Family: Ward E. Benkelman, M.D. / Mary Lewis (F1520)

• Father | Male Ward E. Benkelman, M.D.

  
  

  Born	27 Jul 1920	McDonald, Rawlins County, Kansas
  Died	27 Jan 1998	Polson, Lake County, Montana
  Buried
  Married	Abt 1949  [1]	New York  [1]
  Father	Charles Adam Benkelman | F1289 Group Sheet
  Mother	Hertha Kerndt | F1289 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Mary Lewis

  
  

  Born	6 Jul 1925	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
  Died	29 Apr 1998	Polson, Lake County, Montana
  Buried
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Living

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Living | F1705
  Married

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Living

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Living

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Living | F1521
  Married

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Living

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Living | F1704
  Married

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Volume 13, September 4, 1950 issue of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST reports that Mary Lewis was married to Dr. Ward Benkelman at Rockville Center in Long Island, New York.

  
  

• Sources

  [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 13, September 4, 1950 (Reliability: 3).