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  Person ID	I31524	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Donald Paul Schenck,   b. 7 Jul 1914, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 26 Sep 1981, Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Genevieve M. Ruede,   b. 21 Jan 1916, Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan d. 16 May 2006, Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	23 Apr 1938	Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  	Cass City Chronicle Friday, April 29, 1938 Page One Miss Ruede is Bride of Donald Schenck A wedding of interest to many Cass City people was that of Miss Genevieve Ruede, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Ruede, of Jackson, and Donald Paul Schenck, son of Mrs. Clayton Schenck, of Cass City, performed at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, in St. Mary's rectory in Jackson by Rev. Fr. Higgins. The bride was lovely in a street length gown of heaven blue Chantilly lace over taffeta with a pink felt picture hat and blue sandals. She wore a shoulder corsage of pink rosebuds. Miss Ruth Schenck of Cass City, sister of the groom, who was Miss Ruede's maid of honor, wore a street length dress of London tan crepe with bolero jacket and brown accessories. Her shoulder bouquet was yellow rosebuds and blue forget-me-nots. Robert Ruede, brother of the bride, attended Mr. Schenck as best man. Immediately following the wedding, a dinner was served to twenty-four relatives in the home on the bride's parents. In the evening, a reception was held for friends and relatives in the Ruede home. Guests were present from Denver, Colorado; Detroit, Cass City and Jackson. The groom graduated from Cass City High School in 1932 and is a graduate of Ferris Institute, Big Rapids. He is now employed as a registered pharmacist in the Walgreen Drug Store in Jackson. Mrs. Schenck is a graduate from St. Mary's High School, Jackson, graduating with the Class of 1933. She also took a business course at Jackson Business College. Mrs. And Mrs. Schenck will make their home at 1124 First Street, Jackson. Those who attended from Cass City were Mrs. Clayton Schenck, daughter Miss Ruth, and Leonard Striffler. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Winter 2007) They were the parents of Judith Louise, Joan Elizabeth, Catherine Ruth and Mary Alma SCHENCK.
  Family ID	F4817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F3936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2008

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982, He shows the wedding year, in error, as 1939 (Reliability: 3). [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, April 29, 1938 (Reliability: 3).