Wilfred Orton Klinkman

1919 - 2017  (97 years)

• Name	Wilfred Orton Klinkman  [1]
  Birth	15 Oct 1919	Decker, Sanilac County, Michigan   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 May 2017
  Notes	The Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, Vol. 7, September 4, 1944, noted that Wilfred Klinkman was stationed on an island in the Pacific. As of the September 3, 1945 issue (Vol. 8), it was reported that he was still in the Pacific. In Volume 9, dated September 2, 1946, the column titled "Our Service Men Who Have Returned Home", noted that he had returned after four years' service in the Pacific area.
  Person ID	I5077	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Orton Thomas Klinkman,   b. 10 Feb 1887, Lancaster, Erie County, New York d. 12 Sep 1961, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Catherine "Kate" Schwegler,   b. 8 Jun 1893, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 21 Apr 1962, Marlette, Sanilac County, Michigan (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	11 Mar 1914	Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Photos		Klinkman, Orton and his wife, Catherine (Schwegler) Ort and Kate celebration their 40th wedding anniversary in 1954. The couple was married in Caro, March 11, 1914, and lived in Cass City for three years, after which they moved to their farm residence near Decker, Michigan.
  Headstones		Klinkman, Orton T and Catherine (Schwegler)
  Family ID	F2696	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Arlene Ward,   b. Abt 1921, Wisconsin d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	27 Oct 1945	Marlette, Sanilac County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F1789	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2008

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Oct 1919 - Decker, Sanilac County, Michigan Marriage - 27 Oct 1945 - Marlette, Sanilac County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

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• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [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 9, September 2, 1946 (Reliability: 3).