Living

• Notes	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.
  Person ID	I2358	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Ward E. Benkelman, M.D.,   b. 27 Jul 1920, McDonald, Rawlins County, Kansas d. 27 Jan 1998, Polson, Lake County, Montana (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Mary Lewis,   b. 6 Jul 1925, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut d. 29 Apr 1998, Polson, Lake County, Montana (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1949	New York   [1]
  	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.
  Family ID	F1520	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F1521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• 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).