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Arthur A. Ricker

Male 1884 - 1955  (71 years)


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  • Name Arthur A. Ricker 
    Born 18 Aug 1884  Grant Township, Huron County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Nov 1955  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried 10 Nov 1955  Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, November 11, 1955
      Page One

      Arthur A. Ricker, Former Cass City Businessman, Dies

      Mr. Arthur A. Ricker, 71, lifelong resident of this community, died Thursday morning, Nov. 8, at the Stevens Nursing Home where he had been a patient for five months. He had been in ill health for three years.

      Mr. Ricker was born in Grant Township, August 18, 1884, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Ricker.

      On April 18, 1908, he married Miss Lillian Striffler in Cass City. Following their marriage, they made their home on the homestead for three years. In 1914, Mr. Ricker started in the meat business, now known as the Patterson Meat Market. He retired from business in 1939 and then maintained homes in Cass City and Florida. He served as secretary of the Cass City school board for a number of years and was an honorary member of the Cass City Rotary Club.

      He is survived by his wife, one sister, Mrs. Ulysses G. PARKER of Cass City, and a number of nieces and nephews. One son, six brothers and four sisters preceded him in death.

      Mr. Ricker will be at Little's Funeral Home until 12 noon Thursday, when he will be take to the Evangelical United Brethren Church where funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock with Rev. H.I. Voelker and Rev. S. R. Wurtz officiating. Burial will be in the family lot in Elkland Cemetery.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Winter 2007)
    Person ID I29677  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Family Lillian S. Striffler,   b. 18 Apr 1883, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1964, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 15 Apr 1908  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Cass City Chronicle
      April 14, 1933
      Turning Back the Pages
      Twenty Five Years Ago: April 17, 1908

      Miss Lillian S. Striffler and Arthur Ricker were married at the home of the bride's parents on Wednesday afternoon.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2008 
    Family ID F9562  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Aug 1884 - Grant Township, Huron County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Apr 1908 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Nov 1955 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 10 Nov 1955 - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Live Wire Bible Class of the Evangelical United Brethern Church Sunday School, Cass City Michigan, ca 1917
    Live Wire Bible Class of the Evangelical United Brethern Church Sunday School, Cass City Michigan, ca 1917
    FRONT ROW, l to r, Grant McConnell, class leader; UNKNOWN Clergyman, UNKNOWN class member, William Schwegler, Sam Helwig, George Burg
    SECOND ROW, l to r, Hattie Helwig McConnell, Janet "Jennie" Gardner Buehrly, Minerva Helwig Sherman, Mary Buehrly Striffler, Mary Mark Buehrly
    THIRD ROW; l to r, Alma Striffler Schenck holding her baby Ruth, Lena Helwig Jaus, Lillian Striffler Ricker, Minnie Jesse Benkelman, Mary Schwegler Jaus, Jacob Hiller.
    Note: Alma Striffler Schenck's three year old son, Donald, was said to be asleep in the Model T Ford just to the left of the group at the time this photo was taken
    FOURTH ROW: l to r, Elsie Buehrly, Mary Striffler Helwig, Cora Helwig Klinkman, Laura McConnell Hiller, Alice Ross Schwegler, Mary McLellan Joos, Ed Helwig
    FIFTH ROW, l to r, Art Ricker, Erwin Kercher, Ed Buehrly, Harvey Klinkman, UNKNOWN Class Member, Fred Buehrly, Fred Joos
    TOP ROW, l to r, Sol Striffler, Clayton Schenck, Fred Jaus, William Ackerman, Sam Jaus

    It appears that at least 33 of the 36 adults in this Sunday School class were directly related, through either blood or marriage, to the Striffler, Benkelman and Helwig families who emigrated together from Erie County, New York to Tuscola County, Michigan beginning in the 1860's.

    PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THE UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS.

  • Sources 
    1. [S595] Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, (Family Publication, published sporadically to record family milestones in connection with the annual Striffler-Benkelman Family Reunions, with Vol. 1, Number 1, published Sept. 7, 1936. Issues on file at the Rawson Memorial Library in Cass City, Michigan include Vol. 5 (1941), Vol. 7 (1944) and Volumes 8 (1945) through Vol. 28 (1968). Issues published from 1961 through 1964 were not assigned volume numbers, and 1963 appears to be missing. Xeroxes of the existing issues were also made by Melinda McLemore Strong in 2007. According to a article published by the Cass City Chronicle on August 6, 1981, commemorating the Fiftieth and Final Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, the final issue of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST appears to have been Volume 28, published in 1968.), Volume 19, September 3, 1956 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [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/, April 14, 1933 (Reliability: 3).