Behnke, Elsie Minnie Ida

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Elsie married Kamps, Louis William Jesse Aft 1921. Louis was born 15 Jun 1903; died 16 Apr 1985. [Group Sheet]

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• Obituary: 29 Oct 2017; APC

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Obituary:
Raymond Kamps, age 90, New London passed away on Saturday, October 28, 2017 atLiving Tree Estates, Greenville. Ray was bom on May 28, 1927 in Coleman WI, son of the late Louis and Elsie Kamps.
Ray served his country in the US Amry during WWII. He was united in marriage to Beverly Berg on February 21, 1953. She preceded him in death on May 18, 1989. He married Rosemarie
Martin on January 6, 1990. Ray and his four brothers worked for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, making them the largest single family group working for NML at the time. Ray was a Charter Life Underwriter and a lifetime member of the Million Dollar Roundtable. Ray was a proud longtime member of the New London Rotary Club and received numerous Paul Harris Fellowship Awards. He founded the annual Rotary Tree Planting Project which over the years was able to plant hundreds of trees to beautify the New London area. He was also an avid outdoorsman.
He is survived by his wife Rosemarie; daughters Debra (Bill) Fermanich and Diane (Bill) Riedl; a son Chris (Cherri) Berg; step-daughter Lisa Martin; step-son in-law Jim Jaeger; grandchildren, Christopher, Robert, Jessica, Crista, Cyndi, Caitie, Chad, Holly, Eric and five great-grandchildren. He is further survived by brothers and sisters, Louis Kamps, Gerald (Sally) Kamps, Roland (Sue) Kamps, Elsie (Hugo) Sandelin, Hilbert (Janice) Kamps, Ruth List, and Rita (Eddie) Van Sliedricht, sister-in-law, Lorraine Kamps, Joan Kamps, Sharon Kamps, Rita Berg, Sharon (Tom) Nueman, Lore Prien and brother-in-law, Greg Berg, David (Kathy) Peot, Guenther Voss.
Ray was preceded in death by his parents, first wife Beverly, two infant daughters, infant granddaughter, four brothers, a sister, three brother in-laws and three sister in-laws.
A memorial service for Ray will be held on Wednesday November 1,2017 at Trinity Lutheran Church, New London with Rev. Bil Sutlief officiating. Visitation will be held at the church on Wednesday from 9:00 until the time of service.
In lieu of flowers donations to the Rotary Scholarship Fund would be welcomed.
Cline & Hanson Funeral Home 209 W. Cook Street, New London, WI 920-982-3232
Published in Appleton Post-Crescent from Oct. 29 to Oct. 30, 2017

Raymond married Voss, Rose Marie 6 Jan 1990. Rose was born 21 Apr 1929; died 29 Jun 2018, Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]