Alice L. Striffler b. 30 Mar 1889 Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 3 Jan 1966 Eustis, Lake County, Florida: Strong McLemore Ancestry

1889 - 1966 (76 years)

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Name	Alice L. Striffler [1, 2, 3]
Birth	30 Mar 1889	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan [1, 2]
Gender	Female
Death	3 Jan 1966	Eustis, Lake County, Florida [2, 4]
Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan [2]
Notes	Art Peck writes that Alice married again after Ira's death, her second marriage was for 15 years. Volume 23 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST reported that Dave Boulware, husband of Alice Striffler Reagh, had died on January 19, 1963. Alice married for a third time shortly before her death. According to the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Vol. 25, published 6 September 1965, she was married in January 1965 to John GREER (sic) and they were going to live in Eustis, Florida. Cass City Chronicle Thursday, January 6, 1966 Page Four Mrs. John Greene Dies Unexpectedly Word was received late Monday of the unexpected death Monday of Mrs. John Greene (Alice Striffler), 76, at her home in Eustis, Fla. The remains will be brought to Little's Funeral Home after funeral services Jan. 5 in Eustis. Services will be held at Little's and burial will be in Elkland cemetery. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Striffler, she was born at Cass City March 30, 1889. She left Cass City 15 years ago to live in Florida. Mrs. Greene is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Lewis CURTIS and Mrs. William McINTYRE of Muskegon; two sons, Stanley REAGH of Muskegon and J. Arnold REAGH of Saginaw; seven grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Alma McKENZIE of Cass City and Mrs. Harry FALKENHAGEN, currently at Bradenton, Fla., and two brothers, Louis Striffler of Detroit and Leonard Striffler of Cass City. Mrs. Greene was a Gold Star member of the American Legion Auxiliary of Cass City and a member of Echo chapter OES. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Winter 2007) (Research):Census Information 1920 Census Michigan, Tuscola County, Elkland Twp, Cass City Village Enumerated 30 and 31 January 1920 SD 7 ED 179 Sheet 11B 264-279 Reagh, Ira Roy Hd M W 34 M Mich Canada/English Canada/English Drugman? City Drug? Reagh, Alice L Wf F W 30 M Mich York State Germany/German Reagh, Margaret Dtr F W 12 S Mich Mich Mich Reagh, Stanley Son M W 7 Mich Mich Mich Reagh, Marion Dtr F W 5 S Mich Mich Mich Reagh, John Son M W 1 5/12 Mich Mich Mich Reagh, Grant Son M W 4/12 S Mich Mich Mich A list of pupils at the Wright Rural School #4 in 1897 include Alice Striffler, Arlis Vaughan, Chancy Boulton, Emma Cole, Esther Blades, Effie Wallace, Eddie Mark, Frank Cranick, Flossie Wright, Georgie Dennis, Johnie Hulburt, Lizzie Yoos, Lena Mark, Luke Wright, Mary Mark, Minta Wallace, Alice Charlton, Ada Cole, Chester Dennis, Ethel Cole, Etta Wickware, Ethel Charlton, Frank Striffler, Fred Yoos, George Cole, John Wallace, Lizzie Blades, Lillie Wallace, Lenne Striffler, Martha Wright, May Dennis, Ray Hulbert, Stanley Hulbert. Grace Karr, teacher and S. Striffler, Director.
Person ID	I5943	Strong Family Tree
Last Modified	14 Feb 2021

Father	Solomon Striffler, b. 5 Apr 1859, Lancaster, Erie County, New York d. 8 May 1936, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 77 years)
Mother	Eva Catharina "Katie" Koepf, b. 25 Sep 1865, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 15 Jan 1938, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 72 years)
Marriage	15 Nov 1883	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan [1, 5, 6, 7]
	Cass City Chronicle Friday, November 10, 1933 Volume 28, Number 31 An article and photo commerating their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary was featured on page 1
Family ID	F3069	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ira Roy Reagh, b. 22 Aug 1855, Sanilac County, Michigan d. 26 Mar 1947, Branch, Lake County, Michigan (Age 91 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 - 30 Mar 1889 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
	Marriage - 1906 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
	Death - 3 Jan 1966 - Eustis, Lake County, Florida
	Burial - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan

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Sources

[S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.
[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, January 6, 1966 (Reliability: 3).
[S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 156 (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 26, September 5, 1966 (Reliability: 3).
[S577] Dibean, Jack & Marianne "Michigan Marriage Index" http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/dibeanindex/.
[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, November 10, 1933 (Reliability: 3).
[S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 156, 162 (Reliability: 3).