Family: Melvin Junior Krapf / Lois Brunson (F2797)

• Father | Male Melvin Junior Krapf

  
  

  Born	27 Jan 1923	Hornersville, Dunklin County, Missouri
  Died	29 Apr 2002	Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana
  Buried		New Hope Cemetery, Phlox, Howard County, Indiana
  Married	18 Dec 1943  [1, 2]
  Father	Ira C. Krapf | F2796 Group Sheet
  Mother	Sadie Golden Frost | F2796 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Lois Brunson

  
  

  Born	8 Aug 1924	Matthews, New Madrid County, Missouri
  Died	10 Nov 2002	Fairmont, Grant County, Indiana
  Buried		New Hope Cemetery, Phlox, Howard County, Indiana
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• Notes

  Married: They were the parents of Pamela Maureen, Linda Rochelle, Karen and Tommy KRAPF. As of the publication date of Art Peck's book, Melvin and Lois lived in Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana.

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S595] Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, (Family Publication, published sporadically to record family milestones in connection with the annual Striffler-Benkelman Family Reunions, with Vol. 1, Number 1, published Sept. 7, 1936. Issues on file at the Rawson Memorial Library in Cass City, Michigan include Vol. 5 (1941), Vol. 7 (1944) and Volumes 8 (1945) through Vol. 28 (1968). Issues published from 1961 through 1964 were not assigned volume numbers, and 1963 appears to be missing. Xeroxes of the existing issues were also made by Melinda McLemore Strong in 2007. According to a article published by the Cass City Chronicle on August 6, 1981, commemorating the Fiftieth and Final Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, the final issue of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST appears to have been Volume 28, published in 1968.), Vol. 7, September 4, 1944 (Reliability: 3).