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Rev. Russell Clare Striffler

Male 1922 - 2019  (97 years)


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  • Name Russell Clare Striffler  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Prefix Rev. 
    Birth 26 Aug 1922  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death 14 Sep 2019  Arden Hills, Ramsey County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Vol. 33, Number 50
      Friday, March 10, 1939

      Graduating Class of 66 has 20 Honor Students

      Russell Striffler is Valedictorian...

      The Class of 1939 of the high school at Cass City which will number 66 has an unusually large percentage of honor students, 20 having earned that distinction. Russell Striffler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon C. Striffler, of Cass City heads the list with a nearly perfect record and will be valedictorian.

      Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, May 16, 1947
      Cass City, Michigan

      Rev. Russell C. Striffler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon C. Striffler, of Cass City has completed his course in the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Napierville, Ill., and was graduated from that institution during commencement week from April 30 to May 5. He has been pastor of the Evangelical Church at Benton Harbor since last fall, filling the vacancy caused by the illness and death of the former minister of that charge. Rev. Mr. Striffler is attending the Michigan conference of the Evangelical Church at Vicksbury this week.

      Volume 12 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, dated September 5, 1949, reported that her was transferred from the Michigan Conference to the New England Conference, with a pastorate at Medford, Mass.. He was to enroll in Boston University in the Fall to study for his Ph.D. degree. Volume 14 of the same periodical reported that he joined the staff of Iowa Methodist Hospital (Des Moines) as a Chaplain-Psychiatrist to offer a religious approach to those mentally ill or depressed by illness.

      His obituary was published in the Minnesota Star Tribune on October 7, 2019:
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      ?/b?The Rev. Dr. Russell Clare Striffler died of natural causes Sept 14, 2019. He was 97 years old and living in Arden Hills, MN. He was born in Cass City, MI. to S. C. and Mary Striffler. Russell graduated from North Central College in Naperville, IL. In 1945. From there he went on to graduate from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, from Boston University receiving a master's degree in Pastoral Psychology, and from Dubuque Theological Seminary with a Doctorate of Ministry Degree. He married June Gilbert in 1944. They were married for 73 years. Russell served for 37 years as director of Chaplaincy and was Chaplain Supervisor at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, IA and St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, IA. He is survived by his daughter, June Striffler Sand (David) and his son, David R. Striffler (Marie). He has been graced with four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Services will be held at Johanna Shores (Presbyterian Homes - 3200 Lake Johanna Blvd., Arden Hills) on Friday October 11 at 3pm.
    Person ID I24236  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2020 

    Father Solomon C. Striffler,   b. 18 Jan 1882, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1966, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Mary Magdalene Buehrly,   b. 19 Jun 1887, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1963, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 29 Jun 1910  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Photos
    Striffler, Solomon and Mary (Buehrly)
    Striffler, Solomon and Mary (Buehrly)
    This was likely taken at or near the time of their June, 1910 marriage in Cass City
    Family ID F5229  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family June Rosetta Gilbert,   b. 28 Jun 1923, Oakland Township, Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 2017, Arden Hills, Ramsey County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage Dec 1944  [4, 5
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F8097  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2019 

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  • Photos
    Benkelman, BonnieMargaret ca 1998 with cousins
    l to r: Lorraine Smith "Smitty" Benkelman, Bonnie (Benkelman) McLemore: BonnieMargaret (Benkelman)Jacobs; Dot (Ball) Williams; June (Gilbert) Striffler with her husband Russell; and Bob Benkelman, Smitty's husband. BonnieMargaret, who spent many years researching the Benkelman family, arranged a 1998 reunion of cousins in at her Florida home, in order to compare family photos and stories.

  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [S499] Buehrly, Dale (Deceased) 7231 Greenland Road Cass City, MI 48726.

    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/, January 2, 1964 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1675] Striffler, Rev. Russell Clare-St. Louis, Park, Minnesota.

    5. [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 8, September 3, 1945 (Reliability: 3).