Obituaries

His marriage to Claudia Knight Behnke ended in divorce.

Survivors include his wife of 15 years, Berit Behnke of Fredericksburg; two children from his first marriage, William C. Behnke Jr. of Cascade, Ore., and Carolyn Bradley of Boulder Creek, Calif.; two stepchildren, Michael Neely of Locust Grove, Va., and Melinda Walker of Savannah, Ga.; a brother; 13 grandchildren; and one great-grandson.

-- Matt Schudel

Carmen B. Gladfelter MillsDAR Member, Flower Arranger

Carmen B. Gladfelter Mills, 87, who held offices with the Daughters of the American Revolution and was an award-winning flower arranger, died July 2 of complications from myelodysplastic syndrome at Buckingham's Choice retirement community in Adamstown.

Mrs. Mills, who was born in Cherry Tree, Pa., and grew up in Endicott, N.Y., moved to Arlington County after World War II. She lived in Rockville from 1953 to 1975.

Her extensive research in genealogy led her to join the DAR, and from 1971 to 1973 she served as regent of the Col. Tench Tilghman Chapter in Bethesda. She also served for many years on the board of directors of the Casper Glattfelder Association of America, a group of descendants of an early immigrant to Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Mills enjoyed flower arranging and won many prizes for her arrangements at the Washington Flower and Garden Show.

She was a member of Rockville Presbyterian Church, where she sang in the choir, played violin, decorated the church and participated in women's groups. She also enjoyed playing the piano and organ at home.

She and her husband moved to Fairfield, Pa., in 1974 and wrote a history of the region near Gettysburg, Pa. Mrs. Mills lived at Leisure World in Silver Spring from 1989 to 2001 before moving to Adamstown.

Her husband, George F. Mills, died in 1985.

Survivors include three children, Diane M. Wright of North Potomac, Craig Mills of Garland, Tex., and Eric Mills of Gaithersburg; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

-- Matt Schudel