Laurel Catherine Kolb

1886 - 1917  (31 years)

• Name	Laurel Catherine Kolb  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	21 Jan 1886	Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	27 Jul 1917	Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Buried	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Friday, August 3, 1917 Mrs. Fred Wright Sudden Death Leaves Four Small Children Motherless The community was shocked and pained to hear Tuesday of the sudden and unexpected death of Mrs. Fred E. Wright at her home on West St. that morning. Mr. and Mrs. Wright welcomed a little son into their home on July 22 and the mother was gaining strength and until early Tuesday morning her condition was most favorable. Death was due to apoplexy of the heart. Laurel Catherine Kolb was born in Indianfields township January 21, 1886. At the age of foru years she with her parents, moved to St. Johns. In 1900 they moved to a farm in Cass City. On August 10, 1904 she was united in marriage to Frederick E. Wright. They resided on a farm near Cass City until last November when they moved to Cass City. To this union four children were born: Morley, Charles, Maurice and Eldred. The latter was but nine days old at the time of his mother's death. The funeral was held Thursday morning at the home on West street. Rev. John Willerton of Greenleaf Baptist church, which Mrs. Wright attended, officiated. The burial was in Elkland cemetery. Besides her husband and family, she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kolb, two brothers, Clarence and Harold, and five sisters, Misses Iva, Bernice and Elsie, all of Cass City, Mrs. Leon ORMES of St. Johns and Miss Helen KOLB of Lansing. Friends and relatives from a distance who attended the funeral were Mrs. Leon Ormes of St. Johns, Mrs. John WAGNER of Mayville, Mr. and Mrs. A.D. WRIGHT and family, Mrs. Minnie McCONNELL amd family, Mrs. Emma FORREN and Mrs. Geo. CALDWELL, all of Detroit. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007)
  Person ID	I6010	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	George Henry Kolb,   b. 5 Nov 1857, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin ,   d. 26 Feb 1932, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Caroline Annabel "Annie" Holmes,   b. 15 Apr 1867, Ellington Township, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 21 Mar 1951, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania  (Age 83 years)
  Married	Sep 1883	Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Family ID	F3087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frederic Eldred Wright,   b. 24 Nov 1877, Greenleaf Township, Sanilac County, Michigan ,   d. 11 Oct 1923, Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan  (Age 45 years)
  Married	10 Aug 1904	Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Morley Jonathon Wright,   b. 16 Jul 1905, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 15 Jun 1978, Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan  (Age 72 years)   2. Charles Alfred Wright,   b. 23 Apr 1909, Greenleaf Township, Sanilac County, Michigan ,   d. 14 May 1958, Greenleaf Township, Sanilac County, Michigan  (Age 49 years)   3. Maurice Weston Wright,   b. 8 Apr 1911, Sandusky, Sanilac County, Michigan ,   d. 31 Oct 1992, Ocala, Marion County, Florida  (Age 81 years)   4. Ferris Eldred Wright,   b. 22 Jul 1917, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan ,   d. 15 Jan 1982, Greenbush, Alcona County, Michigan  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2012
  Family ID	F2658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 21 Jan 1886 - Tuscola County, Michigan Married - 10 Aug 1904 - Tuscola County, Michigan Died - 27 Jul 1917 - 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S1205] Wright, Janet Klinkman-Family Researcher (jkwright@tband.net) "Descendants of Frederick Eldred Wright,; dated 13 June 2011". [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. 142 (Reliability: 3).