Eleanor Charlotte Behrens

Eleanor Charlotte Behrens

Eleanor Charlotte Behrens

Eleanor Charlotte Behrens
October 19, 1919 – March 15, 2015
What Cheer, Iowa | Age 95

Eleanor Behrens, 95 of What Cheer, died Sunday, March 15, 2015 at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney. Eleanor Charlotte Behrens was born on October 19, 1919 at What Cheer, Iowa, the daughter of William E. and Viola Pearl Nanke Fyfe.

Eleanor attended Thornburg High School and graduated in 1937. Eleanor also attended the Moline Public Hospital School of Nursing and graduated in 1941. She was then united in marriage to Kenneth Behrens in 1942 at Rock Island, Illinois.

Eleanor worked nights as an RN at the Keokuk County Hospital, and eventually became the Director of Nursing. She worked for Dr. Ed Gann, Dr. Lee McClenhan and Dr. Opis Judapa. Eleanor was proud mother of three children.

Eleanor was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the What Cheer Methodist Church and became a Gold Star Mother after her son Tom was killed in Vietnam.

Eleanor loved quilting, sewing, crocheting, knitting, gardening and canning. She was very patient, had a strong faith, loved her husband and taught her children to love.

Those left to honor Eleanor’s memory are her son, Dan (Lori) Behrens of Oskaloosa; her daughter, Mary (Barry) Flint of Ottumwa; her five grandchildren: Amy (Rob) Boze of Sterling, Illinois, John (Nichole) Flint of Cedar Falls, Rachel Flint of West Des Moines; Nick (Crystal) Morrison of Medina, Minnesota, Paige Behrens of Ames and her eight great grandchildren: Emma, Will, Ben, and James Boze and Abigail, Ian, Elijah and Aleah Flint.

Eleanor was preceeded in death by her parents; her husband, Kenneth; her son, Thomas Martin Behrens; her brother, Edward Fyfe; and her sister, Wilma Barnett.

Funeral services will begin at 11:00 am on Wednesday, March18, 2015 at the United Methodist Church in What Cheer.
Burial will be in the Highland Cemetery at What Cheer.
Visitation will begin at noon on Tuesday with family present from 5:00 to 8:00 pm at the Holland-Coble Funeral Home in What Cheer.
Memorial contributions may be made to the What Cheer United Methodist Church or to the Freedom Rock Fund.

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