Anna Luella Striffler

1899 - 1906  (6 years)

• Name	Anna Luella Striffler  [1, 2]
  Born	15 Oct 1899	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	1 May 1906	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Buried	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Friday, May 4, 1906 Page One A Most Distressing Accident Luella Striffler Instantly Killed Last Thursday A most distressing accident occurred northeast of Cass City last Thursday afternoon which resulted in the instant death of six-year-old Luella Striffler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Striffler. The younger children who attended the Wright school northeast of town, had, as usual, been dismissed at recess time and Luella and her little cousin, Katie Striffler, had started for home. Mr. Andrews, a neighbor, was coming to town with a load of baled hay and the little girls took hold of the back of the wagon box and trudged along behind. Soon after Luella went around to the side of the wagom and placed her school book which she had been carrying, upon the rig between the bales of hay. It slipped to the ground and she leaned forward to pick it up and must have fallen, for the hind wheel of the heavily laden wagon passed over her little head completely crushing the upper portion. One of her limbs was also broken and her foot crushed. Death was instantaneous. The man on the wagon had seen the little folks on the way home from school, but drove on unconscious of the awful accident which had happened, not hearing their voices on account of the rattle of the wagon passing over the hard ground. His first intimation that anything had gone wrong was when his attention was attracted by the cries of Katie who ran screaming to tell her mother what had happened. The accident took place almost directly in front of the homes of Samuel and Solomon Striffler, and the parents of the little girl were among the first to know the horrifying facts. Tenderly the tiny form was carried into the home which she had left so shortly before, but the little spirit had taken its flight. Anna Luella was the fifth child of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Striffler, who reside one mile east and one and one-fourth miles north of town. She was six years old last October and an exceptionally sweet and intelligent little girl. She was born on the farm where her parent still reside and for almost a year she has attended the Wright school. The funeral services took place on Sunday morning in the Evangelical church, Rev. W. Bergey officiating. He preached from the text recorded in Psalms 16:6---"The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a godly heritage," and spoke many words of comfort to the grief striken family. He was assisted by Rev. J.W. Fenn. The pall bearers were four of the playmates of the little dead girl: Seva Withey, Ella Wallace, Hallie Spurgeon and Carrie Hurley. The floral tributes were profuse and very beautiful, the casket being completely hidden from view by flowers. The remains were interred in Elkland cemetery. Besides her parents, she leave three sisters, Alice, Alma and Edna; and three brothers, Frank, of Detroit, and Leonard and Louis. The sympathy of the entire neighborhood and village goes out to the stricken family in their deep sorrow over the sudden loss of their loved one. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Winter 2007)
  Person ID	I5959	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Solomon Striffler,   b. 5 Apr 1859, Lancaster, Erie County, New York ,   d. 8 May 1936, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Eva Catharina "Katie" Koepf,   b. 25 Sep 1865, W?rttemberg, Germany ,   d. 15 Jan 1938, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 72 years)
  Married	15 Nov 1883	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  	Cass City Chronicle Friday, November 10, 1933 Volume 28, Number 31 An article and photo commerating their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary was featured on page 1
  Family ID	F3069	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 15 Oct 1899 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Died - 1 May 1906 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Buried - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Striffler, Luella ca 1902 This photo, taken by Jacob Striffler, Photographer in Cass City, Michigan. It was labeled Luella Striffler, Born Oct. 15, 1899, died April 26, 1906. The handwriting was not that of Majory Battel or Lena Schwegler, from whom Maggie Battel Bethel inheritied this photo. Luella was the daughter of Solomon Striffler and Kate Buerk, and was killed at the age of six by being accidently crushed by a heavily laden wagon on her way home school.

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 156 (Reliability: 3). [S577] Dibean, Jack & Marianne "Michigan Marriage Index" http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/. [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, November 10, 1933 (Reliability: 3). [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 156, 162 (Reliability: 3).