Vernon Striffler

1903 - 1966  (63 years)

• Name	Vernon Striffler  [1, 2]
  Birth	19 Oct 1903	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Nov 1966	Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan   [3]
  Notes	The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST Volume 10, dated September 1, 1947, reported that Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Striffler and Eddie drove to Nova Scotia to visit relatives. The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Volume 11, published September 6, 1948, reported that Vernon, who had been working for Squibbs Co. of Battle Creek, had been transferred to California and was moving with this family to Long Beach. Volume 26 of the sam periodical reported he had returned to Battle Creek where he was employed with the Muir Drug Company. Cass City Chronicle Thursday, December 15, 1966 Cass City Social and Personal Items, Page Two Vernon Stiffler, 63, of Battle Creek died Nov. 25 in University Hospital. Mr. Striffler was a former Cass City resident and graduated from Cass City High School. Funeral services were held in Battle Creek Nov. 29. Burial was also in Battle Creek. Survivors include his widow Arlene, one son, Edward of Battle Creek and one sister, Mrs. Katherine Buchanan of San Diego, Calif. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008)
  Person ID	I5955	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Samuel Striffler,   b. 28 Feb 1872, Michigan d. 6 Nov 1954, San Diego, San Diego County, California (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Marie L. Kaiser,   b. 20 May 1879, G?ppingen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany d. 21 Apr 1955, San Diego, San Diego County, California (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	17 Aug 1898  [1, 4]
  Family ID	F3073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Arlene Whitney,   b. 14 Oct 1902, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan d. 31 Jan 1997, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	4 Feb 1926  [1]
  Children	1. Edward Whitney Striffler,   b. 25 May 1930, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan d. 29 Apr 2003, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F2783	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 19 Oct 1903 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Death - 25 Nov 1966 - Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Striffler, Marie (Kaiser) Ruth Esau identified this photo as the Mary Kaiser Striffler family of San Diego, California. Marie and Samuel appear to stand to the left, son Vernon and wife Arlene (Whitney) of Battle Creek, Michigan are in the center, and daughter Anna is to the right. Not pictured are daughter Katherine or her husband, Earl Buchanan.

  
  

• 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. 156a (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 27, September 4, 1967 (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. 156a, 162 (Reliability: 3).