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Hansen, Wood County 
Oconto Falls 

Emil W. Behling, 67, Oconto Falls, died suddenly unexpectedly Wednesday evening in the Oconto Falls Memorial Hospital. Mr. Behling, who was born July 16, 1894, in the town of Hansen, Wood County, resided in this area since 1935. He married the former Eunice Naechtke at Port Washington where the couple lived for one year and then moved to Milwaukee where he was employed as a railroad fireman for the Chicago and North Western Railroad. They couple took up residence in Mukwonago where Mr. Behling was in the oil business, then residing in Cedarburg until 1935 when he came to Oconto Falls. He retired from the oil business in 1953 because of ill health.

For the past nine months Mr. Behling had been instrumental in the organization and building of the Oconto Falls Golf Course, devoting his time and serving as work director. He was the first president of the Oconto Falls Hospital board; a member of Oconto Falls Lodge 293, F & A.M.; past master of Victory Lodge 320 of Cedarburg; past high priest of Royal Arch Masons of Port Washington, a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Lodge 182, Oconto Falls; Royal Arch Masons Lodge 77, Oconto; Scottish Rites, Green Bay; Tripoli Temple, Milwaukee; and the Oconto County Shrine Club.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Ellsworth, and Eugene, Oconto Falls; six brothers, Otto, Port Washington; Fred, Milwaukee; John, Phillips; Albert, Vesper; Arthur, Wisconsin Rapids; two sisters, Mrs. William White, Larkspur, Calif.; Mrs. Anna Hitzig, Port Washington, and three grandchildren.

Friends may call after 1 pm Friday at Soulek Funeral Home, Oconto Falls where funeral services will be held at 2:30 pm Saturday with the Revs. Cecil Dawson and R.L. Greene officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery with graveside Masonic rites. A memorial fund to the Oconto Falls Golf Course has been established.