Individual Details

Census (family)

100 BEHRENDS WILKE 39 IA H BEHRENDS, BERNARD GER HEYEN, MARGARET 66 GER IA
101 BEHRENDS DORA 34 IA W SCHATZ, CARL IA HARMS, ANNA M IL IA
102 BEHRENDS PAUL 1 IA S IA
103 BEHRENDS LEONA 9 IA D IA

Census (family)

SD 2, ED 53-2, Sheet 1A, visit 3, rent farm, $15/mo.,
Behrends, Wilke, Head, MW, 54, married, no, 6th grade, IA, working, 70hr/wk, Farmer, Farm, Own acct., 53, 0, yes, 3-farm schedule.
, Dora, Wife, FW, 49 married, no 7th grade, IA, working, 24hr/wk Farm assistant, Farm, NP, 40, 0, yes
, Paul W, Son, MW, 16, single, no HS-4, IA, working, 70hr/wk, Farm laborer, Farm, NP, 0, 0, yes

(NP-unpaid family worker. wks worked in 1939, 1939 income, yes/no income >$50 other than money)

Death

MONTICELLO EXPRESS....PAGE 23....APRIL 18, 1974
WILKE BEHRENDS....MONTICELLO
Funeral services for Wilke Behrends, 88, were held Wednesday, April 17l at St. Matthew Lutheran church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Rev. Harold l. Naig officiated.
Mr. Behrends died at his home Monday afternoon April 15, of an apparent heart attack.
He was born Dec. 23, 1885 to Ben H. and Meta Hayen Behrends and received his early education in the Jones county rural schools.
On Feb. 11, 1914, he married E. Dora Schatz and the couple farmed in the Monticello area until moving to their present home in Monticello.
He was a member of St. Matthew Lutheran church.
Mr. Behrends is survived by two children, Mrs. Arthur V. (Leona) Holub and Paul W. both of Monticello; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Freese, Monticello, and two brothers, Bend of Monticello and George of Phoenix, Ariz.
He was preceded in death by his wife, two sisters and one brother. 
Casket bearers were E.B. First, Lester Zimmerman, Robert Schatz, Luvern McVay, Ray Schoon and William Mardorf.