Arthur A. Ricker

1884 - 1955  (71 years)

• Name	Arthur A. Ricker
  Birth	18 Aug 1884	Grant Township, Huron County, Michigan
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Nov 1955	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [1]
  Burial	10 Nov 1955	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Notes	Cass City Chronicle Friday, November 11, 1955 Page One Arthur A. Ricker, Former Cass City Businessman, Dies Mr. Arthur A. Ricker, 71, lifelong resident of this community, died Thursday morning, Nov. 8, at the Stevens Nursing Home where he had been a patient for five months. He had been in ill health for three years. Mr. Ricker was born in Grant Township, August 18, 1884, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Ricker. On April 18, 1908, he married Miss Lillian Striffler in Cass City. Following their marriage, they made their home on the homestead for three years. In 1914, Mr. Ricker started in the meat business, now known as the Patterson Meat Market. He retired from business in 1939 and then maintained homes in Cass City and Florida. He served as secretary of the Cass City school board for a number of years and was an honorary member of the Cass City Rotary Club. He is survived by his wife, one sister, Mrs. Ulysses G. PARKER of Cass City, and a number of nieces and nephews. One son, six brothers and four sisters preceded him in death. Mr. Ricker will be at Little's Funeral Home until 12 noon Thursday, when he will be take to the Evangelical United Brethren Church where funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock with Rev. H.I. Voelker and Rev. S. R. Wurtz officiating. Burial will be in the family lot in Elkland Cemetery. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Winter 2007)
  Person ID	I29677	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Lillian S. Striffler,   b. 18 Apr 1883, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 2 Aug 1964, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	15 Apr 1908	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [2]
  	Cass City Chronicle April 14, 1933 Turning Back the Pages Twenty Five Years Ago: April 17, 1908 Miss Lillian S. Striffler and Arthur Ricker were married at the home of the bride's parents on Wednesday afternoon. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)
  Family ID	F9562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2008

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 18 Aug 1884 - Grant Township, Huron County, Michigan Marriage - 15 Apr 1908 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Death - 8 Nov 1955 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Burial - 10 Nov 1955 - 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 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

  [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 19, September 3, 1956 (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/, April 14, 1933 (Reliability: 3).