Roy B. Agar

1912 - 1996  (84 years)

• Name	Roy B. Agar  [1, 2]
  Born	20 Jun 1912	Ionia County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Nov 1996	Saginaw County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Buried	Marlette Cemetery, Marlette, Sanilac County, Michigan   [3]
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Wednesday, November 20, 1996 Page Eleven Obituaries Roy Agar Roy B. Agar, 84, of Marlette, died Saturday, Nov. 16, 1996, at Saginaw General Hospital. He was born June 20, 1912, in Ionia to David and Eva (Bowman) Agar. He married Louise Klinkman Jan. 1, 1942, in Marlette. They celebrated their 50?sup?th?/sup? wedding anniversary 4 years ago. A lifelong farmer in the Marlette area, he was a member of Michigan Milk Association, Sanilac Farm Bureau and Marlette Co-op. The graduated from Marlette High School in 1931. He is survived by his wife, Louise Agar of Marlette; a son, Keith Agar of Marlette; a daughter, Marilyn (Leon) Trainor of Snover, and grandsons, David Trainor of Mt. Pleasant and Steven Trainor of Snover. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Iva Mae, and brother, Aden. Funeral services were to be held Wednesday, Nov. 29, at 11:00 a.m. in the Marsh Funeral Chapel in Marlette, with the Rev. Jay Sheats officiating. Interment will be in the Marlette Cemetery. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, August 2008)
  Person ID	I3742	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Louise May Klinkman,   b. 11 Aug 1915, Decker, Sanilac County, Michigan ,   d. 16 May 2000, Saginaw County, Michigan  (Age 84 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1942	Marlette, Sanilac County, Michigan   [1, 2, 4]
  	Volume 27 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, dated September 4, 1967, reported that Mr. and Mrs. Roy Agar (Louise Klinkman) celebrated their silver wedding anniversary January 1, 1967, with an open house in their home.
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2008
  Family ID	F1540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Jun 1912 - Ionia County, Michigan Married - 1 Jan 1942 - Marlette, Sanilac County, Michigan Died - 16 Nov 1996 - Saginaw County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [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/, Wednesday, November 20, 1996 (Reliability: 3). [S1026] Agar, Wm. John, Decker, Michigan, Compiler "Descendants of Adam Benkelman 13 Feb 1824-30 Dec 1897" Ver. Dated 23 July 2007. [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.), Vol. 27, September 4, 1967 (Reliability: 3).