Katherine Lynn Ayres

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Cass City Chronicle
Friday, November 1, 1940
Page Six
Local Happenings

Mrs. Alvin Benkelman, who has been in poor health for several months, passed away at Arlington, Virginia, Sunday night. She leaves her husband, a son, Alvin, Jr., her parents, two sisters and two brothers. Mr. Benkelman is the son of John A. Benkelman of Cass City and is well known here.

Katherine married Alvin Carlton Benkelman, Sr. on 5 Nov 1927 in Sudley, Prince William County, Virginia. Alvin (son of John Adam Benkelman and Augusta Catherine Freidrika Krehl) was born on 8 May 1895 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 9 Sep 1987 in Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Cass City Chronicle
Cass City, Michigan, October 28, 1927
Page Four
Local News

Invitations have been received to the wedding of Miss Katherine Lynn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hawks Ayres, of Manasses, Virginia, and Alvin Carlton Benkelman, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Benkelman of Cass City. The ceremony will take place in the Sudley M.E. Church, South, at Manasses on Saturday, Nov. 5. The newleyweds will be at home to their friends after Nov. 20 at the Strathmore, 2501 18th St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)

1. Alvin Carlton Benkelman, Jr. was born on 1 Jul 1929 in Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan; died on 21 Aug 2012 in Virginia.