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Vernon Striffler

Male 1903 - 1966  (63 years)


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  • Name Vernon Striffler  [1, 2
    Birth 19 Oct 1903  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Nov 1966  Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST Volume 10, dated September 1, 1947, reported that Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Striffler and Eddie drove to Nova Scotia to visit relatives.

      The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, Volume 11, published September 6, 1948, reported that Vernon, who had been working for Squibbs Co. of Battle Creek, had been transferred to California and was moving with this family to Long Beach.

      Volume 26 of the sam periodical reported he had returned to Battle Creek where he was employed with the Muir Drug Company.

      Cass City Chronicle
      Thursday, December 15, 1966
      Cass City Social and Personal Items, Page Two

      Vernon Stiffler, 63, of Battle Creek died Nov. 25 in University Hospital. Mr. Striffler was a former Cass City resident and graduated from Cass City High School. Funeral services were held in Battle Creek Nov. 29. Burial was also in Battle Creek. Survivors include his widow Arlene, one son, Edward of Battle Creek and one sister, Mrs. Katherine Buchanan of San Diego, Calif.

      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, January 2008)
    Person ID I5955  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Samuel Striffler,   b. 28 Feb 1872, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1954, San Diego, San Diego County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Marie L. Kaiser,   b. 20 May 1879, G?ppingen, Donaukreis, W?rttemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1955, San Diego, San Diego County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 17 Aug 1898  [1, 4
    Family ID F3073  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Arlene Whitney,   b. 14 Oct 1902, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1997, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 4 Feb 1926  [1
    Children 
     1. Edward Whitney Striffler,   b. 25 May 1930, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 2003, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F2783  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Oct 1903 - Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Nov 1966 - Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Striffler, Marie (Kaiser)
    Striffler, Marie (Kaiser)
    Ruth Esau identified this photo as the Mary Kaiser Striffler family of San Diego, California. Marie and Samuel appear to stand to the left, son Vernon and wife Arlene (Whitney) of Battle Creek, Michigan are in the center, and daughter Anna is to the right. Not pictured are daughter Katherine or her husband, Earl Buchanan.

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

    2. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 156a (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.), Volume 27, September 4, 1967 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 156a, 162 (Reliability: 3).