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Mary Pauline Striffler

Female 1878 - 1967  (88 years)


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  • Name Mary Pauline Striffler  [1
    Birth 11 Nov 1878  Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 8 Jan 1967  Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial 11 Jan 1967  Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Thursday, January 12, 1967
      Page Four

      Mrs. Mary Helwig Succumbs in Caro

      Mrs. Mary Pauline Helwig, 83, died Sunday, Jan. 8, at the Tuscola County Medical Care Facility, Caro, following a lengthy illness. She was the widow of Edward Helwig.

      Born Nov. 11, 1878, in Tuscola county, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christian Striffler. She and Mr. Helwig were married Sept. 26, 1906, and they made their home on a farm on Schwegler Road. The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1956. Mr. Helwig died Aug. 24, 1959.

      A lifelong resident the Cass City area, she was also a life member of the Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church.

      Surviving are: one son, Clark of Cass City; one sister, Mrs. Barbara Griffin of California; one granddaughter, Mrs. Donald (Judy) Finkbeiner, and three great-grandchildren, all of Cass City.

      The Rev. Ira Wood, pastor of Cass City EUB Church, officiated at the funeral services held Tuesday afternoon at Little's Funeral Home.

      Burial was in Elkland cemetery.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008)
    • (Research):Census Information

      1910 Census
      Michigan, Tuscola, Elkland Twp
      Enumerated 15 and 16 April 1910
      SD 8 ED 112 Sheet 1A Stamped 121

      HH 6-6
      George and Catherine HELWIG
      HH 10-10
      George and Emilia KRAPF
      HH 12-12
      Helwig, Edward Hd M W 33 M1 3 NY NY NY Farmer
      Helwig, Mary Wf F W 30 M1 3 0 Mich NY Germany
    Person ID I24255  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Christian Striffler,   b. 8 Dec 1827, Kirberg, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine, Imperial Territory Of Alsace-Lorraine, Elsa?-Lothringen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1911, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Anna Maria "Mary Anna" Rommel,   b. 8 Dec 1837, B?nzwangen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1911, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jul 1856  White Pigeon, St. Joseph County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5028  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward Helwig,   b. 16 Feb 1877, Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 1959, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 26 Sep 1906  [2
    • Cass City Chronicle
      October 31, 1930

      Mr. and Mrs. Edward Helwig, and son Clark, have moved from the Geo. Bartle farm, 2 1/2 miles east of town, to the Harry Young farm, 8 miles north and 3 miles east of Cass City.

      The 1941 issue of the Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast showed that Mr. and Mrs. Edward Helwig would observed their 35th wedding anniversary on Sept. 26, 1941.
    Children 
     1. Clark Edward Helwig,   b. 22 May 1911, Elkland Township, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1989, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F9385  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Nov 1878 - Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 Jan 1967 - Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 11 Jan 1967 - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Live Wire Bible Class of the Evangelical United Brethern Church Sunday School, Cass City Michigan, ca 1917
    Live Wire Bible Class of the Evangelical United Brethern Church Sunday School, Cass City Michigan, ca 1917
    FRONT ROW, l to r, Grant McConnell, class leader; UNKNOWN Clergyman, UNKNOWN class member, William Schwegler, Sam Helwig, George Burg
    SECOND ROW, l to r, Hattie Helwig McConnell, Janet "Jennie" Gardner Buehrly, Minerva Helwig Sherman, Mary Buehrly Striffler, Mary Mark Buehrly
    THIRD ROW; l to r, Alma Striffler Schenck holding her baby Ruth, Lena Helwig Jaus, Lillian Striffler Ricker, Minnie Jesse Benkelman, Mary Schwegler Jaus, Jacob Hiller.
    Note: Alma Striffler Schenck's three year old son, Donald, was said to be asleep in the Model T Ford just to the left of the group at the time this photo was taken
    FOURTH ROW: l to r, Elsie Buehrly, Mary Striffler Helwig, Cora Helwig Klinkman, Laura McConnell Hiller, Alice Ross Schwegler, Mary McLellan Joos, Ed Helwig
    FIFTH ROW, l to r, Art Ricker, Erwin Kercher, Ed Buehrly, Harvey Klinkman, UNKNOWN Class Member, Fred Buehrly, Fred Joos
    TOP ROW, l to r, Sol Striffler, Clayton Schenck, Fred Jaus, William Ackerman, Sam Jaus

    It appears that at least 33 of the 36 adults in this Sunday School class were directly related, through either blood or marriage, to the Striffler, Benkelman and Helwig families who emigrated together from Erie County, New York to Tuscola County, Michigan beginning in the 1860's.

    PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY THE UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS.

  • Sources 
    1. [S722] Elkland (Twp, Tuscola Co, MI) Cemetery Records ; http://elkland.rawson.lib.mi.us/.

    2. [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 5, September 1, 1941 (Reliability: 3).