Mollie M. Ackerman

1885 - 1965  (79 years)

• Name	Mollie M. Ackerman  [1, 2]
  Born	18 Sep 1885	Minden City, Sanilac County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	20 May 1965	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 3]
  Buried	23 May 1965	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Friday, April 6, 1956 Cass City Area Social and Personal Items Page Four Mr. and Mrs. Gordon L. Thomas and children, David and Kathleen, of Lansing visited Mrs. Thomas' mother, Mrs. H.F. Lenzner, from Thursday morning until Saturday night. Rev. and Mrs. J. Franklin Beck and four sons of Grand Island, N.Y., came Sunday night and visited Mrs. Beck's mother, Mrs. H.F. Lenzner, until Wednesday morning. Mrs. Lenzner accompanied them home to spend a week. Cass City Chronicle Thursday, May 27, 1965 Page Three Pay Final Tribute to Mrs. Lenzner A pioneer resident of the Thumb area, Mrs. Mollie Lenzner, died Thursday, May 20, at Hills and Dales General Hospital. She was stricken Wednesday at her home in Cass City. Mrs. Lenzner was born in Minden City, Sept. 18, 1885, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Akerman . She came to Cass City in 1905 She married Herbert F. Lenzner in Cass City, June 10. 1909. She and her husband lived in this community until their deaths. Together they published the Cass City Chronicle until retirement in 1951. Mr. Lenzner died Feb. 7, 1953. Mrs. Lenzner was a life member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church of Cass City. Surviving are: two daughters, Mrs. Gordon L. (Phyllis) Thomas of East Lansing and Mrs. J. Franklin (Shirley) Beck of Akron, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Benkelman of Cass City and Mrs. H.C. Blodgett of Hartford City, Ind., and seven grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the EUB church Sunday. The Rev. Robert Betts and Rev. Stanley Kirn Sr. officiated. Burial was in Elkland Cemetery. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008)
  Person ID	I29729	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	William Akerman,   b. 6 May 1858, Stuttgart, Neckarkreis, W?rttemberg, Germany ,   d. 26 Sep 1941, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Marie Wittwer,   b. 12 Dec 1860, Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 17 Aug 1928, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 67 years)
  Married	27 Oct 1884	Sanilac County, Michigan
  Family ID	F9774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Herbert Frank Lenzner,   b. 13 Dec 1879, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 7 Feb 1953, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 73 years)
  Married	10 Jun 1909	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Children	1. Phyllis M. Lenzner,   b. 2 Dec 1913, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 12 Sep 1989  (Age 75 years)   2. Shirley Anne Lenzner,   b. 8 Feb 1920, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 11 Nov 1984, Lakeside Marblehead, Ottawa County, Ohio  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2008
  Family ID	F9580	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 18 Sep 1885 - Minden City, Sanilac County, Michigan Married - 10 Jun 1909 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Died - 20 May 1965 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Buried - 23 May 1965 - 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

  [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, May 27, 1965 (Reliability: 3). [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Sanilac County, Michigan (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 25, September 6, 1965 (Reliability: 3).