William BEHAN
s/o Patrick BEHAN & Ann GANNON
SEP1918:Masonville,Delaware.Co,IA ..Farmer & Grain Dealer ..Tall & Slender with Blue Eyes & Black Hair.
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William Behan
Wm. Behan, 79, lifelong resident of this county, died at his home in Masonville on Monday June 30m 1952. Funeral services will be held at the Immaculate Conception church in Masonville at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, the Rev. M.J. O'Sullivan officiating with burial in St. Mary's cemetery there. The Rosary will be recited at the family home on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. The Shelly Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Behan was the son of Patrick Behan and Anne Gannon, pioneers of Adams Township, the county, Oct. 11, 1872 and resided in that vicinity until his marriage to Mary Devine on May 25, 1898. She died in March 1916 and on Sept. 9, 1919 he was married to Mary O'Brien of Masonville.
For several years after his first marriage, Mr. Behan was engaged in farming north of Masonville. In 1893 he moved to that village and devoted himself to buying grain and livestock.
A Member of the Catholic church of that village he is survived by his widow, Mary O'Brien Behan, six children by his first marriage – Mrs. Wm. Maloney and Lewis Behan of Masonville, William Behan of Seattle, Wash., Bernard and Vincent Behan of Coggon, and Mrs. Anne Hayes of Cedar Rapids; by two children of his second marriage Joseph and Mary B. Behan of Masonville, 2 brothers, Rev P.J. Behan of Watkins, Iowa and John Behan of Independence, Iowa; four sisters Mrs. Katherine Vitten of Mullen, Nebr., Mrs. George Vinton of Masonville, Mrs. Thomas Cummings of Anamosa, and Mrs. Rose Cashman of Watkins, Iowa, together with 13 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death, in addition to his parents, his first wife, by two infant children.
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William Behan, son of Patrick Behan and Anne Dillon, and Marie Divine, daughter of Patrick Divine and Catherine Churchill, married on 25 May 1898 in Delaware county, Iowa.
Birthplace for bride and groom was listed as Iowa.
[Iowa Marriage Records, 1880 - 1945. Looked at original handwritten ledger.]
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William Behan, son of Patrick Behan and Ann Gannon, and Mary O'Brien, daughter of Patrick O'Brien and Julia Moore, married 9 September 1919 in Delaware county, Iowa.
It was his second marriage, and her first. His birthplace is given as "Monti," Iowa and hers as Masonville, Iowa.
The ceremony was performed by "D. Lonergan, Catholic clergyman."
[Iowa Marriage Records, 1880 - 1945. Looked at original handwritten ledger.]
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Masonville -- Funeral services will be at the Immaculate Conception church here, Thursday at 9:30 a. m., for William Behan, 79, retired grain and stock buyer at Masonville since 1898; died at his nursing home Monday; Shelly funeral home at Manchester is in charge; burial in St. Mary's cemetery at Masonville; rosary at family home Tuesday and Wednesday at 8 p. m.; a son of the late Patrick and Anne (Gannon) Behan, he was born Oct. 11, 1872, at Ryan.
[He] received [his] early education there, and had lived near Masonville since 1898; was first married to Miss Mary Devine at Ryan, May 25, 1898, who died in March, 1916; married to Miss Mary O'Brien of Masonville, Sept. 9, 1919. [He was a] member of the Immaculate Conception church of Masonville.
[He] leaves [a] widow; two children by his second marriage, Mary B. and Joseph Behan, Masonville; six children by his first marriage: Mrs. William Moroney, Masonville; William Behan, Seattle, Wash.; Lewis Behan, Masonville; Bernard and Vincent Behan, Coggon; and Mrs. Anne Hayes, Cedar Falls. [Also surviving were] 18 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; four sisters: Mrs. Katherine Vinton, Mullen, Neb.; Mrs. George Vinton, Masonville; Mrs. Rose Cashman, Watkins; Mrs. Thomas Cummings, Anamosa; two brothers: Rev. P. J. Behan, Watkins; and John Behan, Independence. Two children died in infancy.
- The Courier, Waterloo Iowa, page 12; Tuesday, 1 July 1952.
NB: The brackets were to give a bit of punctuation to the obituary. The entire thing originally consisted of semi-colons.
s/o Patrick BEHAN & Ann GANNON
SEP1918:Masonville,Delaware.Co,IA ..Farmer & Grain Dealer ..Tall & Slender with Blue Eyes & Black Hair.
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William Behan
Wm. Behan, 79, lifelong resident of this county, died at his home in Masonville on Monday June 30m 1952. Funeral services will be held at the Immaculate Conception church in Masonville at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, the Rev. M.J. O'Sullivan officiating with burial in St. Mary's cemetery there. The Rosary will be recited at the family home on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. The Shelly Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Behan was the son of Patrick Behan and Anne Gannon, pioneers of Adams Township, the county, Oct. 11, 1872 and resided in that vicinity until his marriage to Mary Devine on May 25, 1898. She died in March 1916 and on Sept. 9, 1919 he was married to Mary O'Brien of Masonville.
For several years after his first marriage, Mr. Behan was engaged in farming north of Masonville. In 1893 he moved to that village and devoted himself to buying grain and livestock.
A Member of the Catholic church of that village he is survived by his widow, Mary O'Brien Behan, six children by his first marriage – Mrs. Wm. Maloney and Lewis Behan of Masonville, William Behan of Seattle, Wash., Bernard and Vincent Behan of Coggon, and Mrs. Anne Hayes of Cedar Rapids; by two children of his second marriage Joseph and Mary B. Behan of Masonville, 2 brothers, Rev P.J. Behan of Watkins, Iowa and John Behan of Independence, Iowa; four sisters Mrs. Katherine Vitten of Mullen, Nebr., Mrs. George Vinton of Masonville, Mrs. Thomas Cummings of Anamosa, and Mrs. Rose Cashman of Watkins, Iowa, together with 13 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death, in addition to his parents, his first wife, by two infant children.
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William Behan, son of Patrick Behan and Anne Dillon, and Marie Divine, daughter of Patrick Divine and Catherine Churchill, married on 25 May 1898 in Delaware county, Iowa.
Birthplace for bride and groom was listed as Iowa.
[Iowa Marriage Records, 1880 - 1945. Looked at original handwritten ledger.]
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William Behan, son of Patrick Behan and Ann Gannon, and Mary O'Brien, daughter of Patrick O'Brien and Julia Moore, married 9 September 1919 in Delaware county, Iowa.
It was his second marriage, and her first. His birthplace is given as "Monti," Iowa and hers as Masonville, Iowa.
The ceremony was performed by "D. Lonergan, Catholic clergyman."
[Iowa Marriage Records, 1880 - 1945. Looked at original handwritten ledger.]
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Masonville -- Funeral services will be at the Immaculate Conception church here, Thursday at 9:30 a. m., for William Behan, 79, retired grain and stock buyer at Masonville since 1898; died at his nursing home Monday; Shelly funeral home at Manchester is in charge; burial in St. Mary's cemetery at Masonville; rosary at family home Tuesday and Wednesday at 8 p. m.; a son of the late Patrick and Anne (Gannon) Behan, he was born Oct. 11, 1872, at Ryan.
[He] received [his] early education there, and had lived near Masonville since 1898; was first married to Miss Mary Devine at Ryan, May 25, 1898, who died in March, 1916; married to Miss Mary O'Brien of Masonville, Sept. 9, 1919. [He was a] member of the Immaculate Conception church of Masonville.
[He] leaves [a] widow; two children by his second marriage, Mary B. and Joseph Behan, Masonville; six children by his first marriage: Mrs. William Moroney, Masonville; William Behan, Seattle, Wash.; Lewis Behan, Masonville; Bernard and Vincent Behan, Coggon; and Mrs. Anne Hayes, Cedar Falls. [Also surviving were] 18 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; four sisters: Mrs. Katherine Vinton, Mullen, Neb.; Mrs. George Vinton, Masonville; Mrs. Rose Cashman, Watkins; Mrs. Thomas Cummings, Anamosa; two brothers: Rev. P. J. Behan, Watkins; and John Behan, Independence. Two children died in infancy.
- The Courier, Waterloo Iowa, page 12; Tuesday, 1 July 1952.
NB: The brackets were to give a bit of punctuation to the obituary. The entire thing originally consisted of semi-colons.
William BEHAN
s/o Patrick BEHAN & Ann GANNON
SEP1918:Masonville,Delaware.Co,IA ..Farmer & Grain Dealer ..Tall & Slender with Blue Eyes & Black Hair.
- bio by 46848471.
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William Behan
Wm. Behan, 79, lifelong resident of this county, died at his home in Masonville on Monday June 30m 1952. Funeral services will be held at the Immaculate Conception church in Masonville at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, the Rev. M.J. O'Sullivan officiating with burial in St. Mary's cemetery there. The Rosary will be recited at the family home on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. The Shelly Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Behan was the son of Patrick Behan and Anne Gannon, pioneers of Adams Township, the county, Oct. 11, 1872 and resided in that vicinity until his marriage to Mary Devine on May 25, 1898. She died in March 1916 and on Sept. 9, 1919 he was married to Mary O'Brien of Masonville.
For several years after his first marriage, Mr. Behan was engaged in farming north of Masonville. In 1893 he moved to that village and devoted himself to buying grain and livestock.
A Member of the Catholic church of that village he is survived by his widow, Mary O'Brien Behan, six children by his first marriage – Mrs. Wm. Maloney and Lewis Behan of Masonville, William Behan of Seattle, Wash., Bernard and Vincent Behan of Coggon, and Mrs. Anne Hayes of Cedar Rapids; by two children of his second marriage Joseph and Mary B. Behan of Masonville, 2 brothers, Rev P.J. Behan of Watkins, Iowa and John Behan of Independence, Iowa; four sisters Mrs. Katherine Vitten of Mullen, Nebr., Mrs. George Vinton of Masonville, Mrs. Thomas Cummings of Anamosa, and Mrs. Rose Cashman of Watkins, Iowa, together with 13 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death, in addition to his parents, his first wife, by two infant children.
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William Behan, son of Patrick Behan and Anne Dillon, and Marie Divine, daughter of Patrick Divine and Catherine Churchill, married on 25 May 1898 in Delaware county, Iowa.
Birthplace for bride and groom was listed as Iowa.
[Iowa Marriage Records, 1880 - 1945. Looked at original handwritten ledger.]
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William Behan, son of Patrick Behan and Ann Gannon, and Mary O'Brien, daughter of Patrick O'Brien and Julia Moore, married 9 September 1919 in Delaware county, Iowa.
It was his second marriage, and her first. His birthplace is given as "Monti," Iowa and hers as Masonville, Iowa.
The ceremony was performed by "D. Lonergan, Catholic clergyman."
[Iowa Marriage Records, 1880 - 1945. Looked at original handwritten ledger.]
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Masonville -- Funeral services will be at the Immaculate Conception church here, Thursday at 9:30 a. m., for William Behan, 79, retired grain and stock buyer at Masonville since 1898; died at his nursing home Monday; Shelly funeral home at Manchester is in charge; burial in St. Mary's cemetery at Masonville; rosary at family home Tuesday and Wednesday at 8 p. m.; a son of the late Patrick and Anne (Gannon) Behan, he was born Oct. 11, 1872, at Ryan.
[He] received [his] early education there, and had lived near Masonville since 1898; was first married to Miss Mary Devine at Ryan, May 25, 1898, who died in March, 1916; married to Miss Mary O'Brien of Masonville, Sept. 9, 1919. [He was a] member of the Immaculate Conception church of Masonville.
[He] leaves [a] widow; two children by his second marriage, Mary B. and Joseph Behan, Masonville; six children by his first marriage: Mrs. William Moroney, Masonville; William Behan, Seattle, Wash.; Lewis Behan, Masonville; Bernard and Vincent Behan, Coggon; and Mrs. Anne Hayes, Cedar Falls. [Also surviving were] 18 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; four sisters: Mrs. Katherine Vinton, Mullen, Neb.; Mrs. George Vinton, Masonville; Mrs. Rose Cashman, Watkins; Mrs. Thomas Cummings, Anamosa; two brothers: Rev. P. J. Behan, Watkins; and John Behan, Independence. Two children died in infancy.
- The Courier, Waterloo Iowa, page 12; Tuesday, 1 July 1952.
NB: The brackets were to give a bit of punctuation to the obituary. The entire thing originally consisted of semi-colons.
s/o Patrick BEHAN & Ann GANNON
SEP1918:Masonville,Delaware.Co,IA ..Farmer & Grain Dealer ..Tall & Slender with Blue Eyes & Black Hair.
- bio by 46848471.
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William Behan
Wm. Behan, 79, lifelong resident of this county, died at his home in Masonville on Monday June 30m 1952. Funeral services will be held at the Immaculate Conception church in Masonville at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, the Rev. M.J. O'Sullivan officiating with burial in St. Mary's cemetery there. The Rosary will be recited at the family home on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. The Shelly Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Behan was the son of Patrick Behan and Anne Gannon, pioneers of Adams Township, the county, Oct. 11, 1872 and resided in that vicinity until his marriage to Mary Devine on May 25, 1898. She died in March 1916 and on Sept. 9, 1919 he was married to Mary O'Brien of Masonville.
For several years after his first marriage, Mr. Behan was engaged in farming north of Masonville. In 1893 he moved to that village and devoted himself to buying grain and livestock.
A Member of the Catholic church of that village he is survived by his widow, Mary O'Brien Behan, six children by his first marriage – Mrs. Wm. Maloney and Lewis Behan of Masonville, William Behan of Seattle, Wash., Bernard and Vincent Behan of Coggon, and Mrs. Anne Hayes of Cedar Rapids; by two children of his second marriage Joseph and Mary B. Behan of Masonville, 2 brothers, Rev P.J. Behan of Watkins, Iowa and John Behan of Independence, Iowa; four sisters Mrs. Katherine Vitten of Mullen, Nebr., Mrs. George Vinton of Masonville, Mrs. Thomas Cummings of Anamosa, and Mrs. Rose Cashman of Watkins, Iowa, together with 13 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death, in addition to his parents, his first wife, by two infant children.
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William Behan, son of Patrick Behan and Anne Dillon, and Marie Divine, daughter of Patrick Divine and Catherine Churchill, married on 25 May 1898 in Delaware county, Iowa.
Birthplace for bride and groom was listed as Iowa.
[Iowa Marriage Records, 1880 - 1945. Looked at original handwritten ledger.]
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William Behan, son of Patrick Behan and Ann Gannon, and Mary O'Brien, daughter of Patrick O'Brien and Julia Moore, married 9 September 1919 in Delaware county, Iowa.
It was his second marriage, and her first. His birthplace is given as "Monti," Iowa and hers as Masonville, Iowa.
The ceremony was performed by "D. Lonergan, Catholic clergyman."
[Iowa Marriage Records, 1880 - 1945. Looked at original handwritten ledger.]
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Masonville -- Funeral services will be at the Immaculate Conception church here, Thursday at 9:30 a. m., for William Behan, 79, retired grain and stock buyer at Masonville since 1898; died at his nursing home Monday; Shelly funeral home at Manchester is in charge; burial in St. Mary's cemetery at Masonville; rosary at family home Tuesday and Wednesday at 8 p. m.; a son of the late Patrick and Anne (Gannon) Behan, he was born Oct. 11, 1872, at Ryan.
[He] received [his] early education there, and had lived near Masonville since 1898; was first married to Miss Mary Devine at Ryan, May 25, 1898, who died in March, 1916; married to Miss Mary O'Brien of Masonville, Sept. 9, 1919. [He was a] member of the Immaculate Conception church of Masonville.
[He] leaves [a] widow; two children by his second marriage, Mary B. and Joseph Behan, Masonville; six children by his first marriage: Mrs. William Moroney, Masonville; William Behan, Seattle, Wash.; Lewis Behan, Masonville; Bernard and Vincent Behan, Coggon; and Mrs. Anne Hayes, Cedar Falls. [Also surviving were] 18 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; four sisters: Mrs. Katherine Vinton, Mullen, Neb.; Mrs. George Vinton, Masonville; Mrs. Rose Cashman, Watkins; Mrs. Thomas Cummings, Anamosa; two brothers: Rev. P. J. Behan, Watkins; and John Behan, Independence. Two children died in infancy.
- The Courier, Waterloo Iowa, page 12; Tuesday, 1 July 1952.
NB: The brackets were to give a bit of punctuation to the obituary. The entire thing originally consisted of semi-colons.
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Babe Behan
1899–1899
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Catherine Regina Behan Moroney
1900–1982
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William P Behan
1901–1968
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Louis J Behan
1904–1973
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Bernard Francis Behan
1906–1979
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Vincent Joseph Behan
1909–1964
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Anna Marguerite Behan Hayes
1911–1991
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Mary Beatrice Behan
1921–2002
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Joseph Harold Behan
1923–1956
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Monica Rose Behan
1926–1926
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