Kathryn Zinnecker

1905 - 1999  (93 years)

• Name	Kathryn Zinnecker  [1, 2]
  Born	13 May 1905	Brookfield Township, Eaton County, Michigan   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	28 Mar 1999	Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana
  Notes	Volume 12 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, dated September 5, 1949, reported that "Nellie's Post" a thoroughbred colt they owned and raised, won the second annual Montana Breeder's Futurity, and by doing so he is called the Champion running horse in Montana for 1949. The purse was about $1700. Kathryn E. Miller Kathryn E. Miller, age 93, of Billings died Sunday, March 28, 1999. She was born May 13, 1905, at Brookfield, Mich., the daughter of George and Lydia (Striffler) Zinnecker. At an early age she moved with her family to Eastern Montana. On May 19, 1923, she married Harry L. Miller in Jordan, Mont. They later moved to Billings. Survivors include three son, Bob D. and wife Florence of Billings; Joe of Shepherd and Don of Billings; two daughters, Dorothy J. and husband Cork Mortensen of Helena, and Evelyn J. Miller of Stillman Valley, Ill; 15 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Kathryn was preceded in death by her husband in 1992, son Jack, daughters Phyllis K. Standley, three brothers and two sisters. Private graveside services will be held at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Smith's Downtown Chapel in charge of arrangements. Her granndaughter, Tina Miller Wright, remembers "seeing her in 3 places. The garden, the kitchen and the grocery store. She always had flowers and a great garden. She would let us pick a pepper or rhubarb or whatever was ready. She would send us home with cut flowers wrapped in a wet paper towel. She had beautiful lilacs, peonies, iris, etc.She was an excellent cook. Her cookies, popcorn balls, bread, english muffins, and most recipes were in her head. She always made Snitchbrot for Christmas. She said it wasn't hard to be a good cook, you just had to use good things to cook with. She was the cleanest woman, I ever knew. Everything neat and in it's place."
  Person ID	I5966	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	George Henry Zinnecker,   b. 14 Jul 1871, Ionia County, Michigan ,   d. 14 Feb 1955, Moore, Fergus County, Montana  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Lydia Striffler,   b. 20 Nov 1874, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 7 Mar 1957, Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana  (Age 82 years)
  Married	22 Nov 1893	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  	The Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, Vol. 7, September 4, 1944, noted that Mr. and Mrs. George Zinnecker of Moore, Montana celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in California at the home of his sister, Mrs. Grover Blades, on Nov. 22, 1944. The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROACAST-1964 reported that Helene Striffler Lucas of Superior, Montana; Catherine Zinnecker Miller of Billings, Montana, Henry Zinnecker of Long Beach, Calif. and Kenneth Zinnecker of Columbus, Ohio were all planning on attending the 1964 Striffler-Benkelman Reunion in Cass City.
  Photos		Zinnecker, George and Lydia (Striffler) George and Lydia were married on 22 November 1893 in Cass City
  Family ID	F3072	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harry Leon Miller,   b. 4 May 1892, Lemmon, Perkins County, South Dakota ,   d. 29 Jan 1992, Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana  (Age 99 years)
  Married	19 May 1923	Jordan, Garfield County, Montana   [1]
  Children	1. Jack Leon Miller,   b. 11 May 1925, Garfield County, Montana ,   d. 31 Jan 1996, Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana  (Age 70 years)   2. Bob Dean Miller,   b. 9 Dec 1927, Ingomar, Rosebud County, Montana ,   d. 4 May 2001, Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana  (Age 73 years)   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living   6. Living   7. Phyllis Kay Miller,   b. 18 Sep 1945, Jordan, Garfield County, Montana ,   d. 13 May 1978, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana  (Age 32 years)
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2012
  Family ID	F2483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 May 1905 - Brookfield Township, Eaton County, Michigan Married - 19 May 1923 - Jordan, Garfield County, Montana Died - 28 Mar 1999 - Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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. 156a (Reliability: 3). [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982, he instead shows the location of birth as Owendale, Huron County, Michigan (Reliability: 3).