Mary Catherine Behm

Mary C. Behm, age 93, of Gibsonburg, Ohio died Sunday evening, June 18, at the Elmwood Assisted Living of Fremont.

Mary was born on August 1, 1912 in Fremont to William F. and Emma R. (Wolf) Beck. A 1931 graduate of Fremont Ross High School, she married Ernest Behm in Fort Wayne on December 28, 1945. Ernie died on December 8, 1996. Mary was a homemaker, member of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Gibsonburg and the Fremont Order of the Eastern Star. For many years she was active in the Zion Women of the church and Altar Flower Committee. She enjoyed donating time and materials to Quilts for Kids organization. Mary enjoyed knitting and crocheting usually giving her projects away. In the 1940s she was secretary for the Rainbow Flyers Motorcycle Club of Fremont.

Surviving her are her daughters, Judy, son in law, Mark Thrift of Camp Hill, PA, Barbara Ann Behm of Chagrin Falls, OH and sister Irene Lapinski of Toledo.

Mary is preceded in death by her parents, husband Ernest and brothers Alfred, Arthur and Charles.

Funeral services will be at the Herman-Kinn-Veh Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Gibsonburg on Friday, at 11 a.m. with Pastor Robert Wietelmann presiding. Visitation will be 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. on Thursday. Burial will be at West Union Cemetery, Gibsonburg.

Memorials may be made to the Sandusky County Humane Society.