Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Behan, Patrick J. 1936
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The Portland Review, Tuesday, September 22, 1936

Patrick J. Behan, 59, who had been a resident of Portland for the past six 
years, died at an Ann Arbor hospital early last week, of a complication of 
diseases.  The remains were taken directly to Petoskey, his former home, where 
funeral services were held Friday forenoon.

Mr. Behan had been confined to his home in this village for several weeks on 
account of illness.  Early last week he was removed to Ann Arbor, where 
examination showed he was suffering from a ruptured appendix.  An operation 
was performed, following which he contracted pneumonia.  His death occurred a 
short time thereafter.

When Mr. Behan and his family moved to Portland, “Pat,” as he was widely 
called, was employed as a salesman for the J. C. Farley Co., a Grand Rapids 
dry goods house.  He located here because this village was conveniently 
located in his territory and was suitable for his headquarters.

When the government started the CCC camps Mr. Behan was appointed as camp 
director at West Branch, where a camp was being established.  He continued 
there until last spring when he was transferred to a similar project near 
Atlanta, Mich.

When Mr. Behan was a young man he went to work in the lumber camps of Northern 
Michigan and worked up to several clerical positions with various lumbering 
concerns.  It was this knowledge of camp routine and management that put him 
in a position to be chosen for the important work he had with the CCC 
organization.

During the years the family has lived in this village they have made many 
friends, all of whom were saddened at the news of Mr. Behan’s death.

Surviving are the widow and nine children: Mrs. E. J. Turnell and Gerald 
Behan, Bay City; Miss Katherine Behan, Lansing; Frank, Patrick Jr., Dorothy, 
Pauline, Geraldine and Owen Behan, Portland.


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