Donald Lee Southworth

1923 - 1982  (58 years)

• Name	Donald Lee Southworth  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	9 Aug 1923	Dinuba, Tulare County, California   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 May 1982	Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan   [4, 5]
  Notes	The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Vol. 5, September 1, 1941, reported that "Don Southworth was graduated in June, 1941 by the Elkton High School. Last November, Don attended the Chicago Intermational Livestock Show. In May, he attended the State convention of the F.F.A. in Lansing, and while there received his State Farmers' Degree. He has just returned from a two weeks's stay at Camp Minnewaca near Shelby, Mich. Don is state reporter for the state F.F.A., and was awarded this vacation at camp because of his hard work." The 1962 issue of the Broadcast reported that the Don Southworths had a new farm at 3407 Crown Road in Elkton. It had been named the "Ponderosa" because of the many pine trees in the farm yard.
  Person ID	I29641	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	George Victor Southworth,   b. 1 May 1901, Elkton, Huron County, Michigan d. 6 Jun 1986, Huron County, Michigan (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Florence Edna Striffler,   b. 12 Feb 1903, Argyle, Sanilac County, Michigan d. 27 Apr 1999, Huron County, Michigan (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	Cass City Chronicle Friday, August 16, 1929. Volume 24, Number 18. Page One Local Happenings Mr. and Mrs. George Southworth and two children, Donald and Dorothy, of San Luis Obispo, California, came Thursday to visit Mrs. Southworth's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Striffler, at Cass City and Mr. Southworth's parents, Mrs. And Mrs. Charles Southworth, at Elkton. They expect to remain until Nov. 1. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2008)
  Family ID	F9551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Ann Parham,   b. 27 Oct 1924, Burr Oak Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan d. 6 May 2016, Elkton, Huron County, Michigan (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	4 Jan 1947	St. Louis, Gratiot County, Michigan   [2, 6]
  Children	1. Michael Lee Southworth,   b. 2 Oct 1947, Elkton, Huron County, Michigan d. 14 Mar 2022, Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan (Age 74 years)   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living   6. Kerry James Southworth,   b. 24 Apr 1956, Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan d. 6 Feb 1999, Caseville, Huron County, Michigan (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F9555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 1 May 1982 - Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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, August 16, 1929. (Reliability: 3). [S1311] Staton, Donald and Burdsall, Fran Orr "Striffler Census" Prepared for the August 2012 Striffler/Zinnecker Reunion. [S497] Ancestry.com - Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996. [S1311] Staton, Donald and Burdsall, Fran Orr "Striffler Census" Prepared for the August 2012 Striffler/Zinnecker Reunion, has date of death as 2 May 1982 (Reliability: 3). [S497] Ancestry.com - Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996, has date of death as 1 May 1982 (Reliability: 3). [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 10, September 1, 1947, showed marriage location as in Three Rivers, St. Joseph County, Michigan (Reliability: 3).