Hilda Jane Stickley

1892 - 1960  (67 years)

• Name	Hilda Jane Stickley  [1]
  Birth	21 May 1892	Brantford, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	7 Apr 1960	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Notes	After Jane's death, her husband, Dorus, published a book of memoirs of stories her father-in-law, John A. Benkelman, often repeated. Her preface says that she started her writing about her father-in-law John in 1945, "to shorten the long, restless lonely hours we spent together after your 90th year." Bonnie Benkelman McLemore, the daugher of Dorus's first cousin, Ben Benkelman Jr., had many fond memories of Jane. It was Jane who inspired her to attend Western Michigan State University and major in Occupational Therapy. Obituary Cass City Chronicle Thursday, April 14, 1960 Mrs. Benkelman Buried Saturday Mrs. Hilda Jane Benkelman, 67, wife of Dorus Benkelman died Thursday, April 7, in Pleasant Home Hospital, where she had been a patient since Monday. The former Hilda Jane Stickley, she was born May 21, 1892, at Brantford, Ontario. She was married November 2, 1943, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Norman FISHER in Royal Oak. Mrs. Benkelman had served as an Army nurse during World War I and later taught and trained crippled children at a school in Royal Oak. Surviving are her husband; a brother, Ernest STICKLEY of Detroit, and two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth POTTER of Sarasota, Fla., and Mrs. Harriet SMITH of Marysville, Wash. Services were held Saturday at the Douglas Funeral Home with the Rev. S.R. Wurtz officiating. Burial was in Elkland Cemetery.
  Person ID	I862	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	Dorus William Benkelman,   b. 6 Dec 1892, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 14 Feb 1973, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	2 Nov 1943	Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan   [1, 2, 3]
  	Cass City Chronicle, Friday, November 12, 1943, Page 4 Miss Stickley and D. W. Benkelman Wed in Royal Oak Miss Hilda Jane Stickley and Dorus W. Benkelman were married Tuesday, Nov. 2, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Fisher, 2108 Roseland Avenue, Royal Oak . The ceremony was performed by the Rev. L. H. Pertner of Ferndale. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Jean Doerr Rouse were the only attendants Mrs. Benkelman is a graduate of the Presbyterian Hospital, School of Nursing, Chicago, Ill, and has had post graduate work in orthopedic nurshing and physiotherapy at the Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. She had been actively engaged in orthopedic work in Oakland County for the past fifteen years. Mrs. Benkelman has been visiting occasionaly in Cass City for the past seven years. He has made many friends and is looking forward to making more in the future. Mr. Benkelman is the assistant cashier of the Pinney State Bank, a position he has held here for 22 years. Mr. and Mrs. Benkleman, together with John A. Benkelman, father of Dorus, will move to their residence on South Seegar Street in the near future. Mrs. Benkelman is spending the week at her summer home near Prescott, Michigan, and will be joined their by her husband and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kettlewell fo the week end. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, November 2020) Dianne Herring, a descendant of Hilda Jane Stickley's brother Ernest Claud, shows Jane's parents as Thomas and Mary (Hill) Stickley, both born in England and residents of Prescott, Michigan. She suspects that the family Jane was visiting in Cass City were related to the Norman Fisher family and to Jean Doerr Rouse, the attendants at her wedding to Dorus. Bonnie Benkelman McLemore recognized the last name Doerr as common in Cass City.
  Family ID	F623	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2020

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 21 May 1892 - Brantford, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 2 Nov 1943 - Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Death - 7 Apr 1960 - 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

  
  

• Photos

  Benkelman, Dorus William ca 1940's with his wife Jane (Stickley), hosting family at Jane's cottage in Prescott, Michigan John Adam Benkelman, with his sons Alvin and Dorus, and Dorus's wife, Jane (right) and two unknown individuals PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY EVERYONE IN THE PHOTO

  
  

  Headstones

  Benkelman, Hilda Jane (Stickley)

  
  

• Sources

  [S337] Benkelman, Hilda Jane Stickley THE MEMOIRS OF JOHN A. BENKELMAN (Privately Published, 1966). [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.), Vol. 7, September 4, 1944 (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, February 22, 1973 (Reliability: 3).