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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 10/29/1982

BEHRENS Carl R
Behrens, 80, of North Tona
w a n d a , T h u r s d ay
(October 28, 1982) in De-
Graff Memorial Hospital
after a lengthy illness. Mr.
Behrens was a lifelong
resident of No. Tona and a
member of St. Matthew
Lutheran Church.
He is survived by his
wife, Esther (nee Eggert);
a daughter, Mrs. Harry
(Marilyn) Baxter, of No.
Tona.; two granddaughters,
Mrs John (Deborah)
Kwarciany and Miss
Christine S. Dauphin and a
grandson, Norman F.
Dauphin, all of No. Tona.;
three great-grandchildren,
Michael and Jason Kwarciany
and Carl R. Dauphin.
Friends may call at the
Fretthold Funeral Home,
Inc., 1241 Oliver St. at
Ward Rd., FRIDAY 7 to 9
and SATURDAY 2-4 and
7-9. Services will be held in
St Matthew Lutheran
Church Sunday at 2;30
p.m., the Rev AW
Moldenhauer will officiate.
Interment in Elmlawn
Cemetery If so desired,
Memorials may be made to
St. Matthew Lutheran
Church.

Carl married EGGERT, Esther on 19 Apr 1925 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Esther (daughter of EGGERT, Christian Anton and HOFFMEISTER, Albertine Auguste) was born in Oct 1898 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY; died on 16 Dec 1982 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News

Mr. and Mrs. Carl R. Behrens, 260 Fletcher St., Tonawanda,
will be honored at a party marking their 50th wedding
anniversary Saturday in Kostek's Restaurant, Amherst. Thendaughter,
Mrs. Marilyn B. Dauphin, will host the party, anil
their maid of honor, Mrs. Roland W. Bruss, plans to attend.
The couple was married , 1925, in Niagara Falls. Mr.
Behrens is a retired meat cutter. The Behrens are
grandparents of Mrs. John M. (Deborah S.) Kwarciany,
Christine S. and Norman F. Dauphin, and great-grandparents
of Michael J. Kwarciany

1. BEHRENS, Marilyn Sue was born about 1928 in New York; died on 4 Mar 2014 in Town of Amherst, Erie County, NY.
2. BEHRENS, Frederick Charles was born on 11 Feb 1935 in Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died before 1982.

Carl married Lena Eva before 1923, and was divorced on 19 Jan 1923 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 4/24/1923

A final decree was filed a t the
county clerk's office today annul-
Ing the marriage of L e n a Eva Behrens
and Carl R. Behrens Falls.
The interlocutory degree was e n tered
January 19. The plaintiff, it
waa shown waa under age a t t he
time of their marriage, and did
not have the consent of her parents.

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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 3/12/1926

Charles Behrens, 52 years old, a
former resident of North Tonawanda,
died Wednesday at his home at 570
Vanderbilt street, Niagara Falls, N.
Y. Behrens was born in North Tona-
wanda and lived here until about ten
years ago, when he removed to the
Falls with his family. A wife and
three sons, all of Niagara Falls, sur-
vive. The funeral will be held tomor-
row afternoon from the Zion Lutheran
church, corner of Michigan and Tenth
streets, that city. Burial will be at
the Riverdale cemetery, the Falls.

Charles married THODE, Minnie about 1897. Minnie (daughter of THODE, Fred) was born about 1872 in Germany; died on 19 Feb 1964 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 2/20/1964

BEHRENS-Minnie (Nee Thode) Behrens,
age 92 of 260 Fletcher St., Tooawenda,
N.Y. Passed away Wednesday,
February 19th, 1964 at The North
Town Nursing Home, followlng a long
illness. Mrs. Behrens was the widow
of the Late Mr. Charles Behrens. She
is survived by 3 sons, Harold and
Leonard of Niagara Falls, N. Y. and
Carl of Tonawanda, N. Y. 2 srandchlktren,
Robert C. ol Youngstown and
Mrs. Norman (Marylin) Dauphin of
North Tonawanda. Also survived by 4
9reat srandchildren. Mrs. Behrens was
associated with the Behrens Shoe Store
on Webster St., North Tonawanda from
1904 to 1914 and been with the
Charles Behrens Dry Goods Store In
Nlasara Falls, N. Y. until her retirement
In 1949. She was a member of
Salem United Church of Christ, The
Rlverdale Rebekah Lodse 195 of which
she was a past Noble-Grand. Friends
may call from 2-5 and 7-10 p.m. at
the Hilllard Funeral Home' Inc., 147
Delaware St., Tonawanda where serv-
ivces, will be held at 2 P.m. The Rev.
Karl H. A. Rest officiating. Interment
in Riverdale Cemetery, Niagara Falls,
N. Y.

John + Sophia. Sophia was born about 1837 in Mecklenburg, Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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North Tonawanda NY Evneing News - 12/8/1914

Fred Thode, sixty-nine years old, a
well-known resident of Tonawanda
died at his home at No. 260 Fletcher
street this morning from an attack
of pneumonia. He was born in Ger
many and came to Tonawanda forty
two years ago. He was a member of
the Salem church and of the Men's
club of that church. Two daughters
Mrs. Charles Behrens of North Tonawanda
and Miss Adella Thode of
Tonawanda: one son Charles Thode
of Tonawauda; three sisters, Mrs
Charles Gau and Mrs. Charles Browv
of Tonawanda and Mrs. Wilhelmine
Ebbert of Buffalo and five grand
children survive. The funeral will be
held from the home of Charles Thode
at No. 159 Clinton street on Thursday
afternoon at 2 o'clock and a half
hour later from Salem church on
Morgan street, the Rev. Adolph Hill
officiating. Burial will be made in
Salem cemetery