Obituaries

November 23, 1927 to December 12, 2014

WINAMAC - Sarah L. Behnke, 87, of Culver, died at 4:58 a.m., Friday, Dec.12, at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester.

She was born Nov. 23, 1927 in rural Starke County near Culver to the late Leo William and Esther Warmbrod Warren. She married Roland A. Behnke on Aug. 22, 1948. He died May 21, 1988.

Edward Roland (Barbara) Behnke, Culver, Son
5 Grandchildren
9 Great Grandchildren
2 Great Great Grandsons
Wanda Miller, Plymouth, IN Half-Sister

Preceded in death by: 
Jessie Allen Sickmiller, Great Grandson

Mrs. Behnke was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church in Culver and was also involved with the United Methodist Women. She was a very hardworking woman. She spent many years as a farmwife, helping her husband on the farm. They moved to Culver in 1961, where she spent many years working at the Culver Military Academy and ultimately retiring from the Culver Inn. She was a 1945 graduate of Winamac High School. She never knew a stranger. She formed strong relationships with everyone she met and had amazing name recall. She enjoyed cooking, baking, sewing, quilting, embroidering, and crocheting. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She will be dearly missed.

Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m., Sunday, at Frain Mortuary, Winamac. The funeral service will be at 2 p.m., Monday, Dec. 15, at the funeral home. Burial will be at Reed Cemetery, Winamac.

Memorial donations may be given to Wesley United Methodist Church or Culver EMS or Culver Union Township Fire Department.