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Amanda Lillian Muck

Amanda Lillian Muck

Female 1888 - 1953  (65 years)

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  • Name Amanda Lillian Muck  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 17 May 1888  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Female 
    Died 3 Jun 1953  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Buried Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Lorraine Smith Benkelman transcribed the following letters from Salome to her brother, George Albert

      June 6, 1888

      I am staying at the Muck's for three weeks now. Anna Peterson is dead. She had a tumor and died under an operation. I heard that Adam Benkelman was expected home any day, but will not be sure until I hear that Minnie Burg did not make it up. The population of Cass City has increased since you left. Adam Muck has a girl [Amanda L. Muck], Del Landon a girl, Duncan Graham and Alex McKenzie both boys.


      Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, June 5, 1953
      Page One

      Final Rites Held for Cass City Resident

      Mrs. Amanda L. Kercher, 65, wife of Erwin W. Kercher, died Wednesday afternoon in the home of Mrs. Walter Schell where she was staying for the day while Mr. Kercher was out of town. Although Mrs. Kercher has been in failing health for a long time, her death was unexpected.

      Mrs. Kercher's death was caused by a cerebral hemmorhage, according to the doctor's report. She was a lifelong resident of Cass City.

      Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Adam and Susan Muck, she was born here May 17, 1888. On September 1, 1909, she was married to Erwin Kercher in Cass City.

      Besides her parents, a brother, Philip Muck, and a sister, Mrs. Lena Corkins, preceded her in death.

      Surviving are: her husband, three sons, Charles Kercher, Sr. of Bay City, Major Ferris Kercher of Monterey, Calif., and Capt. Gerald Kercher of San Angelo, Texas; nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Roy (Emma) Graham of Caro and Mrs. Wm. (Hattie) Joos of Cass City.

      Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Salem Evangelical Church where she was a lifelong member. Rev. S.R. Wurtz officiated and burial was in Elkland Cemetery.

      Relatives and friends attended the funeral from many communities. Included were: Armada, Bay City, Brown City, Owosso, Shabbona, Elkton, Unionville, Bad Axe, Detroit, Saginaw, Caro, Sebewaing, Marlette, Flint, Pontiac and Gagetown.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007)
    • (Research):Census Information:

      1920 Census
      Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Village of Cass City
      10 January 1920
      ED 179, Sheet 4A
      84-87
      Kercher, Edwin W Hd M W 31 Mich Canada German Canada German Printer Local Paper
      Kercher, Amanda L. Wf F w 31 M Mich NY NY
      Kercher, Charles R Son M W 9 S Mich Mich Mich
      Kercher, Ferris A Son M W 3 8/12 S Mich Mich Mich

      1930 Census
      Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland twp, Cass City Village
      Enumerated April 11, 1930
      ED 79-4 SD 11 Sheet 4B
      Ervin W. Kercher Hd M W 41 M21 Mich Canada/French Canada Printer Newspaper
      Amanda L. Kercher Wf F W 41 M21 Mich NY NY
      Kercher, Ferris A. Son M W 13 Mich Mich Mich
      Kercher, Gerald F Son M W 5 Mich Mich Mich
    Person ID I29184  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Adam H. Muck,   b. 21 Aug 1852, Amherst, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1914, Colwood, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Susan Striffler,   b. 15 Jun 1849, Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1910, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 21 May 1885  Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F9278  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Erwin W. Kercher,   b. 5 Sep 1888, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1955, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 1 Sep 1909  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, September 3, 1909

      Page One

      September Weddings

      A pretty home wedding was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Muck, at eight o'clock Wednesday evening, when their youngest daughter, Amanda L., became the bride of Ervin W. Kaercher. Rev. J. A. Schweitzer was the officiating clergyman who tied the nuptial knot pronouncing the ceremony which united the lives of these estimable young people of our village. The wedding was a quiet one, witnessed only by a few of the immediate relatives of the bride and groom. The bride was becomingly attired in white and never appeared to better advantage while the groom wore the conventional black. Immediately after the ceremony the guests passed to the dining room where a bounteous and delicious lunch was partaken of. The bride is one of our most popular young ladies. From a little girl she has grown up in our midst honored by old and young alike. She is fully capable of filling the home she will adorn with happiness and will prove to be truly a helpmate and companion to the husband she has chosen to honor with her hand. The groom is one of our best young men and at present very ably fills a position at the Chronicle Printery. Mr. and Mrs. Kaercher will be at home to their friends in the Wooley residence on south Ale street.

      Page Four

      LOCAL ITEMS

      Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Kaercher and son, Clarence, of Elkton attended the Muck-Kaercher wedding here Wednesday evening .

      (Both courtesy of Robert Carlson)
    Children 
     1. Charles Russell Kercher, Sr.,   b. 1 Feb 1910, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1996, Bay County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     2. Ferris A. Kercher,   b. 30 Apr 1916, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 2007, Ocala, Marion County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     3. Gerald Frederick Kercher,   b. 9 Jan 1924, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 2011, Quaker Hill, New London County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2011 
    Family ID F9567  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 May 1888 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Sep 1909 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Jun 1953 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Muck, Amanda L.
    Muck, Amanda L.
    This appears to have been taken around the time of her marriage to Erwin Kercher in 1909
    B. 1888 D. 1953

  • Sources 
    1. [S722] Elkland (Twp, Tuscola Co, MI) Cemetery Records ; http://elkland.rawson.lib.mi.us/.

    2. [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, September 3, 1909 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [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, June 5, 1953 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1246] Muck, Judith-Family Researcher (jlmuck5515@att.net) "David Striffler and Fmaily" Prepared April 2012.

    5. [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 16, September 7, 1953 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S577] Dibean, Jack & Marianne "Michigan Marriage Index" http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/.