Background
Behnke, Elizabeth Doelker was born on October 4, 1926 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Adolf Gustav and Gertrud Anna (Geissler) Doelker.
Behnke, Elizabeth Doelker was born on October 4, 1926 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Adolf Gustav and Gertrud Anna (Geissler) Doelker.
Registered Nurse, Mercy Hospital School Nursing, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1954; Bachelor of Science in Public Health Nursing, University of Minnesota, 1960.
Director nursing, Visiting Nurse Association, Oshkosh, 1954-1956; staff nurse, Kanton Hosp, Zurich, Switzerland, 1956-1957; public health nurse, Washington County, West Bend, Wisconsin, 1957-1958; director nursing, Manitowoc County Public Health Nurses, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1960-1963; director nursing, Calumet County Public Health Nursing, Chilton, Wisconsin, 1964-1974; nurse supervisor for health service, Lakeshore Technology College, Cleveland, Wisconsin, 1974-1988.
Board of directors Planned Parenthood Association, Manitowoc, 1978-1980. Member Commision on Aging, Manitowoc, 1988-1989. Past board directors Manitowoc County Cancer Society, Mental Health Association, Easter Seal Society.
Volunteer Mobile Meals of Manitowoc, since 1988. Member Wisconsin Nurses Association (honorary life. Board directors, program committee chair).
Married Leroy J. Behnke, November 2, 1963.