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Loreto B Behnke 1904 - 2002

Loreto B Behnke of Decatur, Macon County, IL was born on August 3, 1904, and died at age 97 years old on April 20, 2002.

Loreto B Behnke
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Decatur, Macon County, IL 62522
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August 3, 1904
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Updated: November 2, 2011
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In 1904, in the year that Loreto B Behnke was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1920, Loreto was 16 years old when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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Behnke, Doris (Born Dec 16, 1931) Behnke, Helen (Born May 3, 1901) Behnke, Albert (Sep 20, 1900 - May 1986) Behnke, Esther (Dec 16, 1932 - Jul 6, 2007) Behnke, Herbert (Apr 21, 1890 - Oct 1965) Behnke, Charles (Jan 28, 1888 - Apr 1965) Behnke, Albert (Jan 25, 1913 - Jan 1970) Behnke, Charles (Feb 24, 1886 - Nov 1966) Behnke, Rita (Jun 15, 1926 - Oct 4, 2007) Behnke, Mabel (Feb 22, 1890 - Sep 1972)
Behnke, Catherine (Jun 10, 1914 - Oct 27, 1995) Behnke, Dorothy (Mar 13, 1914 - Dec 1973) Behnke, Arthur (May 10, 1888 - Jun 1989) Behnke, Myrtle (Oct 6, 1889 - Jan 1975) Behnke, Robert (Aug 13, 1946 - Sep 2, 2009) Behnke, Rita (Aug 5, 1948 - Mar 27, 2004) Behnke, Doris (Mar 24, 1910 - Oct 1, 1989) Behnke, Henry (Jun 26, 1878 - Aug 1968) Behnke, Charles (Feb 19, 1924 - Jun 4, 1998) Behnke, Dell (Sep 3, 1896 - Jan 1984)
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