A man who served one term on the Cass County Board of Supervisors, has died. An obituary notice from Steen Funeral Homes says 79-year old Bill Behnken died Wednesday, at Caring Acres Nursing Home, in Anita.

Behnken served on the Cass County Board of Supervisors from 2004-to 2008. He entered the 2004 race as a Democrat, and won the election in November of that year by defeating Republican incumbent Kenneth Waters. Behnken lost his bid for re-election in November, 2008, when he was beaten by Republican Frank Waters, of Cumberland.