Family: William Donald Benkelman / Barbara Ell (F612)

• Male William Donald Benkelman

  
  

  Birth	23 Oct 1928	Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan
  Death	6 Aug 2002	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Burial		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Marriage	2 May 1952  [1, 2]	East Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan  [1, 2]
  Father	Harold "Sime" Leroy Benkelman | F33 Group Sheet
  Mother	Isabel Lizzie Fletcher | F33 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Barbara Ell

  
  

  Birth	17 May 1932	Mineola, Nassau County, New York
  Death	1 Feb 1995	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Burial		Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
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  Spouse	Living | F2239
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  Spouse	Living | F2247
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  Spouse	Living | F2246
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• Sources

  [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 15, September 1, 1952. (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/, Wednesday, February 8, 1995 (Reliability: 3).