Glenis Dee Behrends

Glenis Dee Behrends, age 95, of Lodgepole, NE passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at the SRMC Extended Care Center in Sidney, NE. A private family service is planned with burial in the Pleasant View Cemetery north of Lodgepole.

Friends were invited to stop at the Gehrig-Stitt Chapel on Thursday, December 17, 2020 from 1-6:00 P.M. with family present from 4-6:00 P.M. to sign Glenis’s register book and leave condolences for the family. Memorial contributions may be sent in Glenis’s name directly to: Nancy Fawcett Memorial Library, 724 Oberfelder Street, Lodgepole, NE 69149, the Church of Christ, 2651 11th Avenue, Sidney, NE 69162 or the organization of your choice.

You may view Glenis’s Book of Memories, leave condolences, photos and stories at http://www.gehrigstittchapel.com.

Gehrig-Stitt Chapel & Cremation Service, LLC is in charge of Glenis’s care and funeral arrangements.

Glenis was born the youngest child of Senator Albert A. and Lois (Booth) Fenske on August 4, 1925 at home in Sunol, NE. She attended grade school and high school in Sunol. After high school graduation, she attended secretarial school in Chillicothe, OH and then returned to Sunol. Glenis married William H. “Bill” Behrends on January 18, 1947 when he returned from his military duty in World War II. The couple lived in Sunol until 1948 when they moved to a farm southwest of Lodgepole where Bill and Glenis lived for the next 68 years. To this union, six children were born: Jim Behrends and wife Nancy of Chappell, NE; Rex Behrends and companion Linda of Beatrice, NE; Ellen Stickney and husband Warren of Las Vegas, NV; Mike Behrends and wife Lana of Lodgepole; Roger Behrends and wife Stephanie of Chappell, NE; Sandra Graham of Parker, CO; (14 grandchildren), (19 great-grandchildren) and numerous extended family members and friends.

Glenis was a popular, outgoing, loving mother and wife. Family was Glenis’s life. She transformed herself into a country farmwife. She raised six children and learned to drive tractors and move irrigation pipe with her family in tow. She and Bill traveled extensively during the winter when they became empty nesters. Their travels took them to the Caribbean Islands, Panama Canal, around and through South America, Alaska, Australia, New Zealand, China, Istanbul, Singapore, Bali, Italy, Germany, Spain and Switzerland.

Glenis was a life-long member of the Church of Christ.

There is so much more to our mother than can be put into words! She is loved and will be greatly missed. Glenis was preceded in death by her husband Bill and her parents Albert and Lois Fenske and her siblings Ruth Niemann, Naomi Niemann and Junior “Albert Jr.” Fenske.