before she regained
her senses and discovered
that her husband had hanged himself,
suspending his body by a cord
which he had attached to the bedpost
of his bed. His head was
Only 18 inches from the floor.
There had been no quarrel before
the tragedy, Mrs. Behm told
Dr. Ferdinand A. Kittinger, coroner.
She and her husband had spent the
evening together In their home, she
said. Her husband was in exceptionally
good spirits, she declared,
although he had brooded considerably
in recent weeks over his failure
to find employment. He had
been out of work for several
months she said.
After an evening of amiable conversation,
she and her husband decided
Just before midnight to retire.
Accordingly, she went to her bedroom
on the second floor, while he
retired to a room which he occupied
on the first floor.
"We've Got to Die."
Shortly afterwards, Mrs.
said, she beard her husband calling
for her.
As she entered his bedroom, she
told Dr. Kittinger, her husband
leaped at her and seised her by the
throat, at the same time crying:
"We've got to die, Clara."
He repeated the cry over and over
again as she vainly struggled to
free herself from his grasp, she said.
Then she lapsed into unconscious-
ness.
Regaining her senses about 45
minutes later, her first thought was
that her experience had been just
a terrible nightmare, Mrs. Behm related.
The severe throbbing In her
throat and the sight of her husband's
body, hanging from the bedpost
in his bedroom, awakened her
to the reality of her experience, ahe
said.
Touching her husband's body and
discovering it to be already cold,
Mrs. Behm ran in terror to the
home of a neighbor, where she
telephoned the sheriff's office.
Coroner Issues Certificate.
Deputies Oeorge Rawlings and
James Duffy hurried to the scene
of the tragedy. They summoned
the coroner, who ordered the' body
removed to the undertaking parlors
of Conover and Reynolds, 46 East
avenue.
Dr. Kittinger, after examining the
body and hearing Mrs. Behm's story,
issued a verdict of suicide by hanging.
Surviving Mr. Behm are his
widow, Clara; four daughters, Mrs.
Edward Wendt of Janesville, Minn.;
Mrs. Hewitt Allen of Niagara fails,
Mrs. Bruce Moore and Mrs. George
Wilson of Lockport; three sons,
Irving Behm of Ransomville, and
Charles and Arthur Behm of Lockport;
four sisters; Mrs. Martin
Wendllnger of Buffalo, Mrs. Henry
Martin of Tonawanda, Mrs, Emil
Busch of Lockport and Mrs. Philip
Breintback of Pickard's Bridge, and
four brothers, Charles Behm of Atwater,
Minn., Frank Behm of
Bralnard, Minn., William and
George Behm of Hudson, Wis.

Johannes married SCHROEDER, Anna Marie Emilie on 26 Dec 1894 in Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. Anna (daughter of Anna M) was born on 2 Mar 1861 in Drewsch, Uckermark, Prussia; died between 1901 and 1903 in Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]