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Joan Marie Dodge

Female 1932 - 2000  (67 years)


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  • Name Joan Marie Dodge  [1
    Born 27 Jul 1932  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 5 Jan 2000  Saginaw County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Wednesday, January 12, 2000

      Joan Marie Darling, 67, of Kingston, died Wednesday, January 5, 2000, at Covenant Cooper Hospital in Saginaw.

      She was born July 27, 1932, in Cass City, the daughter of Kenneth and LaVerne (Hill) Dodge. She was a lifelong area resident and 1951 graduate of Cass City High School.

      She married Donald C. Darling August 30, 1952 in Cass City. He died October 13, 1998.

      She was a past member of the White Creek Floral Club, and worked for several years at Colony House, Cass City. She was a Hospice volunteer.

      She is survived by a daughter, Kathryn Darling of Cass City, a son, Richard Darling of Kingston; 2 brothers, Ray and Chris DODGE of Oregon, and Fred & Theo LaRUE of Mt. Clemens; 3 sisters, Jean and Dick COLEMAN of Northville, Paula and Jim SCHATZLEY of Fostoria, and Margaret and Roger CARD of South Carolina; and special friends, Mary and Louise GYOMORY; brother and sisters-in-law, Jim and Violet DARLING, Carl and Mary GEISTER, Norma and Cark CRYDERMAN, Bon and Novetta DARLING, Fred and Pat DARLING, Betty DARLING, Jerry and Sue DARLING, aunts Pauline JOHNSON, Paulien KELLY, Barb JOCHIM, and many nieces, nephews, great and great-great nieces and nephews.

      Funeral services were held Saturday, January 8 at Marsh Funeral Chapel, Marlette, with Rev. Dr. Rudyard K. Fay, Sr. officiating.

      Burial in Elkland Cemetery Cass City.

      Memorials may be made to an organization of the donor's personal choice.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Winter 2007)
    Person ID I4188  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Family Donald Charles Darling,   b. 3 Mar 1927, Evergreen Township, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1998, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 30 Aug 1952  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • They were married at the Novesta Church of Christ.
    Children 
     1. Living
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2013 
    Family ID F2327  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 Jul 1932 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 30 Aug 1952 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Jan 2000 - Saginaw 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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  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [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 15, September 1, 1952. (Reliability: 3).