Ellen Peterson Behuniak

KINGSTON- Ellen Petersen Behuniak, formerly of Kingston, wife of the recently deceased William Behuniak, died quietly at the Ferncliff Nursing Home in Rhinebeck on Jan. 19, 2013. She was 96.
Ellen was born in N.Y.C, the daughter of a ships carpenter who worked on the sail driven ship, the British bark, Brillant. At age three, her mother died tragically and her aunt came from Denmark to care for her.
In 1936 she married George W. Lehmann. They had one child, Walter.
They moved to Buchanan, N.Y. in 1946. After Walter left home they cared for foster children. George died in 1977. In 1980 she married William Behuniak, and soon after they moved to Kingston, to be closer to William's family. In Kingston they made many friends and were active in the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Kingston.
Ellen is survived by Walter, and his wife Cheryl, who live in Cardiff, Calif.; and by stepchildren and their children: Ruthann Rabuffo and her husband Gregory of Rosendale, Robert Behuniak of Kingston, Bryan Behuniak of Raleigh, N.C., and their children, Scott Greenberg of Rosendale, Laurel Bright and her husband Peter, of York, Maine, William John Behuniak of Dobbs Ferry, Tanya DeLone and her husband Anthony, living in N.C., and Alisha Behuniak of Van Cortland, N.Y., David Behuniak of Boston and Ross Behuniak living in N.C.; and three great-grand-children Dylan and Elena Bright and Delilah DeLeon.
Ellen will be greatly missed by her loving family members and her friends.

A memorial service will be on March 30,2013 at 1 p.m.

Condolences may be sent to The Behuniak and Lehmann Families, 58 Andrew St. Kingston, N.Y., 12401. A memorial service will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 320 Sawkill Road, Kingston. Phone 201-739-3871.