Living

• Notes	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.
  Person ID	I868	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Alvin Carlton Benkelman, Jr.,   b. 1 Jul 1929, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan d. 21 Aug 2012, Virginia (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Carol Macomber,   b. 31 Mar 1930, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois d. 29 Oct 2011, Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	3 Mar 1951	Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia   [1, 2]
  Photos		Benkelman, Alvin Carlton, Jr. ca 1950 and Carol Macomber Taken about a year before their marriage in Virginia
  		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

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