Living

• Gender	Male
  Notes	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.
  Person ID	I40100	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	Harold "Hal" Duane Willard,   b. 21 Nov 1931, Caseville, Huron County, Michigan ,   d. 21 Oct 1968, Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan  (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Florence Joyce Fry,   b. 29 Feb 1932, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California ,   d. 24 May 2014, Marysville, St. Clair County, Michigan  (Age 82 years)
  Married	27 Jun 1953	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2, 3]
  	The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Volume 16, dated September 7, 1953, reported that Joyce Fry and Harold Willard were married in June, with their home to be Highland Park. Cass City Chronicle Thursday, July 2, 1958 Page Four Willard-Fry Rites Told In Cass City Miss Jessie Fry preceded her sister down the aisle Saturday night at Mrs. R. Joyce Fry became the bride of Harold D. Willard, all of Cass City, in a candlelight service in the Evangelical United Brethren Church. Wearing a cocktail length gown with a lace bodice over satin falling into the orion overskirt resting on Satin, Miss Fry spoke her vows in front of the Rev. S. R. Wurtz. Her maid of honor wore a cocktail length gown of blue tissue silk and a crown of blue carnations. Her bouquet was also of blue carnations. Gerald Prieskorn was the best man. Miss Fry is the daughter of Mrs. Wilma S. Fry of Cass City and the grom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Willard of Cass City. A reception immediately followed the ceremony in the church basement. The bridal couple both graduated from Cass City High School. The groom completed his studies in 1949 and the bride in 1950. Miss Fry graduated from the Gale Institute in Minneapollis. The groom served two years in the Air Force. The couple will reside in Detroit, where the groom will continue his studies at Wayne State University and the bride will continue working in the department of communications of the General Motors Corporation. Guests attending the wedding were from the Cass City area, Detroit, Grayling and Manistee.
  Family ID	F9834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2012
  Family ID	F12253	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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 16, September 7, 1953. (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, October 24, 1968 (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, July 2, 1958, Willard-Fry Rites Told In Cass City (Reliability: 3).