This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: akrueger1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/1935.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Obituary of Otto A. Behling Source April 18 1981 Kalamazoo Gazette B6:3 Behling Mr. otto A. 2221 S. Burdick. Passed away Friday afternoon. april 17 1981 at Bronson Methodist Hospital Mr. Behling was born July 13 1890 in Hammond, Indiana, son of Frederick and Albertine Papke Behling. He was a union bricklayer for 50 years and a member of Local No. 17 A.F. L. C.I.O. for 37 years, where he served as Sergeant-at-Arms for 15 years. On June 28, 1913, he married Sophia Marie Stiefig (Should be Stasik(Allen J. Krueger), who survives. Also surviving are his daughter and her husband, Gertrude and Frank Nosan, his daughter, Arlene Behling Anderson. A grandson, Michael Nosan, a daughter and her husband, margaret and Don Hayward, all of Kalamazoo. and his brother, Ben Behling of Hammond. Services will be held 11 o'clock Monday morning at the funeral home with intermnet in Mt. Ever-Rest Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 9 this evening and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 on Sunday. JOLDERSMA & KLEIN FUNERAL HOME. Obituary and Funeral Notices from April 3 1982 Kalamazoo Gazette B6:3 Behling, Mrs. Sophie M., 2221 S. Burdick Passed away thursday evening, April 1, 1982 at Bronson Methodist Hospital. Mrs. Behling was born in Hegewisch, Illinois on July 1 1894 daughter of John and Sophie Holupkovic Stasik. On June 28 1913, she married Otto A. Behling, who prececeder her in death on April 17, 1981. Surviving are her daughter and her husband, Gertrude and Frank Nosan, her daughter, Arlene Behling anderson, a grandson, Michael Nosan, a daughter and her husband, Margaret and Don Hayward, all of Kalamazoo; and her brother and sister, Ben and Mildred Behling of Hammond, Indiana. (I believe that Ben is a brother to Sophie's Husband, Otto.)Allen J. Krueger quoted). Friends are being received at the funeral home where the Rosary will be recited Sunday evening at 6:30 . Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday morning at 11 o'clock at St. Joseph church. Interment in Mt. Ever-Rest Cemetery. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 9 this evening and from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 on Sunday Evening. JOLDERSMA & KLEIN, 917 S. Burdick. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.