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Magdalena "Lena" Elizabeth Muck

Female 1883 - 1931  (48 years)


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  • Name Magdalena "Lena" Elizabeth Muck  [1
    Nickname Lena 
    Born 9 Jul 1883  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 22 Nov 1931  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, November 27, 1931
      Page One
      Deaths

      Mrs. J.C. Corkins

      News of the death of Mrs. J.C. Corkins came as a great shock to her many friends and relatives. She passed away at the Morris Hospital early Sunday afternoon after a very short illness.

      Lena Elizabeth Muck was born at Cass City, July 9, 1883, and spent her entire life in this community. On March 20, 1912, she was united in marriage to John C. Corkins, who remains to mourn her untimely departure, with five children as follows: Maxine Elizabeth, Jack Calvin, Jean Lewis, Hazel Mae and Shirley Leone. Since her marriage to Mrs. Corkins, a widower with three small children of the ages of five and six years, she performed the duties of mother and helped to guide them along life's pathway until they reached the years of their majority and now she leaves them too to mourn their loss. They are: Helen J. Corkins of Detroit, Ivan W. Corkins of Pontiac and Lucile F. Hewens of Ypsilanti. Mrs. Corkins also leaves three sisters, Mrs. W. F. Joos, and Mrs. E.W. Kercher, both of Cass City, and Mrs. R.E. Graham of Caro; also a host of other relatives and friends.

      Mrs. Corkins was a kind and loving wife and mother and was winning in her ways so that friendship's circle was to her a large one.

      She was an attendant at the Evangelical church and Sunday School whenever health permitted and was also a member of the Ladies' Aid where she was always a willing worker, and will be greatly missed.

      Funeral services were held at the home Wednesday afternoon conducted by Rev. C. F. Smith. The bereaved family has the sympathy of the entire community in their great sorrow.

      The following from a distant points were in attendance at the funeral: Mrs. Louise and Albert Gassner of Buffalo, N.Y., Mr. and Mrs. George Striffler, J.L. Muck, Mrs. Lorene Muck and daughter, Gloria, all of Lockport, New York, Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Hewens and two little sons of Ypsilanti, Miss Helen Corkins of Detroit and Mrs. and Mrs. Ivan Corkins and little son of Pontiac and other relatives and friends from Detroit and Ypsilanti.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Winter 2007)

      Vol. 23 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, dated September 7, 1963, noted that Lena Muck Corkins was the great-grandmother of the newly born Gregory Scott Priestley, born on February 28, 1963 to Mrs. and Mrs. Lowell Priestley.
    Person ID I29182  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Adam H. Muck,   b. 21 Aug 1852, Amherst, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1914, Colwood, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Magdalena "Lena" Striffler,   b. Abt 1854, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1883, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 29 years) 
    Married Abt 1878  Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9417  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Calvin Corkins,   b. 4 May 1873, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1952, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 20 Mar 1912  Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Maxine Elizabeth Corkins,   b. 6 Sep 1914, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 2020, Rose City, Ogemaw, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 106 years)
     2. Lee Calvin "Jack" Corkins,   b. 12 Aug 1916, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1965, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     3. Gene Lewis Corkins,   b. 17 Sep 1920, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1965, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
     4. Hazel Mae Corkins,   b. 17 Apr 1922, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 2001, Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     5. Shirley Lenore Corkins,   b. 22 Dec 1923, Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 2017, New Haven, Macomb, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2013 
    Family ID F9586  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Jul 1883 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Mar 1912 - Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 22 Nov 1931 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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, November 14, 1952 Vol. 47, Number 29 obituary of John Calvin Corkins (Reliability: 3).