Bernice Elvira Kolb

1893 - 1966  (73 years)

• Name	Bernice Elvira Kolb  [1, 2]
  Birth	8 Apr 1893	Saint Johns, Clinton County, Michigan   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	13 Jun 1966	Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan   [1, 3]
  Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle July 7, 1939 Local Happenings Page Four Mrs. Iva WISNEWSKI and Mrs. Bernice KLEINSCHMIDT, both of Detroit, spent the first of the week with their mother, Mrs. George Kolb, in Cass City and their aunt, Mrs. A. Craw, in Bay City. Mrs. KLEINSCHMIDT is at present employed as relief telephone operator and asssitant hostess in the United States Veterans' Hospital in Dearborn, which was erected on a 39-acre plot of which Henry Ford was the donor and which was dedicated on June 20. The hospital building is located at Southfield Road and Outer Drive in Dearborn. The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, dated September 5, 1960, Volume 23, reported that she had retired July 31 from her position with the Veterans' Administration in Dearborn. She planned to spend time with her sister, Mrs. Brueggeman in Philadelphia. Cass City Chronicle Thursday, June 16, 1966 Bernice Kleinschmidt Dies in Detroit Services were held Wednesday from the Wujek Funeral Home, Highland Park, for Bernice Kleinschmidt, also of Highland Park, who died Monday in Detroit Hutzel Hospital after a three month illness. Rev. James K. Hempstead officiated. Burial will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in Elkland Township Cemetery with Reov. Robert Betts officiating. Mrs. Kleinschmidt, the former Bernice Kolb, was born in St. Joins, Michigan, April 8, 1893. She later married Charles Kleinschmidt who preceded her in death. She was a member of Central Woodward Christian Church. Surviving are three sisters, Edith ORMES, St. Johns; Iva WISNIEWSKI, Gross Pointe Woods; Elise BRUEGGEMAN, Philadelphia, Pa., and one brother, Harold KOLB, Pontiac. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007) (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007)
  Person ID	I6008	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	George Henry Kolb,   b. 5 Nov 1857, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin d. 26 Feb 1932, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Caroline Annabel "Annie" Holmes,   b. 15 Apr 1867, Ellington Township, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 21 Mar 1951, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1883	Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Family ID	F3087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles Kleinschmidt,   b. Bef 1894   d. Aft 1940 (Age ~ 47 years)
  Marriage	No children.
  Family ID	F2832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Apr 1893 - Saint Johns, Clinton County, Michigan Death - 13 Jun 1966 - Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Burial - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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. 142 (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).