Individual Details
Helena Fredericka "Lena" Fehners
(23 Oct 1885 - 11 Sep 1954)
Events
| Birth | 23 Oct 1885 | Germany | |||
| Death | 11 Sep 1954 | Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States |  |
Families
| Father | Johann D "John" Fehners (1851 - 1891) |
| Mother | Christine Helene "Lena" Hedden (1856 - 1924) |
| Sibling | Johanna Gesine "Elsie / Zenia" Fehners (1881 - 1967) |
| Sibling | John Henry Fehners (1882 - 1952) |
| Sibling | Freidrich Martin Fehners ( - ) |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Death
HE ANAMOSA JOURNAL…SEPTEMBER 20, 1954…PAGE 2FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MRS. HELENA BEHNKEN HELD; LIST SURVIVORS
Funeral service, for Mrs. Helena T. Behnken, 69, was conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13, at Goettsch funeral home. Rev. H. E. Hahn officiated. Burial was in Prairie Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Behnken died Saturday, Sept. 11, at Mercy hospital, Anamosa, following a short illness.
Survivors Listed
Surviving are three children, Harm, Anamosa; Gerd, Fort Hood, Tex.; and Mrs. Bertie (Augusta)Cross, Anamosa; a sister, Mrs. Sena Eiben, Monticello; two half-sisters, Mrs. Fannie Siebels; Monticello, and Mrs. Dena Ortgies, Anamosa; a step-sister, Mrs. Etta Reiken, Monticello, and a half-brother, Harm Schafer, Anamosa. Four grandchildren also survive. They are Ronald and Richard Behnken, Manchester, and Chester and Jimmie Cross, Anamosa. Preceding her in death were two sons, John and Ben; her husband; three brothers, John; Herman and Martin Fehners, and two half-sisters, Mrs. Hannah Siebels and Mrs. Mary Poppe.