John married KUMM, Shirley Jane on 24 Jun 1950 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. Shirley (daughter of KUMM, Edward) was born in Jun 1930; died on 31 Jan 2015 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 1/11/1950

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kumm
of 411 Main St. announce the engagement
of their daughter, Shirley,
to John E. Behm, son of Mrs.
William Quinlan of 43 Delaware
St. The wedding will take place
in June.

ALSO

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/28/1950

Miss Shirley Kumm, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kumm
of 411 Main St., North Tonawanda,
and John Behm of 43 Delaware
St., were married Saturday
morning in St. Francis Church
The Rev. Francis Trapp officiated.
Attendants for the couple were
Fay Lorish and Robert Behm,
brother of the groom.
The bride chose a gown of
pale pink marquisette and wore
a corsage of yellow and pink roses
Her attendant was gowned in
nile green marquisette and wore
a similar corsage.
The bride's mother wore a teal
blue crepe dress and the mother
of the groom wore a sheer blue
print dress. Both wore gardenia
corsages.
A wedding breakfast was given
for the bridal party and immediate
families. In the evening a
reception was held in the home
of the groom's sister, Mrs. Gerhart
Krehan.

1. BEHM, Michelle A
2. BEHM, Peggy Ann
3. BEHM, Sandra M
4. BEHM, David J was born about 1957; died on 25 Apr 2012 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY.
5. BEHM, Lisa J

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 3/16/1946

NORTH TONAWANDA, March
16-John Henry Behm. 55, of 45
Ganson street, died yesterday at
the Meyer Memorial hospital, Buffalo.
He was a life-long resident
here. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Anna Behm; two sons. John K. of
this city, and Seaman Second Class
Robert Behm. at Pearl Harbor; a
daughter, Mrs. Gerhardt Krehan, of
this city; three grandchildren; four
brothers. Albert, of Niagara Falls,
Fred and Wilbert, of Itonawanda.
and George, of this city, and a sister,
Mrs. Stanley Urlin. of Hamilton.
Ont
Last rites will be held Monday at
8:30 a. m. from the home with services
at Ascension church at 9 o'clock-
The Rev. J. P. J. Hunt win
officiate. Interment will be in Mt.
Olivet cemetery.

John married CARLIN, Anna about 1913. Anna was born about 1893 in Canada; died on 22 Jun 1968 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 6/25/1968

QUINLAN - Anna C. (Behm)
Quinlan, 308 Main St., Tona-
wanda, Saturday (June 22,
1958) at DeGraff Memorial
Hospital after a long illness.
Beloved wife of William J.
Quinlan; mother of Mrs.
Gerhardt (Gertryde) Krehan,
Robert and John Behm, all of
North Tonawanda; sister of
Mrs. katherine Flechsenhaar
of Lockport, Mrs. John (Mar-
garet) Martin of Ottawa,
Canada, Mrs. Grace Thompson
of Buffalo and Jim Carlin of
Florida; grandmother of nine
grandchildren.
Friends received by the fam-
ily from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at
the Brunner Funeral Home,
156 Robinson St., North Tona-
wanda, where prayers will be
said at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June
26, followed by a mass of
Requiem at 9:30 a.m. from St.
Francis of Assisi Church, Tona-
wanda The Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Ralph M. Miller will officiate.
Interment in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.

August married SECORD, Elisabeth on 3 Feb 1885 in Bergholtz, Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY. Elisabeth (daughter of Sarah) was born in Jan 1871 in St Davids, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Dec 1939 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 12/14/1939

Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth
Secord Behm, wife of August
Behm, who died Tuesday, will be
held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the
home of her son, Albert Behm,-1918
Tenth street, with the Rev. G. H.
Mlchelson officiating. Burial will
be in Elmlawn cemetery, North
Tonawanda.
Mm. Behm. who was 69 years old
and had resided in this country for
52 years, was a native of St. Da-
vids, Ont. She was a descendant of
Laura Secord, famous Canadian
heroine of the War of 1812, and
her family was one of the most
widely known in the Niagara pen-
insula.
Besides ber husband, she is survived
by five sons, Albert, of this
city; John and George, of North
Tonawanda. and Fred and Wilbur,
of Tonawanda; one daughter, Mrs.
C. S. Urlin, of Hamilton, Ont.;
her mother, Mrs. Sarah Secord, of
Stamford, Ont.; three brothers,
William Secord. of Thorold, Ont.;
Philip Secord, of Niagara Falls, Ont.,
and James Secord. of Stamford,
Ont. and a sister, Mrs. Marion
Miles, of Stamford. Ten grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren
also survive.

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/6/1937

Mr. and Mrs. August Behm of
620 East Thompson street observed
their golden wedding anniversary
on February 3. Mr. Before came to
ths country in 1883 from Germany
and has spent most of his life, since
then, in North Tonawanda and vicinity.
Mrs. Behm came from St Davids,
Ont, in 1885. They were married
in that year in Bergholtz,
town of Wheatfleld, by the Rev.
Weinbach. Mrs. Behm was Miss
Elizabeth Second.
Their family was composed of
seven sons, one daughter and 11
grandchildren. Two sons are dead.
Sons who survive are Albert Behm
of Niagara Falls; John, Fred. Wilbert
and George Behm of the Tonawandas.
The daughter, Mrs. Ella
Urlin, resides in Hamilton, Ont.
Illness of Mrs. Behm prevented
an elaborate celebration, Just the
immediate family being present
Mr. Behm has been employed
for 32 years as janitor of public
schools in North Tonawanda. At
present, he s employed at Fine
Woods school in Schenck street. He
has also been janitor at Col. Payne
and Gratwick schools.