HERBERT A. BEHRE, JR., LCDR, USN

Sailed away November 27, 2006. Herb was born in Cranston, RI. He was a student at Drexel, when he joined the Navy. He and Alice were married the day he received his Ensign stripe.

During his twenty-three years in the Navy, his duty stations included Kodiak, Alaska and Midway Island. He served as an aerial navigator in the Pacific during World War II and as a surface navigator during the Korean conflict. He served on many ships and also as a Meteorologist for the Navy.

After his retirement in the Washington area, he was successively a math high school teacher, an analyst at NASA, a faculty member at the University of Maryland, and a realtor. Herb is survived by his wife, Alice; son, Herbert III, Michael and Christopher; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Memorial Celebration will be held at Asbury, Solomons, MD on Saturday, December 16, 2006 at 2 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Calvert Hospice, PO Box 838, Prince Frederick, MD 20678.

On Sunday, November 30, 2003, JEANNE ALLEN BEHREND of Kensington, MD. Beloved wife of James E. Behrend; father of Mary Kathryn, Margaret Ann, Christina Marie and James Peter. Also survived by nine grandchildren. Relatives and friends may call at COLLINS FUNERAL HOME, 500 University Blvd., W., Silver Spring, MD, Friday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Holy Cross Church, 4900 Strathmore Ave., Garrett Park, MD on Saturday, December 6 at 10:30 a.m. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Ann's Infant and Maternity Home, 4901 Eastern Ave., Hyattsville, MD 20782.