Franklin Arthur Striffler

1886 - 1959  (73 years)

• Name	Franklin Arthur Striffler  [1, 2]
  Birth	13 Aug 1886	Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Sep 1959	Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan   [1]
  Burial	11 Sep 1959
  Notes	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. Cass City Chronicle Thursday, September 17, 1959 Page Six Striffler Services Held in EUB Church Funeral services for Frank A. Striffler, who died Sept. 8 in Detroit after a long illness, were held Friday, Sept. 11, at 1 p.m. in the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Cass City with the Rev. S. R. Wurtz officiating. Mr. Striffler was born in Elkland Township, Aug. 13, 1886, son of the late Solomon and Katherine Stiffler, and spent his youth in the township. He married Pearl Gooden in 1908 and they lived in Detroit from 1916 to 1951, when her retired and moved to Lexington. His wife died in 1958. He was a member of Friendship Lodge No. 417, F and AM, the Scottish Rite and Moslem Temple and was a charter member of the Detroit East Side Lions Club. Surviving are a daughter, Luella Arehart; a granddaughter, Burke Stiffler Arehart; two brothers, Leonard of Cass City and Louis of Detroit, and three sisters, Alma McKenzie of Cass City, Alice Boulward of Eustis, Fla. And Gertrude Falkenhagen of Stover. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Winter 2007)
  Person ID	I5951	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, 4, 5, 6]
  	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	Pearl Gooden,   b. 6 Jan 1888, Evergreen Township, Sanilac County, Michigan d. 24 Jun 1958, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	24 Aug 1908	Windsor, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Infant Striffler,   b. 11 Dec 1909, Croswell, Sanilac County, Michigan d. 11 Dec 1909, Croswell, Sanilac County, Michigan (Age 0 years)   2. Luella Irene Striffler,   b. 17 Jan 1914, Deford, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 1 Mar 1973, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan (Age 59 years)
  Photos		Gooden, Earle O and Family, circa 1908 or later Back row: Franklin Striffler, Earl Gooden, Pearl Gooden Striffler (Franklin's wife) Front row: Earle O. Gooden, Florence Atwell Gooden, and Ada Scherlies Gooden (Earl's wife) Probably taken after the marriage of Pearl Gooden to Franklin Striffler, which was ca 1908
  Family ID	F2976	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Aug 1886 - Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Marriage - 24 Aug 1908 - Windsor, Ontario, Canada Death - 8 Sep 1959 - Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Striffler, Uncle John's Farm The family gathered at Uncle John's farm to harvest a particularly large pine tree on March 8, 1905. The tree was 112 feet tall and 4 feet, 7 inches in diameter. Written on the back of the photo, in handwriting not familiar to Maggie Battel Bethel who received the photo from her grandmother's collection, are the names Fred Schaf, Albert Striffler, David Striffler, Solomon Striffler, Uncle John Striffler, younger boys Stanley, Paul and Will Bien, and Frank Striffler (l to r). Several unknown men are pictured as well. PLEASE EMAIL IF YOU CAN HELP US BETTER IDENTIFY EACH PERSON PICTURED. Please also note that Uncle John had two nephews names Solomon, one the son of his brother Jacob and the other the son of his brother Christian. It is not known positively WHICH Solomon Striffler was present at this event.

  
  

  Documents

  Striffler-Benkelman Annual Labor Day Family Reunion, 1936 Newspaper article In the mid 1850's, in Erie County, New York, two sons of Jacob & Otilla Striffler married two Benkelman sisters. Shortly after their marriages, the couples moved to the Michigan frontier, many of their brothers and sisters following them. The two families remained intertwined for subsequent generations. At a reunion of the Henry Striffler family in 1930 it was decided to enlarge the scope of the reunion to include descendants of Henry, Jacob, Joseph, Christian, John and Susan Striffler. Members and "in laws" of these families first gathered at the Assembly grounds in Sebewaing for a reunion in 1932. As the Benkelman-Striffler family had remained very close over the years, all branches of the Benkelman family were invited to their Sixth Reunion, and since that time it remained a joint event. This articles from the 1936 "Cass City Chronicle" details one of the earliest joint reunions. Attended by over 170 family members, the reunion was held on the John Striffler homestead northeast of Cass City, with attendees travelling from Ontario, Ohio and many places in Michigan. President W.D. STRIFFLER presided at a business meeting in 1936, and Harry HUNT, Mrs. S.G BENKELMAN (the former Mary Striffler), and Mrs. Ben SCHWEGLER (the former Joanna Mark) were elected officers for the ensuing year. The first volume of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST was published for the September 1936 reunion.

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [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). [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982, Listed as 1866 in error. Probably 1886. (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).