Ira Roy Reagh

1855 - 1947  (91 years)

• Name	Ira Roy Reagh  [1]
  Birth	22 Aug 1855	Sanilac County, Michigan   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Mar 1947	Branch, Lake County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [3]
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Friday, March 28, 1947 Vol. 41, Number 50 Page One Ira Reagh Died at Branch Yesterday Ira Reagh, formerly a resident of Cass City for many years, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Branch yesterday (Thursday) afternoon. No funeral arrangements had been made at the time the Chronicle went to press. Cass City Chronicle Friday, April 4, 1947 Vol. 41, Number 51 Page One Funeral of Ira Reagh Here Sunday Funeral services for ira Reagh, 61, former resident of Cass City, were held at the Baptist Church here Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Arnold Olsen. Entombment was in Elkland Cemetery. He died unexpectedly at his home in Branch, Mich., Friday morning. Ira Reagh was born in Sanilac County on August 22, 1885, the son of the late James and Margaret Reagh. He and Miss Alice Stiffler were married in Cass City in 1906. They moved to Branch nine years ago. Mr. Reagh is survived by his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret CURTIS, Muskegon, and Mrs. Marian McINTYRE, Detroit; two sons, Stanley REAGH, Muskegon and John Arnold REAGH, who attends Michigan State College, East Lansing; three grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Mabel HUTCHINS, Vassar, and three brothers, Ernest, John and Lloyd REAGH, all of Cass City. A son, Lt. Grant REAGH, was reported missing in action in a flight over the Pacific in World War II. Out of town people attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Henry RICE, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred BERGGREN and daughter, Shirley, of Muskegon; John and Max Oakley, of Birmingham; Mr. and Mrs. Frank STRIFFLER, Mr. and Mrs. Louis STRIFFLER and M.C. WENTWORTH and daughter, Norma, of Detroit; Harry REAGH of Bay City; Mr. and Mrs. L. COOPER of Pontiac, and Mr. and Mrs. John DICKINSON of Bad Axe. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Winter 2007)
  Person ID	I5445	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family	Alice L. Striffler,   b. 30 Mar 1889, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 3 Jan 1966, Eustis, Lake County, Florida (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1906	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Children	1. Margaret Reagh,   b. 12 Oct 1907, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 24 Jun 1983, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan (Age 75 years)   2. Stanley Reagh,   b. 19 Nov 1912, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 11 May 1988, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan (Age 75 years)   3. Marian Reagh,   b. 14 Nov 1914, Curran, Alcona County, Michigan d. 31 May 2013, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan (Age 98 years)   4. John Arnold Reagh,   b. 22 Jul 1918, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 9 Aug 2001, Santa Rosa, Riverside County, California (Age 83 years)   5. Grant Lee Reagh,   b. 29 Sep 1919, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 25 Feb 1943, South Pacific (Age 23 years)
  Family ID	F1612	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 22 Aug 1855 - Sanilac County, Michigan Marriage - 1906 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Death - 26 Mar 1947 - Branch, Lake County, Michigan Burial - - 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

  
  

• 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, April 4, 1947 (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 10, September 1, 1947 (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/, April 4, 1947. (Reliability: 3).