Fern Marie Benkelman

1912 - 1928  (15 years)

• Name	Fern Marie Benkelman  [1, 2]
  Birth	27 Mar 1912	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 Feb 1928	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2]
  Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2]
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Cass City, Michigan Friday, February 10, 1928 Vol. 23, No. 23 Junior Class Lost Honor Student Death of Fern M. Benkelman is mourned by a Large Circle of Friends A death mourned by a large circle of friends and relatives and one of that greatly shocked the entire community was that of Miss Fern Marie Benkelman, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Benkelman, who passed away unexpectedly shortly after 10 o'clock Thursday night, February 2, after a ten day illness with pneumonia. She was nearly 16 years of age, her birthday being March 27, 1912. Fern was an honor student of the Cass City High School, her name appearing each year among those who won special honors in their monthly and semester standings. She was a member of the Junior Class, the Girls' Glee club, and president of the community club, a school organization. Twice she was elected to represent the local school in a statewide academic contest for the high school pupils, at the Central Normal at Mt. Pleasant, both years winning honors for her school. Her activities in church work were also outstanding and made her a much admired and loved member of the Evangelical Sunday School, Junior choir, and Butzbach Missionary Circle. Fern served as an assistant pianist at this church, faithfully and efficiently. Rev. C.F. Smith, pastor of the Evangelical church officiated at the funeral service which was held at the family residence Monday afternoon and attended by one of the largest companies of relatives and friends ever gathered at a similar occasion in this community. Members of the Junior class, numbering about 60, attended the services in a body, and bore the many beautiful floral tokens of affection to the Elkland cemetery where the burial services were held in the chapel. Donald and Robert WALLACE, Lester BATTEL, Clark HELWIG, Maurice JOOS and Edward SCHWEGLER served as pallbearers. Friends and relatives from a distance who attended the funeral were Mrs. William ACKERMAN of Hartford City, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Adolph WAHL, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. WAHL and son, Mr. and Mrs. Milton GILBERT, C. WAHL and Mr. and Mrs. Albert WAHL, all of Bad Axe; Henry BENDER and Mrs. Druit CAPLING of Caro; Rev. and Mrs. F.L. POHLY, Mr. and Mrs. John SCHWALM and Marjorie HESS, all of Sebewaing, Mr. and Mrs. Walter GRAICHEN, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur GETZE, and Albert HIRZEL, all of Forestville; Miss Marjorie SICKLES of Saginaw, Mrs. W.J. CARPENTER of Flint; Mr. and Mrs. Jas. BROWN of Pigeon; Mrs. Wm. SMITH and Albert and Miss Bertha YIETTER, all of Harbor Beach; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. KOSANKE and sons, Ralph and Donald of Pontiac. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007)
  Person ID	I12035	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Joseph A. Benkelman,   b. 5 Oct 1889, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 11 Jun 1968, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Esther Selma Ackerman,   b. 12 Feb 1888, Minden City, Sanilac County, Michigan d. 9 Feb 1980, Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	10 Jun 1911	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  	THE STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST-1961 reported that The Joseph Benkelmans celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on June Tenth. They were entertained by the E.U.B. Ladies' Aid at dinner, and their friends gave them another dinner. The 1967 issue reported that they celebrated their 55th anniversary with a dinner in Frankenmuth with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Esau and Leonard Striffler.
  Photos		Ackerman, Esther with her husband Joe Benkelman A snapshot of Esther and Joe, longtime residents of Cass City, Michigan
  Family ID	F5032	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Mar 1912 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Death - 2 Feb 1928 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Burial - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Schwegler, Marjory, Fern and Mid with friends l to r, Marjory and Fern Schwegler, Grace Weldon, Mildred Schwegler and Fern Benkelman
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [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, February 10, 1928 (Reliability: 3).