Eva May Sovey

1918 - 1967  (49 years)

• Name	Eva May Sovey  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	6 May 1918	Keego Harbor, Oakland County, Michigan   [1, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	11 Oct 1967	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 3, 4]
  Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Thursday, October 19, 1967 Page Three Mrs. Eva Mae Joos succumbs at 49 Mrs. Eva Mae Joos was buried in Elkland cemetery Friday following her death Oct. 11 at Hills and Dales Hospital. Surviving are her husband, Maurice; two sons, Richard and Donald, both of Cass City; her mother, Mrs. Carrie Wendt, Cass City; two grandchildren, and a brother, Lawrence Sovey of Clawson. Mrs. Joos was born in Pontiac May 6, 1918, the daughter of Mrs. Carrie Sovey Wendt and the late John Sovey. They moved to Cass City thirty-three years ago. The former Miss Sovey was united in marriage to Maurice Joos in Cass City on Feb. 27, 1937, and they continued to make their home here. The body of Eva Mae Joos was at Little's Funeral Home until noon Friday, then taken to the Evangelical United Brethren church for the 2 o'clock service. Officiating were Rev. Ira Wood, pastor, and Rev. Stanley Kirn Sr., retired. Mrs. Joos was a member of the EUB church. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, July 2008)
  Person ID	I3843	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 May 2016

  
  

  Family	William Maurice Joos,   b. 18 Jul 1911, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 23 Nov 2011, North Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri (Age 100 years)
  Marriage	27 Feb 1937	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1, 2]
  	Cass City Chronicle March 5, 1937 Page One Miss Sovey, Bride of Maurice JOOS Of interest to a wide circle of friends was the marriage of Eva Mae SOVEY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John SOVEY, to Maurice JOOS, Saturday afternoon at the Evangelical parsonage, Rev. G.A. Spitler officiating. Mr. JOOS is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William JOOS. The bride was lovely in a blue and gray spring ensemble with gray accessories and bouquet of pink and white sweetpeas. She was attended by Miss Laura JAUS, who wore green spring print with gray accessories and bouquet of orchid sweet peas. Clark HELWIG assisted Mr. JOOS as best man. Mr. and Mrs. JOOS left for a short wedding trip to Pontiac, Detroit and Saginaw. Mrs. JOOS is a graduated of the Cass City high school with the class of 1936, and for several months has been employed at Wood's drug store. Mr. JOOS was a member of the 1929 class of Cass City high school ans is employed by Angus McPhail. Both young people are members of the Evangelical church and are prominent in choir work and young people's activities. An informal reception honoring Mr. and Mrs. JOOS was held at the home of the bride's parents on Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. JOOS will make their home in Cass City. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F2192	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 May 2016

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 6 May 1918 - Keego Harbor, Oakland County, Michigan Marriage - 27 Feb 1937 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Death - 11 Oct 1967 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Burial - - 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [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/, March 5, 1937 (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/, Thursday, October 19, 1967 (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 28, September 2, 1968 (Reliability: 3).