Fred Leonard Buehrly

Notes:

His Registration card for the First World War listed his full name as Fred Leonard Buehrly, born May 7, 1889 in Elkland Township. At the time he completed this registration, he was a farmer in Elkland Towship, of medium heighth and build, with blue eyes and brown hair.

Volume 23 of the Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, dated September 7, 1963, noted that Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buehrly enjoyed a trip to the Upper Peninsula with their grandson, Rob Elliott, and his parents in celebration of his graduation. They spent a week at the Buehrly and Elliott trailers near Wolverine, Michigan.

Cass City Chronicle
Thursday, August 26, 1971
Page 14

Fred Buehrly dies at grass fire

A minor grass fire at 7183 Reed Road resulted in the unexpected death of Fred Buehrly, 82, when too much excitement apparently resulted in a heart attack Tuesday, August 24.

Firemen from Cass City arrived at the Buehrly home to find neighbors, a rural mail carrier, and Buehrly's wife, Mary, fighting the grass fire. It had started when some burning willow branches spread out of control.

Elwyn HELWIG, fireman, said he asked Mrs. Buehrly where her husband was. She found hime lying in the kitchen by the back door.

Helwig, a former Army Medic, felt for a pulse, but said he could find nothing. He then radioed for an ambulance. Buehrly was pronounced dead on arrival at Hills and Dales General Hospital.

A lifelong Cass City resident, he was born March 9, (sic) 1889 to Leonard and Catherine Burke Buehrly. He married the former Mary Mark September 22, 1915, and was a lifelong member of Salem United Methodist Church.

He is survived by his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Leonard (Alice) ELLIOTT of Ubly; a son, Keith, of Livonia and four grandchildren. Also, two brothers, Edward and Lawrence and a sister, Mrs. Elsie ANTHES, all of Cass City. Two sisters preceded him in death.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday, August 27, from the Salem United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ira Wood officiating. The body will lie in state at thet church beginning at noon. Burial will be at Elkland Cemetery. Little's Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, Spring 2007)

Fred married Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Mark on 22 Dec 1915 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. Mary (daughter of Archibald "Archie" Mark and Emeline Striffler) was born on 29 Jul 1890 in Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 5 Jul 1987 in Ubly, Huron County, Michigan; was buried in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cass City Chronicle
May 19, 1993, Page 12
Obituaries
Alice Elliott

Mrs. Alice Mae Elliott, 75, of Ubly, died Thursday, May 13, at Four Season of Bad Axe, after an illness of several months.

She was born Feb. 24, 1918, in Cass City, the daughter of Fred and Mary E. (Mark) Buehrly.

Miss Buehrly was married to David D. Elliott March 15, 1944, in Louisville, Ky., making their home in Ubly. Mr. Elliott died Dec. 1, 1978.

Mrs. Elliott attended Salem United Methodist Church in Cass City and participated in all their functions. She was an avid quilter and gardener and had been a bookkeeper for the ST&H Oil Company in Ubly for over 52 years.

She is survived by one son, Robert Elliott of Ubly; 2 grandchildren, Kristy Lynne and Kati Sue, also of Ubly, and one brother, Keith Buehrly of Livonia.

Funeral services for Mrs. Elliott were conducted at the Salem United Methodist Church with the Rev. Kenneth Ray, pastor, officiating.

Interment was in Elkland Cemetery, Cass City.

Arrangements were made by Little's Funeral Home, Cass City.

Memorials may be given to the church.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, November 2011)

Alice married David Leonard "Len" Elliott on 15 Mar 1944 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. David (son of Burton A. Elliott and Bertha Catherine Buehrly) was born on 13 May 1916 in Kingston, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 1 Dec 1978 in Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan; was buried in Elkland Township Cemetery, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]