Francis Wilber Elliott

Notes:

Francis supplied Art Peck the details of the 10 original Benkelman emigrants and many of their descendants in the late 1970's. He was also one of the cousins of BonnieMargaret Jacobs who searched their Bibles and records and picture collections to provide information for her 1981 manuscipt about the history of the Benkelman family.

Francis never married. He worked for the Mill End Store for more than 50 years, beginning in Cass City and later transferring to the Bay City location. He spent his weekend's in Cass City.

Art Peck also provided the following obituary for Francis, presumably from the Bay City newspaper. A nearly identical version of this obituary was published in the December 14, 1988 issue of the Cass City Chronicle, page 8.

In Memoriam Francis Wilber Elliott
July 31, 1911 -- December 11, 1988

Mr. Francis Elliott of Cass City died Sunday, December 11, 1988, at Saginaw General Hospital after a lenghty illness.

He was born July 31, 1911, in Novesta Township, Tuscola County, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Burton and Bertha (Buehrly) Elliott.

Mr. Elliott, a lifelong resident of Cass City, had been employed by the Mill End Store for over fifty years. He was a member of the Salem United Church of Cass City for over sixty-eight years.

He is survived by one sister-in-law, Mrs. Alice Elliott of Ubly; a nephew and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Nancy Elliott of Ubly; one uncle, Mr. Edward Buerhly of Cass City, and a number of cousins. Two special friends of Mr. Elliott's were Miss Annabelle and Maxine Read of Bay City.

Funeral Services for Mr. Elliott will be conducted Thursday at 1 p.m., from Little's Funeral Home, Cass City, with Reverend Clair Patton, pastor of the Salem United Methodist Church, officiating.

Interment will be in Elkland Cemetery, Cass City, Michigan.