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Alma Louise Striffler

Female 1893 - 1966  (72 years)


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  • Name Alma Louise Striffler  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 11 Mar 1893  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    Gender Female 
    Died 24 Jan 1966  Elkton, Huron County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    Buried Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Thursday, January 27, 1966

      Services held for Lifelong Resident

      Funeral services for Mrs. Alma McKenzie, 72, lifelong resident, were held Wednesday afternoon at Little's Funeral Home following her death Monday, Jan. 24, at the Sunny Acres Nursing Center in Elkton where she had been a patient for one month. She had been in ill health for the past six months.

      Born March 11, 1893, in Cass City, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Striffler. She married Clayton Schenck in Cass City in 1913 and they made their home here until he died in 1919. In 1939 she married William McKenzie. He died in 1962.

      Mrs. McKenzie was a Cass City postal clerk for 16 years and was a lifetime member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church.

      Surviving are: a daughter, Mrs. Jack (Ruth( Esau of Cass City; a son, Donald Schenck of Napoleon; a sister, Mrs. Harry Falkenhagen, Bradenton, Fla., and two brothers, Leonard Striffler of Cass City and Louis Striffler of Detroit.

      Also surviving are: a stepdaugher, Mrs. Albert (Marie) Jones of Decker; nine grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. A brother and sister preceded her in death.

      Rev. Stanley P. Kirn, retired EUB minister, officiated and interment was in the family lot in Elkland Cemetery.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Winter 2007)
    Person ID I5960  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    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 1 Clayton Arthur Schenck,   b. 30 May 1891, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1919, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years) 
    Married 29 Apr 1913  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Donald Paul Schenck,   b. 7 Jul 1914, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1981, Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     2. Ruth Eleanor Schenck,   b. 16 Jun 1917, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 2008, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2007 
    Family ID F3074  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 William George McKenzie,   b. 16 Sep 1881, Gagetown, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1962, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married Abt 1939  [2
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2008 
    Family ID F10337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Mar 1893 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 29 Apr 1913 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Jan 1966 - Elkton, Huron 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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  • Photos
    Live Wire Bible Class of the Evangelical United Brethern Church Sunday School, Cass City Michigan, ca 1917
    Live Wire Bible Class of the Evangelical United Brethern Church Sunday School, Cass City Michigan, ca 1917
    FRONT ROW, l to r, Grant McConnell, class leader; UNKNOWN Clergyman, UNKNOWN class member, William Schwegler, Sam Helwig, George Burg
    SECOND ROW, l to r, Hattie Helwig McConnell, Janet "Jennie" Gardner Buehrly, Minerva Helwig Sherman, Mary Buehrly Striffler, Mary Mark Buehrly
    THIRD ROW; l to r, Alma Striffler Schenck holding her baby Ruth, Lena Helwig Jaus, Lillian Striffler Ricker, Minnie Jesse Benkelman, Mary Schwegler Jaus, Jacob Hiller.
    Note: Alma Striffler Schenck's three year old son, Donald, was said to be asleep in the Model T Ford just to the left of the group at the time this photo was taken
    FOURTH ROW: l to r, Elsie Buehrly, Mary Striffler Helwig, Cora Helwig Klinkman, Laura McConnell Hiller, Alice Ross Schwegler, Mary McLellan Joos, Ed Helwig
    FIFTH ROW, l to r, Art Ricker, Erwin Kercher, Ed Buehrly, Harvey Klinkman, UNKNOWN Class Member, Fred Buehrly, Fred Joos
    TOP ROW, l to r, Sol Striffler, Clayton Schenck, Fred Jaus, William Ackerman, Sam Jaus

    It appears that at least 33 of the 36 adults in this Sunday School class were directly related, through either blood or marriage, to the Striffler, Benkelman and Helwig families who emigrated together from Erie County, New York to Tuscola County, Michigan beginning in the 1860's.

    PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THE UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS.
    Cass City, Michigan 'Kill Kare Klub' Gathering
    Cass City, Michigan "Kill Kare Klub" Gathering
    A postcard from the collection of Lena Mark Schwegler.
    Back row, l to r, Dan McRea, Alma Striffler, Clayton Schenck, Elizabeth Beebeheyser, Alma Mark (in a dark colored dress)
    Middle row, l to r, UNKNOWN, Mary Gulick, Harvey Klinkman, Cora Helwig (who would later marry Harvey), and standing in white, holding Cora's hand, Minerva Helwig
    Front row, l to r, Martha Mark, Millard Spurgeon, Lena Mark

    Minerva Helwig was identified by her granddaughter, Shelly de Beaubien. Marjory Schwegler Battel had instead thought this was Ethel Striffler.

    The Kill Kare Klub was a social group with chapters throughout the midwest, whose members gathered monthly to participate in skits, games, and lively conversation.

  • 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 27, 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. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 93209023 (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).