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James E. Pease

Male 1901 - 1979  (77 years)


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  1. 1.  James E. Pease was born on 9 Nov 1901 in Midland County, Michigan; died on 3 Jul 1979 in Hinsdale, Dupage County, Illinois.

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    From Michigan, a centennial history of the state and its people
    Vol. IV, Michigan Biograpy, pp. 319-320
    Transcribed from a scan on Ancestry.com

    James E. Pease, superintendent of schools at North Muskegon, has been a lifelong resident of Michigan. He was born in Midland County, November 9, 1901, his parents being James Benjamin and Myrtie (Jewel) Pease, the latter a native of Ovid, Michigan. The father, who was born in Ingham County, this State, was long an employee of Dow Chemical Company of Midland. He died in May, 1927, having for six years survived his wife, who passed away in September, 1921.

    After pursuing his early education in the Mount Pleasant schools until graduated from high school with the class of 1919, James E. Pease attended the Central State Teachers College at Mount Pleasant and is numbered among its alumni of 1924, at which time he was granted a life teacher's certificate, and he received the Bachelor of Arts degree from the same school with the class of 1929, having majored in education. With a special certificated he began teaching in 1921 in a rural school in Isabella County, where he remained through 1923. In the fall of 1924 he went to Grant, Michigan, where he was high school principal and coach for one year and superintendent for four years. In 1930 he came to North Muskegon, where he has since been superintendent of schools. Those who read between the lines will see that his professional record is one of steady progress and he keeps in touch with the trend of the times in educational matters through his connection with the Michigan Educational Association, in which he is one of only sixty life members. He also belongs to the National Educational Association. In the Michigan Education Association he is a member of the representative assembly, representing Muskegon County, and is also on the state program planning commission. In 1936 he was chairman of the Fourth Region of the Michigan Education Association and was president of the Muskegon County District from 1932 to 1935, inclusive. He was elected a member of Omega Chapter of the Phi Delta Kappa.

    On the first of September, 1925, Mr. Pease married Lois Jane Benkelman, a daughter of Benjamin F. and Minnie Benkelman, both born in Cass City, Michigan, where they now reside. The father was a merchant for many years but has retired from active business. Mr. and Mrs. Pease have had but one child, Lois Jane, who died in infancy.

    Mr. Pease belongs to the Masonic Fraternity, the Rotary Club, the Lincoln Country Club and the Century Club. He served as president of the North Muskegon Board of Trade for three years, form 1934 to 1936, inclusive, was a member of its board of directors and its vice president in 1937. Politically he maintains an independent course. He had membership in the Community Methodist Episcopal Church of North Muskegon, in which he is serving on the official board. His hobbies are athletics and golf and he was a member of the college teams in his student days. The University of Michigan in August 1937, conferred upon him his Master's degree.

    Was the Superintendant of Schools in LaGrange, Ill in the late 1940's. He taught in the summers on the faculty of Northwestern University. Volume 22 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, published in 1959, reported that Jim, along with a small group of other educators, would be spending the month of October in Russia to study their educational system.

    James married Lois Jane Benkelman on 1 Sep 1925. Lois (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Benkelman, Sr. and Wilhelmina "Minnie" Johanna Friederika Jesse) was born on 18 Jan 1905 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 9 Mar 1989 in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida; was buried in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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    Married:
    They had one child that was stillborn.


Generation: 2