Beatrice Elizabeth Ella BEHNKE

In hospital, Pembroke on Sunday, July 22, 2001 in her 87th year. Beatrice Steege (nee Behnke) of Pembroke, wife of the late Paul Steege. Dear mother of Pauline Wilson (husband Charlie), Pembroke; Waverly Hamilton (husband Donald), Cobden; Ray Steege (wife Marilyn), Micksburg; Elizabeth Demers (husband Maurice), Pembroke; Gail Bucholtz (husband Stanley), Pembroke; Alice Graveline (husband late Clarence), Pembroke; and Grant Steege (wife Heather), Cobden. Gramma to 23 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Daughter of the late Frederick and Adela Behnke (nee Wegner). Sister of Evelyn Eichstaedt (husband Edward), Petawawa; and Lloyd Behnke (wife Gladys), Chalk River. Predeceased by Flora Froelich (husband late Clarence), Herbert Behnke (wife late Edith), Wilfred Behnke (wife Mabel), and Wallace Behnke (wife Ella). Loving aunt to many nieces and nephews. Resting at the Malcolm, Deavitt & Binhammer Funeral Home, 141 Renfrew Street, Pembroke, on Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9:30 p.m. and Wednesday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Service in St. Timothy's Lutheran Church, Pembroke on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Petawawa. (As an expression of sympathy, donations to St. Timothy's Lutheran Church Jubilee Hall Fund or the Pembroke General Hospital CT Scan Fund would be appreciated). Ottawa Citizen, July 24, 2001