Edwin Ed Behrens

Edwin “Ed” Behrens, 92, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Thursday, June 10, 2010. Family services will be scheduled later and inurnment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Ed was born in Tilden, Nebraska on July 24, 1917, the son of John and Wilamina Behrens. In 1929 the family moved to the Sandpoint area and Ed attended local schools. During WW II he served with the US Navy, as a motor machinists mate, in a landing craft division. On July 24, 1942 he and Clara A. Petit were married in Sandpoint, Idaho. Ed owned, and operated, the Mobil Station on 1st Avenue, in Sandpoint, from 1948 until 1951. After selling the station he, and Clara, opened the Pine Rock Motel and Truck Stop, in Ponderay by the Elk’s Golf Course. In the 1960’s he took his Real Estate exams and became a broker for John Smith Realty, beside Harold’s IGA. He later changed the name to Behren’s Real Estate, which he operated until retiring in 1975. His retirement winters were in Kona, Hawaii where he spent his days sitting by the seawall, carving animals, and birds, and selling them to visitors. His summers were spent fishing, on his homemade barge, and carving. He owned a garage full of carvings, over 20 years of extensive carvings were stored there. Ed is survived by 2 daughters Donna (and Byron) Steinacher; Karen (and Jim) Metcalf; grandchildren Chris (and Dianna) Eaton, Leila (and Doug) Robertson, Lane Steinacher and (Jenelle Klontz), James Ward, (and Michelle Toscano), Dr. Michelle Ward, (and Dan Hoogheem); great grandchildren Keith Kehle, Titus and Chase Turner, Bryce Eaton, Alec and Riley Ward, Alyssa Pils; and one sister Fern.