LILA BEHNKEN, 72, of Massena, died Thursday, April 14th, at the Adair County Memorial Hospital in Greenfield. Funeral services for LILA BEHNKEN will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 19th, at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, south of Wiota. Steen Funeral Home in Massena has the arrangements.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday, April 18th, from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., with the family greeting friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.

Memorials may be directed to the Lila Behnken memorial fund to be established by the family at a later date.

Burial will be in the First Lutheran Cemetery. A luncheon will be held following services at the cemetery.

LILA BEHNKEN is survived by:

Her husband – Bill Behnken of Massena.

Her  children – Brian (Rhonda) Behnken of Massena; Blaine (Kim) Behnken of Massena; Teresa (James) Meek of Bondurant; Cindy (Russ) Armstrong of Greenfield and Nicole (Chad) Behnken of Pleasant Hill.

Her sisters – Mary Lea Rice of Prairie City, and Kathryn (Terry) Endres of Des Moines.

9 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild, other relatives and friends.