Living

• Gender	Male
  Notes	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.
  Person ID	I30411	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Gerald Frederick Kercher,   b. 9 Jan 1924, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 21 Aug 2011, Quaker Hill, New London County, Connecticut  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Frances Elizabeth Koepfgen,   b. 23 May 1925, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 4 Feb 1993, Waterford, New London County, Connecticut  (Age 67 years)
  Married	19 Dec 1945	New York City, New York County, New York   [1]
  	Shown in the Texas Birth Index, on the birth records for her sons, Philip and Andrew, as Frances KEFGEN. The 1946 Issue of the Striffler Benkelman Broadcast, (Volume 9), when reporting their marriage, instead lists her as Frances KOEPFGEN. The 1960 issue of the same periodical, dated September 5, 1960, reported that "The five children of Major and Mrs. Gerald Kercher of Newburg, N.Y. were baptized in the E.U.B. Church in Cass City on July 10. Their grandmother was Amanda Muck."
  Family ID	F9601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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 9., September 2, 1946. (Reliability: 3).