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Charles H. Klinkman

Male 1924 - 1962  (38 years)


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  • Name Charles H. Klinkman  [1, 2
    Birth 23 Mar 1924  Decker, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death 7 Jun 1962  Decker, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Burial Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Notes 
    • Volume 15 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, dated September 1, 1952, reported that besides operating his father's farm, Charles has accepted a position with the Trailer Mfg. Co in Marlette.

      Cass City Chronicle
      June 14, 1962

      Klinkman Services Held in Marlette

      Funeral services were held Sunday at the Marsh Funeral Home, Marlette, for Charles H. Klinkman, 38, Decker, following his death from a self-inflicted shotgun wound.

      Klinkman, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Orton Klinkman, was born March 23, 1924, in Decker. A bachelor, he spent his entire life at the family's farm residence in Lamotte township.

      According to a report by investigative officers, Klinkman was despondant over the death of his mother last April. His father preceded him in death in September, 1961.

      Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Roy (Louise) AGAR, Marlette, Mrs. Vyron (Margaret) BEUTLER, Pontiac, and Mrs. Donald (Laura) DALE, Marlette, and a brother, Wilfred, Smiths Creek.

      Officiating at the service were Rev. Lester Nelsen, Pilgrim Holiness Church, Kingston and Rev. Joseph SHAW, Decker. Interment was in Elkland Cemetery.

      Pallbearers were: Kitchener INNES, JR., James DARLING, Leland WENDORF, Donald INNES, Marvin INNES and Carl GEISTER.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Summer 2007)
    Person ID I5324  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Orton Thomas Klinkman,   b. 10 Feb 1887, Lancaster, Erie County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1961, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Catherine "Kate" Schwegler,   b. 8 Jun 1893, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1962, Marlette, Sanilac County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 11 Mar 1914  Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Photos
    Klinkman, Orton and his wife, Catherine (Schwegler)
    Klinkman, Orton and his wife, Catherine (Schwegler)
    Ort and Kate celebration their 40th wedding anniversary in 1954. The couple was married in Caro, March 11, 1914, and lived in Cass City for three years, after which they moved to their farm residence near Decker, Michigan.

    Headstones
    Klinkman, Orton T and Catherine (Schwegler)
    Klinkman, Orton T and Catherine (Schwegler)
    Family ID F2696  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Mar 1924 - Decker, Sanilac County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Jun 1962 - Decker, Sanilac County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Klinkman, Charles H.
    Klinkman, Charles H.

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

    2. [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/, June 14, 1962 (Reliability: 3).

    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.), September 3, 1962 (Reliability: 3).

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