Gertrude Edna Striffler

1905 - 1981  (75 years)

• Name	Gertrude Edna Striffler  [1, 2]
  Birth	19 Sep 1905	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 Mar 1981	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Burial	23 Mar 1981	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Oct. 19, 1923 Page Four Local Items Miss Gertrude Striffler, who teaches school at Snover, spent the weekend at her home here. Gertrude Striffler was a teacher at the Cedar Run School from 1926-1928. She is pictured with the Class of 1927 in "The Way it Was" a publication of "The Cass City Area Historical Society" Volume 7, January 2002, Number 1. Cedar Run School was located on the north side of Elmwood Road, just west of Cedar Run Road. It was called Elmwood #1 Fractional because although it was located in Elmwood Township, it was just across the road from Ellington Township, so students came from both townships. Cass City Chronicle Vol. 33, Number 50 Friday, March 10, 1939 Miss Gertrude Striffler, who broke her right arm, when she fell on the ice in Detroit last week, is spending some time with her sister, Mrs. Alma Schenck. Cass City Chronicle Friday, November 12, 1954 Page Six Cass City Area News Items Mr. and Mrs. Harry Falkenhagen were in Marlette Saturday evening for installation of Eastern Star officers when Mrs. Falkenhagen was installing officers. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Falkenhagen and Leonard Striffler were callers in Saginaw Sunday, called there by the death of Mr. Falkenhagen's sister-in-law, Mrs. Grace Falkenhagen. Cass City Chronicle Thursday, March 26, 1981 Falkenhagen funeral held Monday Gertrude Edna Falkenhagen, 75, of Cass City died Saturday at Provincial House. She was born Sept. 19, 1905, in Cass City, the daughter of Solomon and Katherine (Buerk) Striffler. After graduation from Cass City High School and County Normal School in Caro, Miss Striffler taught school for a short time and held numerous business positions in Detroit and later Cass City. She married Harry Falkenhagen Sept. 14, in Cass City. Following their marriage they made their home on a farm in Snover. They moved to Cass City in 1964. Her husband died Jan. 2, 1972. She was a lifelong member of the Salem United Methodist church of Cass City. She was also a member of the United Methodist Women, Rebekah Lodge of Snover; Decker Chapter No. 438, Order of the Eastern Star, and a life member and past matron of Echo Chapter No. 337, OES, Cass City. Mrs. Falkenhagen is survived by two brothers, Leonard Striffler of Cass City and Louis Striffler of Detroit; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Philip (Evelyn) Smith of Snover; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. One brother and two sisters preceded her in death. An Eastern Star memorial service was held Sunday evening at Little's Funeral Home, Cass City, under the auspices of Echo Chapter. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Salem United Methodist church, Rev. Eldred Kelley officiating. Burial was in Elkland cemetery. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Winter 2007) She worked for the United States Post Office in New York, Michigan, and other places in Michigan. (Down Memory Lane, Cass City Chronicle, June 2, 1966, page 13)
  Person ID	I5958	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  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, 3, 4, 5]
  	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	Harry Falkenhagen,   b. 23 Apr 1888, Blumfield Township, Saginaw County, Michigan d. 2 Jan 1972, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	14 Sep 1948	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [6]
  	Volume 12 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, published September 5, 1949, reported the marriage of Gertrude Striffler to Harry Falkenhagen at Gaylord, Michigan.
  Family ID	F1749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2008

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 19 Sep 1905 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Marriage - 14 Sep 1948 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Death - 21 Mar 1981 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Burial - 23 Mar 1981 - 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

  
  

• Headstones

  Falkenhagen, Gertrude (Striffler)

  
  

• 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). [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). [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 12, Septembe 5, 1949. (Reliability: 3).