Rev. Russell Clare Striffler

1922 - 2019  (97 years)

• Name	Russell Clare Striffler  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	26 Aug 1922	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Sep 2019	Arden Hills, Ramsey County, Minnesota
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Vol. 33, Number 50 Friday, March 10, 1939 Graduating Class of 66 has 20 Honor Students Russell Striffler is Valedictorian... The Class of 1939 of the high school at Cass City which will number 66 has an unusually large percentage of honor students, 20 having earned that distinction. Russell Striffler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon C. Striffler, of Cass City heads the list with a nearly perfect record and will be valedictorian. Cass City Chronicle Friday, May 16, 1947 Cass City, Michigan Rev. Russell C. Striffler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon C. Striffler, of Cass City has completed his course in the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Napierville, Ill., and was graduated from that institution during commencement week from April 30 to May 5. He has been pastor of the Evangelical Church at Benton Harbor since last fall, filling the vacancy caused by the illness and death of the former minister of that charge. Rev. Mr. Striffler is attending the Michigan conference of the Evangelical Church at Vicksbury this week. Volume 12 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, dated September 5, 1949, reported that her was transferred from the Michigan Conference to the New England Conference, with a pastorate at Medford, Mass.. He was to enroll in Boston University in the Fall to study for his Ph.D. degree. Volume 14 of the same periodical reported that he joined the staff of Iowa Methodist Hospital (Des Moines) as a Chaplain-Psychiatrist to offer a religious approach to those mentally ill or depressed by illness. His obituary was published in the Minnesota Star Tribune on October 7, 2019: ?b? ?/b?The Rev. Dr. Russell Clare Striffler died of natural causes Sept 14, 2019. He was 97 years old and living in Arden Hills, MN. He was born in Cass City, MI. to S. C. and Mary Striffler. Russell graduated from North Central College in Naperville, IL. In 1945. From there he went on to graduate from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, from Boston University receiving a master's degree in Pastoral Psychology, and from Dubuque Theological Seminary with a Doctorate of Ministry Degree. He married June Gilbert in 1944. They were married for 73 years. Russell served for 37 years as director of Chaplaincy and was Chaplain Supervisor at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, IA and St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, IA. He is survived by his daughter, June Striffler Sand (David) and his son, David R. Striffler (Marie). He has been graced with four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Services will be held at Johanna Shores (Presbyterian Homes - 3200 Lake Johanna Blvd., Arden Hills) on Friday October 11 at 3pm.
  Person ID	I24236	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Solomon C. Striffler,   b. 18 Jan 1882, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 19 Nov 1966, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Mary Magdalene Buehrly,   b. 19 Jun 1887, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 30 Dec 1963, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	29 Jun 1910	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 3]
  Photos		Striffler, Solomon and Mary (Buehrly) This was likely taken at or near the time of their June, 1910 marriage in Cass City
  Family ID	F5229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	June Rosetta Gilbert,   b. 28 Jun 1923, Oakland Township, Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan d. 30 Sep 2017, Arden Hills, Ramsey County, Minnesota (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1944  [4, 5]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F8097	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2019

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 26 Aug 1922 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Benkelman, BonnieMargaret ca 1998 with cousins l to r: Lorraine Smith "Smitty" Benkelman, Bonnie (Benkelman) McLemore: BonnieMargaret (Benkelman)Jacobs; Dot (Ball) Williams; June (Gilbert) Striffler with her husband Russell; and Bob Benkelman, Smitty's husband. BonnieMargaret, who spent many years researching the Benkelman family, arranged a 1998 reunion of cousins in at her Florida home, in order to compare family photos and stories.

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [S499] Buehrly, Dale (Deceased) 7231 Greenland Road Cass City, MI 48726. [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/, January 2, 1964 (Reliability: 3). [S1675] Striffler, Rev. Russell Clare-St. Louis, Park, Minnesota. [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 8, September 3, 1945 (Reliability: 3).