Family: Donald Paul Schenck / Genevieve M. Ruede (F4817)

• Male Donald Paul Schenck

  
  

  Birth	7 Jul 1914	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Death	26 Sep 1981	Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan
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  Marriage	23 Apr 1938  [1, 2]	Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan  [1, 2]
  Father	Clayton Arthur Schenck | F3074 Group Sheet
  Mother	Alma Louise Striffler | F3074 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Genevieve M. Ruede

  
  

  Birth	21 Jan 1916	Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan
  Death	16 May 2006	Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan
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  Spouse	Living | F10262
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  Spouse	Living | F10339
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  Spouse	Living | F3936
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• Notes

  Married: Cass City Chronicle Friday, April 29, 1938 Page One Miss Ruede is Bride of Donald Schenck A wedding of interest to many Cass City people was that of Miss Genevieve Ruede, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Ruede, of Jackson, and Donald Paul Schenck, son of Mrs. Clayton Schenck, of Cass City, performed at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, in St. Mary's rectory in Jackson by Rev. Fr. Higgins. The bride was lovely in a street length gown of heaven blue Chantilly lace over taffeta with a pink felt picture hat and blue sandals. She wore a shoulder corsage of pink rosebuds. Miss Ruth Schenck of Cass City, sister of the groom, who was Miss Ruede's maid of honor, wore a street length dress of London tan crepe with bolero jacket and brown accessories. Her shoulder bouquet was yellow rosebuds and blue forget-me-nots. Robert Ruede, brother of the bride, attended Mr. Schenck as best man. Immediately following the wedding, a dinner was served to twenty-four relatives in the home on the bride's parents. In the evening, a reception was held for friends and relatives in the Ruede home. Guests were present from Denver, Colorado; Detroit, Cass City and Jackson. The groom graduated from Cass City High School in 1932 and is a graduate of Ferris Institute, Big Rapids. He is now employed as a registered pharmacist in the Walgreen Drug Store in Jackson. Mrs. Schenck is a graduate from St. Mary's High School, Jackson, graduating with the Class of 1933. She also took a business course at Jackson Business College. Mrs. And Mrs. Schenck will make their home at 1124 First Street, Jackson. Those who attended from Cass City were Mrs. Clayton Schenck, daughter Miss Ruth, and Leonard Striffler. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Winter 2007) They were the parents of Judith Louise, Joan Elizabeth, Catherine Ruth and Mary Alma SCHENCK.

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982, He shows the wedding year, in error, as 1939 (Reliability: 3). [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/, Friday, April 29, 1938 (Reliability: 3).