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Mary Barbara Benkelman

Mary Barbara Benkelman

Female 1926 - 2007  (80 years)

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  • Name Mary Barbara Benkelman  [1, 2
    Birth 8 Oct 1926  Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 9 May 2007  Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • The Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, Volume 10, September 1, 1947, wrote that Mary Barbara Benkelman graduated from Colorado Women's College of Denver.

      Volume 23 of the Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, dated September 7, 1963, noted that Dr. Albert Benkelman's daughter, Barbara, husband and four children moved back to Denver from Seattle during the summer. The other daughter, Bonnie, husband and two children moved from Denver to Chicago where he was employed in Montgomery Ward's office.

      She is shown on the SSDI as M. Barbara Park, with her last residence as Littleton, Colorado.
    Person ID I8391  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2021 

    Father George Albert Benkelman, D. D. S.,   b. 13 Oct 1890, Wano Township, Cheyenne County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1973, Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Relationship Adopted 
    Mother Ruth May Lockwood,   b. 2 Apr 1892, St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1973, Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Relationship Adopted 
    Marriage 1 Dec 1917  [3
    Photos
    Benkelman, Benjamin Franklin Sr visits the family of his nephew, Albert Benkelman of Kansas
    Benkelman, Benjamin Franklin Sr visits the family of his nephew, Albert Benkelman of Kansas
    l to r: BonnieMargaret, Ruth, Anna Barbara and George Albert Benkelman, older farmer and boy unknown, Ben Benkelman Sr
    Family ID F1290  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Herbert Alan Park,   b. 21 Feb 1926, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1974 (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage Sep 1950  [4
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
     4. Glen Park,   b. 20 Nov 1956, Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1973 (Age 16 years)
    Family ID F3934  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2008 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Oct 1926 - Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 May 2007 - Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Benkelman, Lois ca 1930's with her young cousins Bonnie and Barbara Benkelman of Colorado, and her sister-in-law, Isabel Benkelman and nephew Bill
    Benkelman, Lois ca 1930's with her young cousins Bonnie and Barbara Benkelman of Colorado, and her sister-in-law, Isabel Benkelman and nephew Bill
    Bonnie-Margaret on the left, Lois standing behind Mary Barbara, and Isabel (Fletcher) Benkelman touseling Bill's hair.
    Benkelman, Bonnie-Margaret and Mary Barbara, ca mid-1940's
    Benkelman, Bonnie-Margaret and Mary Barbara, ca mid-1940's
    Daughters of George Albert BENKELMAN and Ruth LOCKWOOD of Denver, Colorado
    Benkelman, Bonnie-Margaret, Mary Barbara and Robert Fletcher, mid 1940's
    Benkelman, Bonnie-Margaret, Mary Barbara and Robert Fletcher, mid 1940's
    Bonnie and Barbara Benkelman from Colorado with their cousin, Bob Benkelman of Cass City, mid 1940's, at the Annual Striffler-Benkelman Reunion or possibly in Caseville near Lake Huron. The lady to their right, in the print dress, appears to be Lois Benkelman Pease.
    Benkelman, Mary Barbara, ca mid 1940's
    Benkelman, Mary Barbara, ca mid 1940's
    Mary Barbara and her family resided in Denver. This photo was taken while visiting relatives in Michigan.
    _Benkelman, Mary Barbara
    _Benkelman, Mary Barbara
    Wife of Hubert Alan Park
    Benkelman, Mary Barbara, Robert and Bonnie-Margaret
    Benkelman, Mary Barbara, Robert and Bonnie-Margaret
    Cousin's at the Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, probably taken in the mid 1940's

  • 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. [S1026] Agar, Wm. John, Decker, Michigan, Compiler "Descendants of Adam Benkelman 13 Feb 1824-30 Dec 1897" Ver. Dated 23 July 2007.

    4. [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 14, September 3, 1951. (Reliability: 3).