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Ferris A. Kercher

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  • Name Ferris A. Kercher  [1, 2
    Born 30 Apr 1916  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died 5 Oct 2007  Ocala, Marion County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Volume 5 of the Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, dated September 1, 1941, noted that Lt. Ferris Kercher of the 10th infantry spent six weeks this summer on manuevers in Tennessee. At that time he was as an instructor in classes at Fort Custer, Michigan.

      Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, May 4, 1945
      Local Happenings, Page Four

      Captain Ferris Kercher, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Kercher arrived home Saturday and on Monday evening a group of relatives helped him celebrate his birthday at a dinner given in his honor. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Graham and son, Ferris, of Caro, Mr. and Mrs. William Joos, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jezewski and two children, and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Joos and son, all of Cass City.

      In the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Volume 9, September 2, 1946, in a column titled "Still in the Service of the U.S.A.", it was noted that Capt. Ferris A. Kercher has been commissioned in the regular army and is located at Fort Sam Houston Camp, San Antonio, Texas. Volume 10 of the same periodical reports that Capt. and Mrs. Kercher had moved to Fort Benning where the Captain will attend Officers' Training School for ten months. Volume 11 reported he was an instructor in the Army School at Fort Benning.

      In Volume 14 of the same periodical, dated September 1951, it was noted that he had been transferred from Fort Benning to Leavenworth, Kansas, where he would be attending school for a year. Volume 15, published in September 1952, noted he had graduated from Fort Leavenworth in June, and that he and his family spent a week in July with his parents in Cass City. They were on their way to their new home in Presidio, Monterey, California, where they would reside for a year while Major Kercher would attend school to learn the Japanese language. In Volume 16 of the Broadcast, it was reported that he had left of Toyko in August, with his family living in Grand Rapids, planning to join him at a later date. As of the 1959 publication date of Volume 22, he was stationed in Turkey.


      Volume 26 of the STIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, published on September 5, 1966, reported that he was working for the State Employment office in Sacramento, California.
    Person ID I29698  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Amanda Lillian Muck,   b. 17 May 1888, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jun 1953, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 1 Sep 1909  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • 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)
    Family ID F9567  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Violet Eleanor McCallum,   b. 8 Nov 1914, Greenleaf Township, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 2013, Orange Park, Clay County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Married Bef 1947 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Last Modified 22 Sep 2007 
    Family ID F9600  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Apr 1916 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Oct 2007 - Ocala, Marion County, Florida Link to Google Earth
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    Cass City (Michigan) High School, Class of 1933
    Cass City (Michigan) High School, Class of 1933
    Members of the class of 1933 listed alphabetically, included Robert Allured, Juanita Barnes, Phyllis Barnes, Laurence Bartle, Lester Battel, Floyd Boulton, Arthur Bullock, Donald Caister, George Caister, Lessel Crawford, John Day, Marjorie Dew, Maynard Doerr, Leonard Elliott, Alexander Ferguson, Hazel Field, Margaret Frysig, Patrick Garety, Lucille Goodall, Ruth Hendrick, Kenneth Hennesey, Lewis Horner, Harold Hulbert, Wilma Jackson, Leslie Karr, Wilma Kennedy, Ferris Kercher, Donald Kilbourn, Gerald King, Lorne Lee, Audrey Livingston, Maurice Loomis, Kenneth Maharg, John Marshall, Frederick Morris, Colin MacCallum, Violet MacCallum, William McCaslin, Elsie I. McComb, Mary MacEachern, Flora McLeod, Cathryn McTavish, Irene Orto, Harland O'Dell, Ralph Rawson, Irene Robinson, Bernard Ross, Irene Russell, Johanna Sandham, Florence Schenck, Mildred Schwegler (Standing in Second Row, third from the left), Glenn Shagena, Robert Spencer, Beatrice Vader, Robert Wallace, Waunetta Warner, Wilma Wentworth, Lucille Wilson, and Charles Wright.

  • Sources 
    1. [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).

    2. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.).

    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, September 3, 1909 (Reliability: 3).