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North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 12/16/1957

BEHNER - Anna L. Behner.
58, of 181 Miller St., North Tonawanda,
died unexpectedly Saturday
afternoon tDec. 14, 1957) at
her home. She was a lifelong resident
of North Tonawanda. Surviving
are her husband, Arthur G.
Behner; one daughter, Miss Violet
W. Behner; two brothers, Otto
and Charles Zimmerman, and a
sister, Mrs. Edward Schmidt, all
of the Tonawandas. Friends may
call at Wattengel Funeral Home,
307 Oliver St., North Tonawanda,
where services will be at 2 p.m.
Tuesday. The Rev, Paul G. Smithson
will officiate. Burial in Friedens
Cemetery.

Anna married BEHNER, Arthur G on 21 Feb 1920 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. Arthur (son of BEHNER, August and VOLKSTADT, Minnie) was born on 25 May 1899 in New York; died on 30 Jul 1963 in Degraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 2/23/1920

A pretty wedding was solemnized
Saturday afternoon at the parsonage
of the Broad street Baptist church
when Miss Anna L Zimmerman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Zimmerman
of No. 75 Broad street, was
united in marriage with Mr Arthur
G. Behner of Tonawanda. Rev C
Walton Jarvis performed the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Behner will re
side in Tonawanda

1. BEHNER, Violet W was born about 1922 in New York.

Carl married Augusta in 1884 in Prussia. Augusta was born in 1863 in Prussia; died on 17 Jun 1935 in North Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Niagara Gazette - 10/4/1935

LOCKPORT, Oct 4-Decislon was
reserved yesterday by County Judge
William A. Gold In equity term after
bearing evidence In a dispute among
North Tonawanda heirs over disposition
to be made of certain real property
left by Mrs. Augusta Zimmerman,
of that city, who died June 17.
Mrs. Anna A- L. Behner, a daughter,
who claimed to bold a fourth Interest
In the property, brought the action,
hoping to force- a sale of the
real estate and a distribution of the
proceeds.
Her brother, Charles P. Zimmerman,
executor, bis wife. Matilda Zimmerman,
another brother, Otto A.
Zimmerman, bis wife, Elsie Zimmerman,
and a sister. Mrs. Eliza A. M.
Schmltt, all opposed the action on the
ground that Mrs. Behner Is not entitled
to any part of teh estate.
The evidence dates back to April
8 1917. when Charles Zimmerman,
father of the four children, died intestate.
Under the law the propertv
went to the widow and all the children,
except Mrs. Behner, signed their
Interests over to the mother. Mrs.
Behner, then only 17, made a written
agreement to sign her share over to
her mother when she became 21
years old. She failed to do this and
when her mother died a will was produced
leaving the estate to the other
three children.