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Alice L. Striffler

Female 1889 - 1966  (76 years)


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  • Name Alice L. Striffler  [1, 2, 3
    Born 30 Mar 1889  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 3 Jan 1966  Eustis, Lake County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Buried Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Art Peck writes that Alice married again after Ira's death, her second marriage was for 15 years. Volume 23 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST reported that Dave Boulware, husband of Alice Striffler Reagh, had died on January 19, 1963.

      Alice married for a third time shortly before her death. According to the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Vol. 25, published 6 September 1965, she was married in January 1965 to John GREER (sic) and they were going to live in Eustis, Florida.

      Cass City Chronicle
      Thursday, January 6, 1966
      Page Four

      Mrs. John Greene Dies Unexpectedly

      Word was received late Monday of the unexpected death Monday of Mrs. John Greene (Alice Striffler), 76, at her home in Eustis, Fla. The remains will be brought to Little's Funeral Home after funeral services Jan. 5 in Eustis. Services will be held at Little's and burial will be in Elkland cemetery.

      Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Striffler, she was born at Cass City March 30, 1889. She left Cass City 15 years ago to live in Florida.

      Mrs. Greene is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Lewis CURTIS and Mrs. William McINTYRE of Muskegon; two sons, Stanley REAGH of Muskegon and J. Arnold REAGH of Saginaw; seven grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren.

      Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Alma McKENZIE of Cass City and Mrs. Harry FALKENHAGEN, currently at Bradenton, Fla., and two brothers, Louis Striffler of Detroit and Leonard Striffler of Cass City.

      Mrs. Greene was a Gold Star member of the American Legion Auxiliary of Cass City and a member of Echo chapter OES.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Winter 2007)
    • (Research):Census Information

      1920 Census
      Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village
      Enumerated 30 and 31 January 1920
      SD 7 ED 179 Sheet 11B
      264-279

      Reagh, Ira Roy Hd M W 34 M Mich Canada/English Canada/English Drugman? City Drug?
      Reagh, Alice L Wf F W 30 M Mich York State Germany/German
      Reagh, Margaret Dtr F W 12 S Mich Mich Mich
      Reagh, Stanley Son M W 7 Mich Mich Mich
      Reagh, Marion Dtr F W 5 S Mich Mich Mich
      Reagh, John Son M W 1 5/12 Mich Mich Mich
      Reagh, Grant Son M W 4/12 S Mich Mich Mich

      A list of pupils at the Wright Rural School #4 in 1897 include Alice Striffler, Arlis Vaughan, Chancy Boulton, Emma Cole, Esther Blades, Effie Wallace, Eddie Mark, Frank Cranick, Flossie Wright, Georgie Dennis, Johnie Hulburt, Lizzie Yoos, Lena Mark, Luke Wright, Mary Mark, Minta Wallace, Alice Charlton, Ada Cole, Chester Dennis, Ethel Cole, Etta Wickware, Ethel Charlton, Frank Striffler, Fred Yoos, George Cole, John Wallace, Lizzie Blades, Lillie Wallace, Lenne Striffler, Martha Wright, May Dennis, Ray Hulbert, Stanley Hulbert. Grace Karr, teacher and S. Striffler, Director.
    Person ID I5943  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2021 

    Father Solomon Striffler,   b. 5 Apr 1859, Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1936, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Eva Catharina "Katie" Koepf,   b. 25 Sep 1865, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1938, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 15 Nov 1883  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6, 7
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, November 10, 1933
      Volume 28, Number 31

      An article and photo commerating their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary was featured on page 1
    Family ID F3069  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ira Roy Reagh,   b. 22 Aug 1855, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1947, Branch, Lake County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 1906  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Margaret Reagh,   b. 12 Oct 1907, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1983, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     2. Stanley Reagh,   b. 19 Nov 1912, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1988, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     3. Marian Reagh,   b. 14 Nov 1914, Curran, Alcona County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 2013, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years)
     4. John Arnold Reagh,   b. 22 Jul 1918, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 2001, Santa Rosa, Riverside County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     5. Grant Lee Reagh,   b. 29 Sep 1919, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1943, South Pacific Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F1612  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Mar 1889 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1906 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Jan 1966 - Eustis, Lake County, Florida 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. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [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, January 6, 1966 (Reliability: 3).

    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. 156 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [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 26, September 5, 1966 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S577] Dibean, Jack & Marianne "Michigan Marriage Index" http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/.

    6. [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 10, 1933 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [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. 156, 162 (Reliability: 3).