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Alma Fern Schwegler

Female 1920 - 1965  (45 years)


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  1. 1.  Alma Fern Schwegler was born on 8 Sep 1920 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 30 Sep 1965 in Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee; was buried in Oak Ridge Memorial Park, Anderson County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Cass City Chronicle
    Cass City, Michigan, Sept. 15, 1920
    Page Four
    Local Items

    Alma Fern is the name given to the baby girl who arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Schwegler on September 8.

    Attended the rural Wright School, located in Elkland Township on mile east and two miles north of Cass City on the southeast corner of Schwegler and Reed roads. A picture of the Wright School Girls-1931, shows Dorothy Deneen, Ruth Tuckey, Betty McCallum, Fern Schwegler, Helen Joos, Kathleen McCallum, Leila Battel (teacher), Marie Deneen, Alice Buehrly, Marjory Schwegler. Wright School Boys-1931, Lawrence Holik, Leon Holik, Keith Buehrly, Russell Ellis, Russell Striffler, James Tuckey, Calvin Helwig, Fred Withey, Clinton Law, Henry Hulbert. (The Way it Was, The Cass City Area Historical Society, Vol 7, July 2002, Number 4).

    The Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, Vol. 7, September 4, 1944, noted that Fern Schwegler, Cadet Nurse at Hurley Hospital Flint, was set to graduate in Feb. 1945. As of the September 3, 1945 issue (Vol. 8), it was reported that she had graduated and was in essential nursing in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the home of the atomic bomb. Vol. 9 of this same periodical reported that she was again employed at Oak Ridge, Tenn., and for three months prior to that she was at Big Spring, Texas, Hospital.

    Cass City Chronicle
    Thursday, October 7, 1965
    Page Seven

    Mrs. Philo Howe, 45 Dies in Tennessee

    Mrs. Philo Howe, 45, died Wednesday, September 29, in Oak Ridge Hospital, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

    The former Fern SCHWEGLER, she was born September 8, 1920, at Cass City. She was graduated from Cass City High School in 1938 and from Hurley Hospital School of Nursing in 1945. She entered government service with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission as a registered nurse at Oak Ridge Hospital.

    She was married to Philo E. Howe of Charlevoix, Michigan March 20, 1948, in Oak Ridge and lived in that vicinity until her death.

    Mrs. Howe is survived by her husband and two daughters, Patricia Fern, 12, and Diane Lee, 10. She also leaves her mother, Mrs. B.A. SCHWEGLER, and two sisters, Mrs. J.F. KLEIN, of Port Huron and Mrs. Arthur BATTEL of Cass City.

    Funeral services were held October 2 in Martins Funeral Chapel at Oak Ridge. Rev. Ray Buchanan of Solway Baptist Church officiated and interment was in Oak Ridge Memorial Park.

    Cass City Chronicle
    October 7, 1965
    Cass City Area Social and Personal News
    Page 3

    Mrs. B.A. SCHWEGLER, Mrs. Arthur BATTEL, Mr. and Mrs. J.F. KLEIN of Port Huron and Mrs. Andrew Schwegler of Lansing attended the funeral of Mrs. Philo HOWE in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Saturday.

    (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)

    Maggie Battel Bethel indicates that she died of brain cancer.

    Alma married Philo E. Howe on 20 Mar 1948 in Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee. Philo was born on 22 May 1921 in Michigan; died on 7 Jul 1994 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alma1)

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    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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  2. 3.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alma1)

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    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (2.Living2, 1.Alma1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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  2. 5.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (2.Living2, 1.Alma1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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  3. 6.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (2.Living2, 1.Alma1)

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Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (4.Living3, 2.Living2, 1.Alma1)

  2. 9.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (4.Living3, 2.Living2, 1.Alma1)

  3. 10.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (4.Living3, 2.Living2, 1.Alma1)

  4. 11.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (5.Living3, 2.Living2, 1.Alma1)

  5. 12.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (5.Living3, 2.Living2, 1.Alma1)