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Lois Brunson

Female 1924 - 2002  (78 years)


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  • Name Lois Brunson  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 8 Aug 1924  Matthews, New Madrid County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Death 10 Nov 2002  Fairmont, Grant County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Burial New Hope Cemetery, Phlox, Howard County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • Their marriage notice in the Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, Vol. 7, September 4, 1944, shows her as Lois FORD. Art Peck instead lists her as Lois BRUNSON. She is also shown as Lois BRUNSON on the Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, born in "Matthews New, Missouri" to Walter T. BRUNSON and Mabel JARRELL.
    Person ID I7060  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2015 

    Family Melvin Junior Krapf,   b. 27 Jan 1923, Hornersville, Dunklin County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 2002, Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 18 Dec 1943  [1, 5
    • They were the parents of Pamela Maureen, Linda Rochelle, Karen and Tommy KRAPF. As of the publication date of Art Peck's book, Melvin and Lois lived in Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana.
    Family ID F2797  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Nov 2002 - Fairmont, Grant County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.).

    3. [S1832] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.

    4. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 95457466 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [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.), Vol. 7, September 4, 1944 (Reliability: 3).