Wayne J. Zielke

1939 - 1977  (37 years)

• Name	Wayne J. Zielke  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	29 Dec 1939  [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Oct 1977	Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan   [2, 3, 4]
  Burial	Y  [2]
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Thursday, October 5, 1977 Page Six Wayne Zielke dies in Battle Creek Wayne J. Zielke, 37, of Battle Creek died Sunday at Community Hospital in Battle Creek. He had been ill since April, 1976. A graduate of Western Michigan University, he taught for one year in Muskegon. Starting in 1968, he was employed as a speech correction teacher for the Harper Creek School District, Battle Creek. He married Mary J. Martus of Gagetown in the community June 15, 1988. He is survived by his wife, two daughters at home, Andrea and Kristi, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Zielke of Battle Creek, and a sister, Joanne R. Zielke, also of Battle Creek. Services were held Wednesday afternoon at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Battle Creek. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery there. Funeral arrangements were handled by the Richard A. Henry Funeral Home of Battle Creek. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, October 2013)
  Person ID	I32583	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Living
  Family ID	F10423	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 2 Oct 1977 - Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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 28, September 2, 1968 (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/, Thursday, October 5, 1977 Page Six (Reliability: 3). [S497] Ancestry.com - Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996. [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/, Thursday, October 5, 1977 Page Six ".....age 37..." (Reliability: 3).