Ben Behrens

Ben Farrell Behrens, 68, of Leander and San Saba, Texas died Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System in Temple.

He was born to Almond and Pauline Schneider Behrens in LaGrange, Texas on October 9, 1939. Ben attended school through the 8th grade in Yoakum, Texas. The family moved to Eagle Lake, Texas in 1953, where he graduated from Eagle Lake High School in 1957. Ben excelled throughout his high school years as Student Council President, National Honor Society, Science, Spanish and Speech Clubs, Declamation and Debate Team, Class Plays, active in sports 2-year letterman in football, Boy and Explorer Scouts, and served as a lifeguard during some of the summer months. He was also an active member of Grace Lutheran Church in Eagle Lake and was a deeply religious person. After graduation from high school, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps for a period of two years, where he made PFC in boot camp as Right Guide and was honorably discharged with the rank of Lance Corporal. He attended the University of Texas aat Austin and studied Physics. He lived at Campus Guild Co-Op, 2804 Whitis Street, becoming its Vice-President in his second semester at UT. After two years at UT, he attended Texas Lutheran College to study Theology but did not complete his studies.

Survivors include his brothers, John A Behrens of Leander, James E. Behrens and wife, Caron of Warrenton, Virginia; sister, Mary Lyn Behrens Casebier Snyder and husband, Bryan Chan Snyder of Austin; nieces, Amanda Casebier of Boulder, Colorado, KariAn Behrens Treyes and husband, Darren Treyes of Leonardtown, MD and Terra Behrens of Melbourne, FL; nephew, Eric Behrens of Warrenton, VA; and grandnephews, Liem and Devin Behrens of Schenectady, NY.

Private services will be held and his ashes will be interred at the Masonic Cemetery in Eagle Lake, Texas near the gravesite of his father and mother.

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