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    Person ID I870  Strong Family Tree
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    Father Alvin Carlton Benkelman, Sr.,   b. 8 May 1895, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1987, Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Olive Porter Scott,   b. 18 Dec 1907, Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1996, Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jun 1944  Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    • Cass City Chronicle
      Friday, July 7, 1944
      Vol. 39, Number 15

      A. C Benkelman and Olive Thompson Wed


      Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Scott announce the marriage of their daughter, Olive Scott Thompson, to Alvin C. Benkelman of Alexandria, Virginia, on June 1 at the manse in Rockville, Maryland, with Rev. H.K. Pasma officiating.

      The bride wore a dress of aqua with brown accessories and a corsage of orchids.

      Mrs. Benkelman is a graduate of Radford College and did special work in personnel at Purdue University and at the college of William and Mary. For many years she was social director at Radford College. During the past three years she has been guidance director at the Mount Vernon high school in Alexandria.

      Mr. Benkelman, the son of John A. Benkelman, of Cass City, has been employed as an engineer by the Michigan State Highway department and the Federal Highway department since his graduation from the University of Michigan.

      The couple are making their home in Arcturus-on-the-Potomoc, Virginia, after a nothern wedding trip.


      (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)
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    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.), Vol. 7, September 4, 1944 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S653] Cass City Chronicle, P.O. Box 115, Cass City, Michigan 48726, Published continously since 1899, archived from 1899 through 2005 at http://newspapers.rawson.lib.mi.us/chronicle/, Friday, July 7, 1944 (Reliability: 3).