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    Person ID I868  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Alvin Carlton Benkelman, Jr.,   b. 1 Jul 1929, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 2012, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Carol Macomber,   b. 31 Mar 1930, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 2011, Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 3 Mar 1951  Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Photos
    Benkelman, Alvin Carlton, Jr. ca 1950 and Carol Macomber
    Benkelman, Alvin Carlton, Jr. ca 1950 and Carol Macomber
    Taken about a year before their marriage in Virginia
    Benkelman, Alvin C. Jr and family
    Benkelman, Alvin C. Jr and family
    Thanksgiving Photo
    Starting top row, l to r, Glenn Diehl, Aaron Diehl, Laura Diehl, Sara Diehl, Mary Diehl, Emily Snyder, Amelia Snyder, Allison Snyder (Lynn's daughters) and Allan Biddlecomb.
    Next row: Jim Benkelman, Alvin Benkelman, Carol Benkelman (nee Macomber), Kathy Diehl, Lynn Biddlecomb. Jim's dog Maggie was off doing other things, but Shadow, Lucy and Sadie are pictured.
    Family ID F633  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Living 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
    Family ID F635  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

    Family 2 Living 
    Family ID F636  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2009 

  • Photos
    Benkelman, Lynn with her new father-in-law Ralph (l) and husband Allan Biddlecomb (r)
    Lynn Benkelman and Allan Biddlecomb on their wedding day, with his father, Ralph. Lynn and Allan were supposed to marry outside on a Blue Ridge Overlook at the Wintergreen resort near Waynesboro, Virginia, but heavy rains from Allison intervened & the wedding service was held in a large house at the Resort they had rented for the reception.

  • Sources 
    1. [S337] Benkelman, Hilda Jane Stickley THE MEMOIRS OF JOHN A. BENKELMAN (Privately Published, 1966).

    2. [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).