Family: Delvin Leonard Striffler / Martha Kane (F8096)

• Male Delvin Leonard Striffler

  
  

  Birth	29 Jun 1915	Michigan
  Death	6 Sep 1967	Port Austin, Huron County, Michigan
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  Marriage	24 Jun 1944  [1, 2]	Flint, Genesee County, Michigan  [1, 2]
  Father	Solomon C. Striffler | F5229 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary Magdalene Buehrly | F5229 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Martha Kane

  
  

  Birth	14 Oct 1919	Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire, Scotland
  Death	17 Oct 2014	Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan
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• Notes

  Married: Cass City Chronicle Friday, June 30, 1944 Pages One and Five Miss Kane Bride of Delvin Striffler Baskets of gladioli and delphinium decorated the Gospel Hall in Flint Saturday afternoon, June 24, when Miss Martha Kane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kane of Flint, was united in marriage with Mr. Delvin Striffler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon C. Striffler, of Cass City. Rev. Mr. Harper of New Jersey performed the ceremony at six o'clock, using the double ring service. Miss Isabell Dunning of Hamilton, Ont., attended the bride and Mr. Russell Striffler of Evanston, Ill,, performed the duties of best man for his brother. The dress of the bride was made with a white lace bodice and tulle skirt, long sleeves and sweetheart neckline. She wore a full-length white lace veil. Following the service, a reception was held at the Kane home. Mrs. Striffler has been employed as a stenographer at the Buick office in Flint. Mr. Striffler was graduated from Cass City high school in 1931 and from the General Motors Technical school in Flint in 1940. He has since been employed as a service engineer by Buick in different states. The young couple will make their home at Fort Knox, Kentucky, to which place the groom has been transferred. Those from Cass City who attended the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Striffler, Mrs. Leonard Buehrly, Miss Elsie Buehrly and Bruce McRae. Forty relatives attended a reception Monday evening in the S.C. Striffler home honoring Mr. and Mrs. Delvin Striffler. During a short program, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Joos and Clark Helwig and Maurice Joose sand duets. Dickie Joos gave a solo and recitations were given by Judy and Billy Helwig and Esther Buehrly. Mrs. Joos supervised the giving of advice to the bride. After opening and admiring the gifts, refreshments of ice cream, cake, cookies and punch were served. Out-of-town guests at the reception besides the newlyweds were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kane of Flint and Miss Isabelle Dunning of Hamilton, Ont. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2008)

  
  

• 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.), Vol. 7, September 4, 1944 (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, June 30, 1944 (Reliability: 3).