Catherine Buerk

1865 - 1954  (88 years)

• Name	Catherine Buerk  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	16 Aug 1865	W?rttemberg, Germany   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	20 Mar 1954	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2, 4]
  Buried	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2]
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Friday, March 26, 1954 Pioneer Resident of Cass City Area Dies Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Evangelical United Brethren Church for Mrs. Catherine Buehrly, pioneer resident of this community, who died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Walter ANTHES. She had been in ill health for the past two years. The Rev. S.R. Wurtz and Rev. Stanley Kirn officiated. Mrs. Buehrly was born in Waldhausen, Wurttemberg, Germany, August 16, 1865, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick BUERK and came to this country with her parents when she was seven years old. The settled on a farm three and one-half miles northeast of Cass City. On March 24, 1885, she married Mr. Leonard BUEHRLY at her home in Elkland Township. Following their marriage, they made their home on a farm near the homestead. Mr. Buehrly died February 4, 1939, and in 1945 Mrs. Buehrly came to live with her daughter, Mrs. ANTHES, where she had lived until her death. Mrs. Buehrly had been a faithful member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church of Cass City since early childhood and attended services when they were being held in the Walmsley School. She watched the church grow to the present time. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Walter (Elsie) ANTHES of Novesta Township and Mrs. S.C. (Mary) STRIFFLER of Elkland Township; three sons, Fred, Edward and Lawrence, all of Elkland Township; then grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. One daughter preceded her in death. Funeral arrangements were in charge of Little's Funeral Home and burial was in Elkland Cemetery. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)
  Person ID	I12745	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Johann Freidrich "Fredrick" Buerk,   b. 16 Sep 1840, W?rttemberg, Germany ,   d. 27 Mar 1915, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Anna Catharina Benkelman,   b. 6 Aug 1843, Bartenbach, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany ,   d. 12 Sep 1917, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 74 years)
  Married	1867	Schneiderhof, Waldhausen Parish, Welzheim, Jagstkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany   [1, 5, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F5209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Johann Leonhard Buehrly,   b. 21 Feb 1859, B?rtlingen, G?ppingen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany ,   d. 3 Feb 1939, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 79 years)
  Married	24 Mar 1885	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2, 3]
  Children	1. Bertha Catherine Buehrly,   b. 7 Mar 1886, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 10 Mar 1953, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 67 years)   2. Mary Magdalene Buehrly,   b. 19 Jun 1887, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 30 Dec 1963, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 76 years)   3. Fred Leonard Buehrly,   b. 7 May 1889, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 24 Aug 1971, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 82 years)   4. Elsie Christine Buehrly,   b. 24 Apr 1891, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 24 Apr 1980, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 89 years)   5. Edward Buehrly,   b. 6 Sep 1895, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 1 Feb 1989, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 93 years)   6. Lawrence William Buehrly,   b. 30 Jun 1902, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 12 Oct 1981, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 79 years)
  Headstones		Buehrly, Leonard and Catherine (Buerk)
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2013
  Family ID	F2350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 16 Aug 1865 - W?rttemberg, Germany Married - 24 Mar 1885 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Died - 20 Mar 1954 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Buried - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [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/, Friday, March 26, 1954 (Reliability: 3). [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 162 (Reliability: 3). [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 17, September 6, 1954 (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/, September 14, 1917 (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/, April 2, 1915 (Reliability: 3). [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 160 (Reliability: 3).