Family: Robert Hugh Orr / Mary Ethel Striffler (F9552)

• Father | Male Robert Hugh Orr

  
  

  Born	10 May 1892	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	20 Mar 1967	Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan
  Buried	28 Mar 1967	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Married	15 Aug 1916  [1, 2, 3, 4]	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Father	Robert George Orr | F14135 Group Sheet
  Mother	Emily Pettit | F14135 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Mary Ethel Striffler

  
  

  Born	28 Mar 1894	Argyle, Sanilac County, Michigan
  Died	22 Mar 1967	Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan
  Buried	28 Mar 1967	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Father	William David Striffler | F9284 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth Zinnecker | F9284 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Ethel Mary Orr

  
  

  Born	15 May 1917	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Died	11 May 2015	Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan
  Buried
  Spouse	Albert Benjamin Fetting | F9554
  Married	14 Sep 1940	Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Robert Striffler Orr

  
  

  Born	3 Jun 1921	Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan
  Died	19 Jul 2001	Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan
  Buried
  Spouse	Living | F10046
  Married

  
  

  Child 3 | Male John Frederick Orr

  
  

  Born	22 Dec 1925	Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan
  Died	30 Mar 2004	Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan
  Buried	2 Apr 2004	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Spouse	Frances Grace Novy | F9805
  Married	14 Jun 1948	Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Marjorie Ann Orr

  
  

  Born	3 Feb 1932	Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan
  Died	26 Dec 2021	Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Record 152 Robert H. Orr Male White Age 24 born ca 1892 Cass City, Michigan Father Robert G. Orr Mother Emily Pettil Marriage Date 15 Aug 1916 Cass City, Tuscola, Michigan Residence Cass City Spouse M Ethel Striffler Female White Age 22 born ca 1894 Argyle, Michigan Father W D Striffler Mother Elizabeth Zimmecker (sic) The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Vol. 5, September 1, 1941, reported that "Mr. and Mrs. Robert Orr of Pigeon observed their 25th anniversary Aug. 15, 1941. Cass City Chronicle Thursday, August 25, 1966 Volum 60, Number 19 Robert Orrs Mark 50-year Anniversary Aug. 15 Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Orr of Port Austin observed their Fiftieth wedding anniversary Aug. 15. Their children hosted a dinner for them at the Hotel Vollmer Aug. 14. Members of the family attending were Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Fetting (Ethel Orr) and daughter Constance of Saginaw; Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Orr, son Michael and daughter Shelley of Livonia; Mr. and Mrs. John F. Orr, sons, Fred and Bob, and daughter Susan of Pigeon, and Miss Marjorie Orr of Saginaw. Unable to attend were Mr. and Mrs. James Fetting, who are at Fort Sill, Okla., who are at Fort Sill, Okla., where he is in military training, and Miss Frances Orr of Pigeon, who is a Grand Valley State College, Grand Rapids, for a summer course. Ethel Striffler and Robert H. Orr were married Aug. 15, 1916, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Striffler, near Cass City. Mr. Orr was employed at Wood's Drug Store. They went to Pigeon in November of 1917 and Mr. Orr managed Sutton's Drug Store and later bought the store. He retired in 1957, selling the store to his son John. They moved to their present home on M-25, Port Austin, in 1949. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2008) The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Volume 26, September 5, 1966, reported that they were honored on the occasion of their wedding anniversary in their home at Port Austin, with most of their family present.

  
  

• Sources

  [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.), Volume 5, September 1, 1941 (Reliability: 3). [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Thursday, March 30, 1967 (Reliability: 3). [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Thursday, August 25, 1966 (Reliability: 3). [S1914] Ancestry.com - Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database online].