Herbert Frank Lenzner

1879 - 1953  (73 years)

• Name	Herbert Frank Lenzner  [1]
  Birth	13 Dec 1879	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Feb 1953	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Burial	10 Feb 1953	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Friday, February 13, 1953 Vol. 47, Number 42 H.F. Lenzner Dies Saturday after Short Illness Herbert F. Lenzner, editor and publisher of the Cass City Chronicle for 47 years and an admired and respected member of the Cass City community, died Saturday afternoon at the Pleasant Home Hospital. According to physician's report, Mr. Lenzner died from the effects of a coronary occlusion, suffered Monday afternoon while returning from a business trip to Saginaw. He was prominent in civic activities throughout his long career in Cass City. He served as village clerk in 1908-07 and was active in the Tuscola County Republican Party. He was a life member of Tyler Lodge F. & A.M., receiving his certificate Sept. 5, 1943. He was a charter member of the Cass City Rotary Club and served as its president in 1929 and held various other responsible positions in the club. He was one of the original members of the board of directors when the Pinney State Bank was organized as a state bank in 1921 and served as vice president of the organization from 1925 until the time of his death. He spent his entire life in printing and newspaper work. As a young man he worked in a printing office in Cass City and later spent a short time working in the Detroit Times composing room. He returned to Cass City and purchased the Tri-County Chronicle in February, 1904, from Frederick Klump. Two years later he bought the Cass City Enterprise from A.A.P. McDowell and consolidated the two papers under the name of the Cass City Chronicle. He served on the local school board at the time when the new school building was erected. He was a member of the EUB Church from early manhood and served on the board of directors for over 25 years. Mr. Lenzner was born Dec. 13, 1879, in Cass City, the son of the late C.O. Lenzner and Sophia Ahr Lenzner. He married Mollie Ackerman June 10, 1909 in Cass City. Surviving, besides Mrs. Lenzner, are: two daughters, Mrs. Gordon Thomas, of East Lansing, and Mrs. J. Franklin Deck of Grand Island, N.Y.; six grandchildren, one niece and four nephews, all of Algonac. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Evangelical United Brethren Church. Rev. S.R. Wurtz, pastor of the EUB Church, and Rev. Melvin R. Vender, pastor of the Cass City Presbyterian Church, officiated at the ceremony. Burial was in Elkland Cemetery. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008) (Research):Census Information: 1910 Census Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village Enumerated 30 Apr 1910 SD 8 ED 113 Sheet 11B Main Street 267-294 Lenzner, Herbert F Hd M W 30 M1 1 Mic NY Pa Propritor Printing Office Lenzner, Mollie Wf F W 24 M1 1 Mich Germany Germany 1920 Census Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Village of Cass City Enumerated 10 and 12 January 1920 SD 7 ED 179 Sheet 4B Main Street 94-98 Lenzner, Herbert L Hd M W 40 M Mich NY Pa Editor Local Paper Lenzner, Mollie M Wf F W 34 M Mich Wurtenburg/German Switzerland/German Lenzner, Phyllis M Dtr F W 6 S Mich Mich Mich 1930 Census Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland twp, Cass City Village Enumerated April 12, 1930 by Helen G. Schwaderer ED 79-11 SD 11 Sheet 5A Stamped 188 East Main Street 119-125 Lenzner, Herbert F Hd O $5000 M W 50 M29 Mich NY Pa Proprietor Newspaper Lenzner, Mollie M Wife F W 44 M23 Mich Germany Switzerland Office Asst Newspaper Lenzner, Phyllis M Dtr F W 16 S Mich Mich Mich Lenzner, Shirley A Dtr F W 10 S Mich Mich Mich
  Person ID	I29653	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Christian Oscar "C.O." Lenzner, Jr.,   b. 30 Oct 1854, Lancaster, Erie County, New York d. 2 Jun 1927, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Sophia Ahr,   b. 12 Apr 1857, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania d. 15 May 1942, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	1 Mar 1879	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Family ID	F9557	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mollie M. Ackerman,   b. 18 Sep 1885, Minden City, Sanilac County, Michigan d. 20 May 1965, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	10 Jun 1909	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Children	1. Phyllis M. Lenzner,   b. 2 Dec 1913, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 12 Sep 1989 (Age 75 years)   2. Shirley Anne Lenzner,   b. 8 Feb 1920, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 11 Nov 1984, Lakeside Marblehead, Ottawa County, Ohio (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F9580	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2008

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 13 Dec 1879 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Marriage - 10 Jun 1909 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Death - 7 Feb 1953 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Burial - 10 Feb 1953 - 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

  
  

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  Tri-County Chronicle Staff Rev. Klump, H. F. Lenzner, Anna Kump, Laura Klump. According to the HISTORY OF CASS CITY (December 1962), THE TRI-COUNTY CHRONICLE was founded by Frederick Klump in 1899 as a competitor to the existing weekly paper, the CASS CITY ENTERPRISE. They co-existed for some seven years. Herbert F. Lenzner, who had been employed by Mr. Klump almost from the founding of the Chronicle became a partner with Mr. Klump in late 1903, and in 1906 not only purchased the remaining interest of Mr. Klump, but also purchased the competitor paper from A. A. P. McDownell, when the two papers were consolidated under the name of the CASS CITY CHRONICLE on April 20, 1906.

  
  

• 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, February 13, 1953 (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 16, September 7, 1953 (Reliability: 3).