Donald Paul Schenck

1914 - 1981  (67 years)

• Name	Donald Paul Schenck  [1, 2]
  Born	7 Jul 1914	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Sep 1981	Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan   [1]
  Person ID	I11190	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Clayton Arthur Schenck,   b. 30 May 1891, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 17 Sep 1919, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 28 years)
  Mother	Alma Louise Striffler,   b. 11 Mar 1893, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 24 Jan 1966, Elkton, Huron County, Michigan  (Age 72 years)
  Married	29 Apr 1913	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Family ID	F3074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Genevieve M. Ruede,   b. 21 Jan 1916, Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan ,   d. 16 May 2006, Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan  (Age 90 years)
  Married	23 Apr 1938	Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan   [2, 3]
  	Cass City Chronicle Friday, April 29, 1938 Page One Miss Ruede is Bride of Donald Schenck A wedding of interest to many Cass City people was that of Miss Genevieve Ruede, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Ruede, of Jackson, and Donald Paul Schenck, son of Mrs. Clayton Schenck, of Cass City, performed at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, in St. Mary's rectory in Jackson by Rev. Fr. Higgins. The bride was lovely in a street length gown of heaven blue Chantilly lace over taffeta with a pink felt picture hat and blue sandals. She wore a shoulder corsage of pink rosebuds. Miss Ruth Schenck of Cass City, sister of the groom, who was Miss Ruede's maid of honor, wore a street length dress of London tan crepe with bolero jacket and brown accessories. Her shoulder bouquet was yellow rosebuds and blue forget-me-nots. Robert Ruede, brother of the bride, attended Mr. Schenck as best man. Immediately following the wedding, a dinner was served to twenty-four relatives in the home on the bride's parents. In the evening, a reception was held for friends and relatives in the Ruede home. Guests were present from Denver, Colorado; Detroit, Cass City and Jackson. The groom graduated from Cass City High School in 1932 and is a graduate of Ferris Institute, Big Rapids. He is now employed as a registered pharmacist in the Walgreen Drug Store in Jackson. Mrs. Schenck is a graduate from St. Mary's High School, Jackson, graduating with the Class of 1933. She also took a business course at Jackson Business College. Mrs. And Mrs. Schenck will make their home at 1124 First Street, Jackson. Those who attended from Cass City were Mrs. Clayton Schenck, daughter Miss Ruth, and Leonard Striffler. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Winter 2007) They were the parents of Judith Louise, Joan Elizabeth, Catherine Ruth and Mary Alma SCHENCK.
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2008
  Family ID	F4817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 7 Jul 1914 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Married - 23 Apr 1938 - Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan Died - 26 Sep 1981 - Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Live Wire Bible Class of the Evangelical United Brethern Church Sunday School, Cass City Michigan, ca 1917 FRONT ROW, l to r, Grant McConnell, class leader; UNKNOWN Clergyman, UNKNOWN class member, William Schwegler, Sam Helwig, George Burg SECOND ROW, l to r, Hattie Helwig McConnell, Janet "Jennie" Gardner Buehrly, Minerva Helwig Sherman, Mary Buehrly Striffler, Mary Mark Buehrly THIRD ROW; l to r, Alma Striffler Schenck holding her baby Ruth, Lena Helwig Jaus, Lillian Striffler Ricker, Minnie Jesse Benkelman, Mary Schwegler Jaus, Jacob Hiller. Note: Alma Striffler Schenck's three year old son, Donald, was said to be asleep in the Model T Ford just to the left of the group at the time this photo was taken FOURTH ROW: l to r, Elsie Buehrly, Mary Striffler Helwig, Cora Helwig Klinkman, Laura McConnell Hiller, Alice Ross Schwegler, Mary McLellan Joos, Ed Helwig FIFTH ROW, l to r, Art Ricker, Erwin Kercher, Ed Buehrly, Harvey Klinkman, UNKNOWN Class Member, Fred Buehrly, Fred Joos TOP ROW, l to r, Sol Striffler, Clayton Schenck, Fred Jaus, William Ackerman, Sam Jaus It appears that at least 33 of the 36 adults in this Sunday School class were directly related, through either blood or marriage, to the Striffler, Benkelman and Helwig families who emigrated together from Erie County, New York to Tuscola County, Michigan beginning in the 1860's. PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THE UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS.

  
  

• 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/, Friday, April 29, 1938 (Reliability: 3). [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982, He shows the wedding year, in error, as 1939 (Reliability: 3).