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Georgeanna A. Shirey Behen
26 Jul 1862 – 19 Jun 1929
| Birth | 26 Jul 1862 |
| Death | 19 Jun 1929 |
| Cemetery | Keller Cemetery Lovington , Moultrie County , Illinois , USA |
| Added by | janet donner on 29 Nov 2011 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81168459 |
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Burial 20 June 1929
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Daughter of George Washington and Mary Jane (Bear) Shirey Georgia Ann Shirey and Orange J Behen were married on 31 October 1880 at Mahlon Baker's in Moultrie County, Illinois DECATUR HERALD 6/21/1929 ARTHUR, JUNE 21--MRS. ANNA BEHEN 66 DIED AT 2 OCLOCK WEDNESDAY MORNING IN HER HOME IN THE EAST PART OF ARTHUR. DEATH FOLLOWED A STROKE OF PARALYSIS WITH WHICH SHE WAS STRICKEN TWO WEEKS AGO. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED FROM THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN LOVINGTON AT 2:30 THURSDAY AFTRNOON BY REV. W. H. STORM OF HILLSBORO ASSISTED BY THE RESIDENT PASTOR REV. MR. FRANKLN. MUSIC FOR THE SERVICE WAS FURNISHED BY MR. AND MRS. LAUDE HOFFMAN, MRS. ELSIE DAWSON AND GEORGE BRADFORD OF ARTHUR WHO SANG THREE HYMNS AS A QUARTET. BURIAL WAS IN KELLAR CEMETERY SOUTH OF LOVINGTON. THE FOLLOWING GRANDDAUGHTERS OF THE DECEASED HAD CHARGE OF THE FLOWERS, MRS. EVA CUNNINGHAM, MRS. IRENE SATTUEAX, MISS LENORA HOFFMAN, MRS. IRENE YATES, MRS. LAURA DUNCAN, MRS. ENDORA BARKS, LORENE, LUCILLE, GLADYS AND SARAH BEHEN. GEORGEANNA SHIREY WAS BORN IN BOODY, JULY 26, 1866. SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO O. J. BEHEN AT LOVINGTON, OCT 11, 1874. TO THIS UNION WERE BORN 12 CHLDREN, 11 OF WHOM SURVIVE. THEY ARE WILBUR OF GRANITE CITY, HARRY OF PANA, MRS. ART HOFFMAN OF LOVINGTON, JESS OF DECATUR, GEORGE OF SALEM, CHARLES OF DUPO, ERNEST OF ARTUR, CLAYTON OF CICERO, MRS. HELEN CLARK, MRS. HAZEL ALEXANDER AND LYLE OF ARTHUR. THERE ARE ALSO 32 GRANDCHILDREN, AND NINE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. THE HUSBAND PASSED ON 18 MONTHS AGO. MRS. BEHEN ALSO LEAVES THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS, SAM AND HOMER SHIREY OF SULLIVAN, CHARLES SHIREY OF HOUSTON, TEX, MRS. MEDA DAWSON AND MRS. NORA WHITE OF LOVINGTON. SHE WAS UNITED WITH THE METHODIST HURCH WHEN A YOUNG GIRL BUT LATE TRANSFERRED HER MEMBERSHIP TO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
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Siblings
- Almeda Shirey Dawson 1864–1945
- Samuel Shirey 1866–1949
- Leanora Minnie Shirey White 1871–1963
- Charles E "Charley" Shirey 1873–1967
- Homer Claud Shirey 1876–1959
- Alta Gertrude Shirey Barnard 1879–1907
Children
- Marion Wilber Behen 1881–1966
- Harry C Behen 1883–1969
- Mary Harriet "Mamie" Behen Hoffman 1885–1968
- Jesse S Behen 1887–1973
- George C Behen 1890–1969
- Charles B Behen 1892–1957
- Ernest Luther Behen 1898–1958
- Clayton Cleo Behen 1900–1975
- Helen B. Behen Clark 1903–1989
- Hazel E. Behen Scovil 1905–1997
- Lyle Behen 1907–1986
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