Gordon Lawrie Thomas

1914 - 1997  (82 years)

• Name	Gordon Lawrie Thomas  [1]
  Birth	4 Dec 1914
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Oct 1997
  Burial	Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan
  Notes	Volume 5 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, dated September 1, 1941, reported that Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Thomas were set to leave for Coral Gables, Florida, where Mr. Thomas would be an instructor in the University of Miami. In the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Volume 9, September 2, 1946, in a column titled "Our Service Men Who Have Returned Home", it was noted that Gordon L. Thomas 'after three years' service in U.S., Italy, France and England. He is now an instructor at Michigan State College.' The Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, Volume 11, published September 6, 1948, reported that he was attending Northwestern University at Evanston, Ill. while on a leave of absence from Michigan State College. Volume 15 of the same periodical, published September 1, 1952, noted that he received his Ph.D. degree in speech from Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois. It was further noted that he and his family had moved to a new home in East Lansing, Michigan. Volume 22 of the same periodical, dated September 7, 1959, reported that the family spent three months during the last winter in Mexico. Much of their time was spent travelling, with visits to Mexico City, Vera Cruz, Oaxaca, Cuernavaca, Puerto Vallarta and a small fishing village. Mr. Thomas was on a sabbatical leave from Michigan State University. Volume 23 reported he had been recently re-elected to his second term as Mayor of the City of East Lansing. Volume 26 of the same periodical reported that Gordon, Phyllis and Kathleen had spent three months driving their own car through a number of European countries, including Russia and Poland. Volume 28 reported they had again spent their summer traveling by car throughout Europe.
  Person ID	I29732	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Phyllis M. Lenzner,   b. 2 Dec 1913, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 12 Sep 1989 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	21 Jun 1941	Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan   [2]
  	The Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast notes they were married in the Michigan League Chapel in Ann Arbor. The 1948 issue of the same periodical stated they were the parents of two children.
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F9581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2008

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 21 Jun 1941 - Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan Burial - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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, May 27, 1965 (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 5, September 1, 1941 (Reliability: 3).