Mary Barbara Benkelman

1926 - 2007  (80 years)

• Name	Mary Barbara Benkelman  [1, 2]
  Birth	8 Oct 1926	Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 May 2007	Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado   [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 d. 23 Dec 1973, Denver, Denver County, Colorado (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Adopted
  Mother	Ruth May Lockwood,   b. 2 Apr 1892, St. Francis, Cheyenne County, Kansas d. 13 Jun 1973, Denver, Denver County, Colorado (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 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 d. 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 d. 8 May 1973 (Age 16 years)
  Family ID	F3934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2008

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Oct 1926 - Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa Death - 9 May 2007 - Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		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 Daughters of George Albert BENKELMAN and Ruth LOCKWOOD of Denver, Colorado
  		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 Mary Barbara and her family resided in Denver. This photo was taken while visiting relatives in Michigan.
  		_Benkelman, Mary Barbara Wife of Hubert Alan Park
  		Benkelman, Mary Barbara, Robert and Bonnie-Margaret Cousin's at the Striffler-Benkelman Reunion, probably taken in the mid 1940's

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [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.). [S1026] Agar, Wm. John, Decker, Michigan, Compiler "Descendants of Adam Benkelman 13 Feb 1824-30 Dec 1897" Ver. Dated 23 July 2007. [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).