Family: Richard Thompson Dill / Bonnie Doreen Mark (F2351)

• Male Richard Thompson Dill

  
  

  Birth	21 Jul 1924	Ohio
  Death	1 Jun 1998	Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan
  Burial		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Marriage	21 Jun 1952  [1, 2]	Grosse Pointe Woods, Wayne County, Michigan  [1, 2]
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  Female Bonnie Doreen Mark

  
  

  Birth	26 Oct 1926	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Death	1 Jun 1998	Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan
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  Father	Edward Albert Mark | F2344 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary Jane Leitch | F2344 Group Sheet

  
  

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• Notes

  Married: Cass City Chronicle Friday, June 27, 1952 Page Six Bonnie Mark Weds Richard Dill Saturday Miss Bonnie Mark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mark of Cass City, became the bride of of Richard Dill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dill, of 3999 Devonshire, Grosse Pointe, in a ceremony performed at 2:30 p. m. Saturday, June 21, in Grosse Pointe Woods Presbyterian Church. Rev. Richard Williams, pastor of St. James Presbyterian Church, officiated. Members of the immediate families and friends of the bride were seated by James Mark, brother of the bride, and Peter Marty of Bridgeport, Ohio, friend of the groom. Baskets of white peonies decorated the church. The bride, give in marriage by her father, chose a ballerina length gown of champagne nylon net. her flowers were a nosegay of white daises and her headpiece was also daises. Her only attendant was her sister, Mrs. Ruth Wurtsmith of Grosse Pointe Woods, with whom she had been living. Mrs. Wurtsmith's gown was of shrimp colored nylon net. Her nosegay and headpiece were of blue daisies. Robert Dill of Detroit performed the duties of best man for his brother. Mrs. Mark wore for the wedding, a navy blue dress with pink accessories. The groom's mother wore dusty pink with white accessories. Both mothers wore an orchid corsage. A reception in the home of Mrs. Wurtsmith, at 1561 Roslyn, Grosse Pointe Woods, followed the ceremony. A circle of gardenias and daisies surrounded the wedding cake, a creation of the bride's sister, Mrs. Wm. Martus. Mrs. Dill was wearing a navy and white linen suite and a corsage of red roses when they left on their two weeks' wedding trip to Yellowstone National Park. They will make their home at 1561 Roslyn, Grosse Pointe Woods. The bride is a registered nurse, graduating with the class of 1948, from Providence Hospital. Mr. Dill received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan in 1950. Relatives of the bride who attended the wedding were Mrs. and Mrs. Archie Mark of Vassar, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mark, Mr. and Mrs. Mw. Martus and family, Mr. and Mrs. James Mark, Mrs. Russell Leeson, Jane Lee Mark and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kehoe. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, August 2013)

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [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).