Source: Susan Lock
He is married to Mary Lavonne Yount.
They got married on February 26, 1949 at Benson, Woodford Co., IL, he was 23 years old.
Harold Jacob Strauch
Source: Author: Lock, Susan, Title: "Decscendants of Julianna Poppen," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: SL, Publication date: xxviii Feb MMXIX)
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"Descendants of Julianna Poppen
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Frederick William Linnemann and Mary Hoffman had the following children:
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4. FLORENCE ELIZABETH3 LINNEMANN (Frederick William2, Julianna1 Poppen) was born on 08 Sep 1896 in Benson, Il. She died on 13 Jan 1984 in El Paso, Il. She married Conard Eugene Yount, son of William Yount and Fannie E. Green, on 02 Jun 1917 in St John's Catholic Church, Benson, Il. He was born on 24 Feb 1895 in Indianapolis, IN. He died on 17 Oct 1968 in Kankakee, Il.
Conard Eugene Yount and Florence Elizabeth Linnemann had the following children:
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iii. MARY LAVONNE YOUNT was born on 12 Oct 1924 in Benson, Il. She died on 11 Mar 2014 in Snyder Village, Metamora, IL. She married Harold Jacob Strauch on 26 Feb 1949. He was born on 24 Jul 1925. He died on 14 Jun 1984 in Benson, Il.
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Author: NN (family name not known, clue = R-T), Amy, Title: "Harold Strauch," (Publication location: Clayton Twp., Woodford Co., IL, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xiii Mar MMXIV), Repository: The Cloud
Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22618490/harold-strauch
"Photo [of stone shared with Mary Lavonne Strauch] added by Dear Cousin Added [his military-style stone] by Dear Cousin
Harold Strauch Birth 24 Jul 1925 Death Jun 1984 (aged 58) Burial Clayton Township Cemetery Woodford County, Illinois, USA Memorial ID 22618490
Family Members
Parents
William Ludwig Strauch 1894-1948
Emma S. Heck Strauch 1898-1985
Spouse
Mary Lavonne Yount Strauch 1924-2014
Siblings
Viola M. Strauch Arends 1921-2004
Virginia Ruth Strauch Senofsky 1927-1971
Arthur W. Strauch 1932-2013
Created by: Amy R-T Added: 2 Nov 2007 Find A Grave Memorial 22618490"
Author: NN (anonymous), Title: "Ex-Benson file, police chief dies," (Publication location: Bloomington, IL, Publisher: The Pantagraph, Publication date: xv June MCMLXXXIV), Repository: The Cloud
Link: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25081591/harold_strauch_obit_panta_je_15_1984_p/
"Ex-Benson fire, police chief dies
BENSON - Harold J. Strauch, 58, of 206 Church St., former police and fire chief in Benson, died at 7:45 a.m. yesterday (June 14, 1983) at his home of an apparant heart attack.
His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the St. Paul Lutheran Church, Benson, the Rev. Phil Geieske and the Rev. Knute Kinross officiating. Burial will be at the Clayton Township Cemetery, near Benson, with rites accorded by the Benson American Legion.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Remmert Funeral Home, Roanoke, and an hour before the service at the church.
He was born July 24, 1924, at Washburn, a son of William and Emma Heck Strauch. He married Mary Lavonne Yount Feb. 26, 1946, in Benson. She survives.
Also surviving are his mother, Washburn; a son, Gregory E., Brighton, Colo.; two daughters, Mary E. Kearfott, Benson, and Jaunita A. Ahrends, Minonk; a brother, Art, Washburn; two sisters, Viola Ahrens, Peoria, and Mary Loll McKee; and eight grandchildren.
A sister and his father preceded him in death.
He was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church.
He was police chief in Benson for 25 years and served as fire chief for 29 years.
Mr. Strauch served in the Air Force during World War II and was a member and past commander of the Benson American Legion.
A self-employed electrician, he was a member of the Electricians Union Local 34.
He was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church, helped the Benson Boy Scouts, and was a Republican precinct committeeman.
Memorials may be made to the Benson Fire and Ambulance Fund."
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