Bedore, Mary Kathryn

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• Obituary: 9 Nov 2004; Appleton Post Crescent

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Obituary:
Behnke (Bedore), Mary Kathry n, 721 Columbus Ave., BrillionAge 85, died Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at Appleton Medical Center. She w as born January 3, 1919 in Stiles, WI; the eldest daughter of the late Cli fford Louis and Olive Kathryn (Duame) Bedore. She grew up in Brillion a nd graduated from Brillion High School in 1936. She also graduated from Ou tagamie Rural Normal School in Kaukauna and attended Oshkosh State Teach er College. Mary taught Country schools in Calumet County and later was em ployed in the local office of Wisconsin Public Service Corp for 11 years p rior to her marriage. On December 1, 1951 she married Wilbert Behnke at S t. Mary Rectory. She was employed as a bookkeeper for the Brillion Buildi ng Supply Corp for 33 years. During World War II she served as Executive S ecretary of the Calumet County Salvage Division and was also an air raid w arden. She also worked for many years in the canteen for the American R ed Cross Blood Bank. Mary was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church in B rillion, was a member and past secretary of the Christian Mothers, she w as a member of Holy Family Prayer line and served as a church greeter. S he was a member and past president of the Bloedorn-Becker-Jensen Unit #1 26 American Legion Auxiliary where she was secretary for ten years and tre asurer for ten years and unit chaplain for six years.Survivors include three children: Nanci (Carl) Micke, Appleton; Bruce Behn ke, Apex, NC; Kim (Randy) Becker, Brillion; seven grandchildren: Ryan a nd Lauren Micke, Corey and Sonia (Lee) Behnke, Casie (Jason) Gigstead, Adr ienne and Dustin Becker; a great-granddaughter, Marley Kate Gigstead; t wo sisters-in-law: Gertrude Behnke and Jeanette Wenzel; a special frien d, Cecialia Rank; many nieces and nephews. Mary was preceded in death by h er parents, her husband Wilbert, three brothers and a sister-in-law: Cliff ord and Lucille Bedore, Claude and Cletus Bedore; two sisters and a brothe r-in-law: Manolia Schoenleber, Georgea Mae and Kenneth Brunkow.Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, January 10 at 10:30 a. m. at Holy Family Catholic Church, 1100 W. Ryan St., Brillion. The Rev. T om Long will officiate. Burial will be in the Brillion Community Cemeter y. Friends may call at the Wieting Funeral Home in Brillion on Friday fr om 5:30-8 p.m. and at the church on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until the ti me of mass. There will be a parish prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Friday at t he funeral home.Mary Kathryn’s family wishes to thank her wonderful neighbors on Columb us Ave. for their love and kindness these many years, the drivers of the M eals on Wheels Program who brightened her day, and Father Tom and Sister L ouise for their special friendship.

Mary married Behnke, Wilbert 1 Dec 1951. Wilbert was born 2 Jan 1916; died 23 Jan 2001, Brillion, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Kim married Becker, Randy [Group Sheet]

Nancy married Micke, Carl Joseph (son of Micke, Joseph F. and Mortell, Irmine E. "Minnie") [Group Sheet]