Funeral services for 89-year-old Loren Behrens of Windom, Minnesota, will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, June 13, 2017, at Lutheran Church of Our Savior in Windom. The church is located at 1157 3rd Avenue.
Interment will be in Delafield Township Cemetery in Jackson County. Military honors being provided by the American Legion Post #206 of Windom.
Visitation will be held on Monday, June 12, 2017, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at LaCanne Family Funeral Home in Windom. The funeral home is located at 2280 6th Avenue. A second visitation will be at the church the day of the services from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at: www.lacannefuneralhome.com.
LaCanne Family Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Loren Behrens passed away on Wednesday morning, June 7, 2017, at Good Samaritan Society-Sogge Memorial in Windom.
Loren John Behrens was born on August 6, 1927 in Windom, the son of the late John A. and Elizabeth L. (Rossow) Behrens. He was baptized at an early age at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in rural Lakefield, Minnesota and later confirmed in that same church on April 6, 1941. Loren received his education from a Delafield country school. At age 24, Loren enlisted in the United States Army at Fort Smith, Arkansas and served his country honorably until being discharged in 1955.
On August 14, 1954, Loren was united in marriage to Dora L. Behrens at Fort Smith, Arkansas. In 1956, they moved to Jeffers, Minnesota until 1965, when they moved back to the family farm south of Windom until the present time. Through the years, Loren farmed in Delafield Township along with raising livestock until retiring in 1992 after 40 years.
He was a longtime, dedicated member of the Lutheran Church of Our Savior in Windom, where he was a church trustee, usher and a member of the church dartball team. He was also active in his community where he helped deliver Meals-on-Wheels for over 40 years, caretaker of the Delafield Township Cemetery for 42 years and a member of a bowling league. Loren loved playing cards and spending time with family and friends; especially his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Loren’s health had recently begun to decline and he became a resident of the Good Samaritan Society-Sogge Memorial in Windom.
Loren is survived by his wife of 62 years, Dora Behrens of Windom; two daughters, Caroline (Wayne) Witt of Bingham Lake, Minnesota and Jean (Robert) Knutson of Windom; daughter-in-law, Laurie Behrens of Windom; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brother-in-law, Harrison Dean, Webster, South Dakota; sister-in-law, Flossie Behrens of Columbia Heights, Minnesota and and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John A and Lydia Behrens; step-mother, Marie Behrens; son, John Behrens; brother, Arthur Behrens and sister, Arlene Dean.