Clarence Robert Kolb

1891 - 1927  (35 years)

• Name	Clarence Robert Kolb  [1, 2]
  Birth	1 Nov 1891	Olive Township, Clinton County, Michigan   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Jan 1927	Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan   [1]
  Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Friday, January 28, 1927 World War Veteran Answers Summons Clarence R. Kolb Died in Detroit after Thre Months' Illness The funeral of Clarence R. Kolb, a World War veteran, was held at the Evangelical church on Monday afternoon. The services were conducted by Rev. C.F. Smith, pastor of the church, and was largely attended. Members of the Adams-Seeger Post, American Legion, attended in a body and served as pall bearers. The Legion, in honoring the memory of their departed comrade, were donors to his family of the beautiful flag which covered the casket. Clarence R. Kolb was born Nov. 1, 1892, in Olive township, Clinton co., Michigan. At the age of nine, he came to Cass City with his parents, where he made his home. During the World War, he served for 18 months witht he 338th Infantry of the 85th Division, U.S. Army, eight months of which were spent overseas. On Sept. 12, 1923, he was united in marriage with Miss Lilah McConnell. After their marriage they made their home in Royal Oak Twp. To them was born a son, Robert. He became ill last October. Since that time he has been at the home of his sister, Mrs. W.A. Markin of Detroit, where he passed away Jan. 21, 1927. He leaves to mourn their loss his wife, son, father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Kolb, five sisters, Mrs. Leon Ormes of St. Johns, Mich., Miss Iva Kolb of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Chas. Kleinschmidty of Omaha, Neb., Mrs. F.H. Brueggeman of Philadelphia, Penn., Mrs. W.A. Markin of Detroit, and one brother, Harold Kolb, at home. Two sisters preceded him in death. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007)
  Person ID	I6012	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	Lilah C. McConnell,   b. 10 Oct 1905, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 17 Jul 2000, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	12 Sep 1923	Michigan   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Carl Robert Kolb,   b. 24 Sep 1924, Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan d. 23 Aug 1995, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F2736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2014

  
  

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  Birth - 1 Nov 1891 - Olive Township, Clinton County, Michigan Marriage - 12 Sep 1923 - Michigan Death - Jan 1927 - 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). [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, January 28, 1927 (Reliability: 3).