Ferris A. Kercher

1916 - 2007  (91 years)

• Name	Ferris A. Kercher  [1, 2]
  Birth	30 Apr 1916	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Oct 2007	Ocala, Marion County, Florida   [2]
  Notes	Volume 5 of the Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, dated September 1, 1941, noted that Lt. Ferris Kercher of the 10th infantry spent six weeks this summer on manuevers in Tennessee. At that time he was as an instructor in classes at Fort Custer, Michigan. Cass City Chronicle Friday, May 4, 1945 Local Happenings, Page Four Captain Ferris Kercher, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Kercher arrived home Saturday and on Monday evening a group of relatives helped him celebrate his birthday at a dinner given in his honor. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Graham and son, Ferris, of Caro, Mr. and Mrs. William Joos, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jezewski and two children, and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Joos and son, all of Cass City. In the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Volume 9, September 2, 1946, in a column titled "Still in the Service of the U.S.A.", it was noted that Capt. Ferris A. Kercher has been commissioned in the regular army and is located at Fort Sam Houston Camp, San Antonio, Texas. Volume 10 of the same periodical reports that Capt. and Mrs. Kercher had moved to Fort Benning where the Captain will attend Officers' Training School for ten months. Volume 11 reported he was an instructor in the Army School at Fort Benning. In Volume 14 of the same periodical, dated September 1951, it was noted that he had been transferred from Fort Benning to Leavenworth, Kansas, where he would be attending school for a year. Volume 15, published in September 1952, noted he had graduated from Fort Leavenworth in June, and that he and his family spent a week in July with his parents in Cass City. They were on their way to their new home in Presidio, Monterey, California, where they would reside for a year while Major Kercher would attend school to learn the Japanese language. In Volume 16 of the Broadcast, it was reported that he had left of Toyko in August, with his family living in Grand Rapids, planning to join him at a later date. As of the 1959 publication date of Volume 22, he was stationed in Turkey. Volume 26 of the STIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, published on September 5, 1966, reported that he was working for the State Employment office in Sacramento, California.
  Person ID	I29698	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Erwin W. Kercher,   b. 5 Sep 1888, Michigan d. 14 Nov 1955, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Amanda Lillian Muck,   b. 17 May 1888, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 3 Jun 1953, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1 Sep 1909	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [3]
  	Cass City Chronicle Friday, September 3, 1909 Page One September Weddings A pretty home wedding was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Muck, at eight o'clock Wednesday evening, when their youngest daughter, Amanda L., became the bride of Ervin W. Kaercher. Rev. J. A. Schweitzer was the officiating clergyman who tied the nuptial knot pronouncing the ceremony which united the lives of these estimable young people of our village. The wedding was a quiet one, witnessed only by a few of the immediate relatives of the bride and groom. The bride was becomingly attired in white and never appeared to better advantage while the groom wore the conventional black. Immediately after the ceremony the guests passed to the dining room where a bounteous and delicious lunch was partaken of. The bride is one of our most popular young ladies. From a little girl she has grown up in our midst honored by old and young alike. She is fully capable of filling the home she will adorn with happiness and will prove to be truly a helpmate and companion to the husband she has chosen to honor with her hand. The groom is one of our best young men and at present very ably fills a position at the Chronicle Printery. Mr. and Mrs. Kaercher will be at home to their friends in the Wooley residence on south Ale street. Page Four LOCAL ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Kaercher and son, Clarence, of Elkton attended the Muck-Kaercher wedding here Wednesday evening . (Both courtesy of Robert Carlson)
  Family ID	F9567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Violet Eleanor McCallum,   b. 8 Nov 1914, Greenleaf Township, Sanilac County, Michigan d. 21 Mar 2013, Orange Park, Clay County, Florida (Age 98 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1947
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F9600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2007

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 30 Apr 1916 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Death - 5 Oct 2007 - Ocala, Marion County, Florida  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Cass City (Michigan) High School, Class of 1933 Members of the class of 1933 listed alphabetically, included Robert Allured, Juanita Barnes, Phyllis Barnes, Laurence Bartle, Lester Battel, Floyd Boulton, Arthur Bullock, Donald Caister, George Caister, Lessel Crawford, John Day, Marjorie Dew, Maynard Doerr, Leonard Elliott, Alexander Ferguson, Hazel Field, Margaret Frysig, Patrick Garety, Lucille Goodall, Ruth Hendrick, Kenneth Hennesey, Lewis Horner, Harold Hulbert, Wilma Jackson, Leslie Karr, Wilma Kennedy, Ferris Kercher, Donald Kilbourn, Gerald King, Lorne Lee, Audrey Livingston, Maurice Loomis, Kenneth Maharg, John Marshall, Frederick Morris, Colin MacCallum, Violet MacCallum, William McCaslin, Elsie I. McComb, Mary MacEachern, Flora McLeod, Cathryn McTavish, Irene Orto, Harland O'Dell, Ralph Rawson, Irene Robinson, Bernard Ross, Irene Russell, Johanna Sandham, Florence Schenck, Mildred Schwegler (Standing in Second Row, third from the left), Glenn Shagena, Robert Spencer, Beatrice Vader, Robert Wallace, Waunetta Warner, Wilma Wentworth, Lucille Wilson, and Charles Wright.

  
  

• 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, June 5, 1953 (Reliability: 3). [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.). [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, September 3, 1909 (Reliability: 3).