Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Vol. 7, September 4, 1944, reported that "John Frederick Orr, graduated from Pigeon H.S. as Salutatorian, and reported at Fort Sheridan, Ill. on May 30. He is new at The Army Air Base, Childress Field, Texas." Vol. 8 of the same periodical reported he was in the Air Cadet program stationed at Kessler Field, Miss.

Volume 12 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, dated September 5, 1949, reported that he graduated from the College of Pharmacy at Wayne University in June, and he and his wife were moving to Pigeon, where he would be associated with his father, Bob Orr, in business.

Obituary
Thursday, April 1, 2004

John Orr

John F. Orr, 78, of Pigeon, passed away Tuesday, March 30, 2004, at Scheurer Hospital in Pigeon following a short illness. He was born in Pigeon on December 22, 1925, son of the late Robert H. and M. Ethel (Striffler) Orr, and served with the U. S. Air Force during World War II. On June 14, 1948, he was united in marriage to Frances G. Novy in Detroit. She preceded him in death on February 11, 1998. Mr. Orr was a 1948 graduate of Wayne State University and was a second generation owner of Orr's Drug Store in Pigeon. He owned and worked at the business as a pharmicist for 40 years, retiring in 1995. He was a charter member of the Pigeon Chamber of Commerce, a member and past master of the Hubbard Winsor Lodge No. 420 F&AM, and a former Boy Scout leader. He was also a member of the First United Methodist Church in Pigeon. He enjoyed boating, hunting, and gardening. He is survived by two sons, Frederick Orr and his wife, Donna, of Pigeon, and Robert Orr and his wife, Gale, of West Caldwell, New Jersey; two daughters, Frances Burdsall and her husband, Kenneth, of Gloucester, Massachussets, and Susan Wagner and her husband, Mark, of Fremont, California; six grandchildren, Robert Orr, Heather Orr, John Orr, Patricia Orr, Laura Wagner, and Catherine Wagner; two sisters, Marjorie Orr and Ethel Fetting, both of Saginaw; a sister- in-law, Betty Orr, of Livonia; and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Robert S. Orr. The funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 3, 2004, at the Meyersiek-Bussema Funeral Home, Pigeon, with the Rev. Margaret Passenger, pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Pigeon, officiating. Burial will be in Elkland Cemetery, Cass City. Visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday and from noon until the time of the service at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Scheurer Hospital or the charity of the donor's choice.

http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/huron/hdt/obituary/2004/28mar04.txt

John married Frances Grace Novy on 14 Jun 1948 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Frances was born on 21 Jan 1925 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 11 Feb 1998 in Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan; was buried on 14 Feb 1998 in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Frances G. Orr
1925-1998

Frances G. Orr, age 73, of Pigeon, passed away Wednesday, February 11 at Scheurer Hospital in Pigeon following a brief illness.

She was born in Detroit on January 21, 1925, the daughter of the late Robert L. and Elsie L. (Backus) Novy. On June 14, 1948 she was united in marriage to John F. Orr in Detroit. He survives her.

Mrs. Orr was a graduate of Harper Hospital School of Nursing. She was a registered nurse and worked at the existing Scheurer Hospital in Pigeon when it first opened. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Pigeon.

Her survivors include her husband, John F. Orr.; two daughters, Frances (Kenneth) Burdsall of Gloucester, Massachusetts and Susan (Mark) Wagner of Fremont, California; two sons, Frederick (Donna) Orr, Pigeon and Robert J. (Gale) Orr, West Caldwell, New Jersey; six grandchildren; three sisters; two brothers; and nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 14 from Meyersieck-Bussema Funeral Home, Pigeon, with Rev. Williard King, pastor of the First United Methodixt Church in Pigeon, officiating. Burial will be in Elkland Cemetery, Cass City.

Memorial contribitons may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.

(Courtesy of Susan Orr Wagner)

Robert married Mary Ethel Striffler on 15 Aug 1916 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. Mary (daughter of William David Striffler and Elizabeth Zinnecker) was born on 28 Mar 1894 in Argyle, Sanilac County, Michigan; died on 22 Mar 1967 in Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan; was buried on 28 Mar 1967 in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ethel's granddaugher, Susan Orr Wagner, writes that she was named Mary Ethel Striffler, but was always called Ethel. When her younger sister, Mary Elizabeth was born and went by her first name Mary, her elder sister Ethel dropped Mary from her name entirely. On census records she was referred to as Ethel M, changing her first name to her middle initial.

Cass City Chronicle
Thursday, March 30, 1967

Double Services for the Robert H. Orrs

Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Orr, natives of the Cass City area, were held Thursday, March 28, at the funeral home in Pigeon.

Mr. Orr, 74, died Monday, March 20 in the Pigeon hospital after a brief illness. He was born May 10, 1892, in Cass City. His wife, 72, the former Ethel Striffler, died Wednesday, March 22, in the same hospital. She was born March 28, 1894, in Sanilac county.

The couple were married Aug. 15, 1916, at Cass City and in 1917 they moved to Pigeon where he operated a drugstore.

Their survivors are: two daughters, Mrs. Albert Fetting and Miss Marjorie Orr, both of Saginaw; two sons, Robert of Livonia and John of Pigeon, and eight grandchildren.

Mr. Orr is also survived by one brother, Morton Orr of Cass City. Four sisters and a brother are among Mrs. Orr's survivors. They are: Mrs. Wilma Fry of Port Huron, Mrs. E.B. Gardiner of Port Austin, Mrs. Ione Sturm of Detroit, Mrs. George Southworth of Elkton, and the Rev. Roy Striffler.

Burial was in Elkland Cemetery.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2008)

(Research):
Census Information:

1930 Census
Michigan, Huron County, Pigeon, Winsor Township
Enumerated April 9, 1930
ED 32-39 SD 11 Sheet 5B
133-137
Orr, Robert H. Hd O $3000 R M W 37 M 24 Michigan Ireland Canada-English Druggist Drug Store
Orr, Ethel M Wf F W 36 M 22 Mich Mich Germany
Orr, Ethel M Dtr F W 12 S Mich Mich Mich
Orr, Robert S Son M W 8 S Mich Mich Mich
Orr, John L Son M W 4 3/12 Mich Mich Mich

Notes:

Married:
Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Record 152
Robert H. Orr Male White Age 24 born ca 1892 Cass City, Michigan
Father Robert G. Orr Mother Emily Pettil
Marriage Date 15 Aug 1916 Cass City, Tuscola, Michigan
Residence Cass City
Spouse M Ethel Striffler
Female White Age 22 born ca 1894 Argyle, Michigan
Father W D Striffler Mother Elizabeth Zimmecker (sic)



The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Vol. 5, September 1, 1941, reported that "Mr. and Mrs. Robert Orr of Pigeon observed their 25th anniversary Aug. 15, 1941.

Cass City Chronicle
Thursday, August 25, 1966
Volum 60, Number 19

Robert Orrs Mark 50-year Anniversary Aug. 15

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Orr of Port Austin observed their Fiftieth wedding anniversary Aug. 15.

Their children hosted a dinner for them at the Hotel Vollmer Aug. 14.

Members of the family attending were Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Fetting (Ethel Orr) and daughter Constance of Saginaw; Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Orr, son Michael and daughter Shelley of Livonia; Mr. and Mrs. John F. Orr, sons, Fred and Bob, and daughter Susan of Pigeon, and Miss Marjorie Orr of Saginaw.

Unable to attend were Mr. and Mrs. James Fetting, who are at Fort Sill, Okla., who are at Fort Sill, Okla., where he is in military training, and Miss Frances Orr of Pigeon, who is a Grand Valley State College, Grand Rapids, for a summer course.

Ethel Striffler and Robert H. Orr were married Aug. 15, 1916, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Striffler, near Cass City. Mr. Orr was employed at Wood's Drug Store.

They went to Pigeon in November of 1917 and Mr. Orr managed Sutton's Drug Store and later bought the store. He retired in 1957, selling the store to his son John.

They moved to their present home on M-25, Port Austin, in 1949.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2008)

The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Volume 26, September 5, 1966, reported that they were honored on the occasion of their wedding anniversary in their home at Port Austin, with most of their family present.