Gertrude Emilie Behrens

F, #9953, b. Mar 1, 1908, d. Jan 3, 2005
Pedigree

Family

Reverend Rudolf Emil Matthias Krey b. Dec 29, 1897, d. Jan 9, 1977
Children

Chronological Events

Birth*Mar 1, 1908 Gertrude Emilie Behrens was born on Mar 1, 1908 at Poznan, Poland. 
Marriage*Nov 11, 1924 She married Reverend Rudolf Emil Matthias Krey on Nov 11, 1924 at Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.1 
Death*Jan 3, 2005 Gertrude Emilie Behrens died on Jan 3, 2005, at age 96 at Wilmington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.2 
ObituaryJan 7, 2005  OBITUARY: Gertrude Emilie (Behrens) Krey of Wilmington, a German immigrant with a flair for storytelling, died Monday at Lahey Clinic after a brief illness. She was 96.

Born and raised in Posen, Germany - now the Polish city of Poznan - her father was the mayor of a neighboring suburb, Moschin. Mrs. Krey and her family endured World War I in their hometown and moved to Silesia, where she met her future husband, the late Rev. Rudolph E.M. Krey.

After Rev. Krey moved to the United States to serve German-speaking immigrants, Mrs. Krey followed in 1925. The two settled in Union City, Conn., and lived in several Massachusetts and Pennsylvania towns.

The Kreys weathered the Great Depression in America and returned to Germany in 1939 with their eight children. As American citizens, they were caught in Germany during World War II. During the war, Mrs. Krey gave birth to four children, one of whom died as an infant in a refugee camp.

In 1947, the family returned to Massachusetts and Mrs. Krey gave birth to the last of her 16 children in 1954.

A devoted mother, Mrs. Krey woke at five every morning to prepare breakfast for her family and related news and weather forecasts, read Bible verses and said prayers to start her family for the day. She baked fresh bread, tended to her large garden and raised poultry on the family land in Wilmington.

Mrs. Krey is survived by eight daughters, seven sons, 41 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.

Burial will be in Wilmington's Wildwood Cemetery.

Published in the Boston Herald (Boston, Mass) - January 07, 2005.3
 
Burial*Jan 7, 2005 She was buried on Jan 7, 2005 at Wildwood Cemetery, Wilmington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 112502540.4 

Citations

  1. [S816] Site - International Genealogical Index (R) or Ancestral File, online at http://www.familysearch.org
  2. [S51] Social Security Death Index (SSDI).
  3. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  4. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.