FLORENCE "Popeye" ELIZABETH SAUER
(née STIMLER)


Born: July 20, 1906    St. George Township, Benton County MN
Died: February 7, 1986    Sisseton, SD
Buried: February 10, 1986    St. John's Parish Cemetery, Foley, Benton County MN

Florence Elizabeth Sauer (née Stimler).

Parents:Anthony Valentine Stimler
Mary Theresa Kampa

Education:Foley High School
Graduated

Marriage:Frank J. Sauer
Foley, Benton County MN
May, 1931
Witnesses were Vida Cambell
and Felix Parent

Divorced:Sometime after 1945





Children:Mary AnnFeb. 22, 1932

Vocation:Telephone operator [Source: 1930 Federal Census]
Worked at Hall's Mercantile as clerk and bookkeeper.
Also worked at Cabarn’s Store. Retired 1973.

Notes:In the April 23, 1930 federal census, Florence was 22 years old, living at home in Foley with
her parents and younger siblings, and was working as a telephone operator.

Florence liked to bowl, play cards, and travel. She loved children. She was known as
"Popeye" to many of them. In 1983 she moved to South Dakota to be near her daughter.
She died of heart failure Feb. 7, 1986 after three days in Tekawilka Nursing Home,
Sisseton, SD.

Parts Department of Stimler Ford Garage, Foley MN, 1929

Obituary of Florence Sauer, St. Cloud Times, Feb. 8, 1986

Rube, Helen, Alma, Marie & Floss Stimler.
Standing in back: Rube and Helen Stimler
Front: Alma, Marie, and Floss Stimler

Four Stimler and Two Unknown Girls, approx. 1912.
Standing, left to right:
Helen (in checkered dress), Alma (white around neck),
unknown (black dress), and unknown (white dress).

Seated, left to right: Marie and Florence Stimler.
Approximately 1912

Alma and Florence Stimler.
Alma and Florence Stimler
(Rupert Stimler's old family home in background at left)

Tony and Mary Stimler and their family.
Standing, left to right:
Joe, Marie, Alma, Florence, Leona, and Rube Stimler.
Seated, left to right: Mary, Deed, Ann, and Tony Stimler.

Back row: Leona, Alma, Ann, Deed; Front row: Florence and Marie, 1962.
The Stimler Girls
Back row: Leona, Alma, Ann, and Deed
Front row: Florence and Marie.
Taken about 1962

50th Wedding Anniversary, Rupert Stimler, Alma Hamer, Florence Sauer, Marie Parent, Joe Stimler, Ann Hall, Dolores Bartek.Rupert and Viola Stimler 50th Wedding Anniversary.
Rupert and Viola Stimler 50th Wedding Anniversary
Left to right: Rupert Stimler, Alma Hamer,Left to right: Florence Sauer, Joseph Stimler,
Florence Sauer, Marie Parent, Joe Stimler,Alma Hamer, Gladys Stimler, Ann and Don Hall
Ann Hall, Dolores BartekBack row: Marie Parent, Dolores and Merv Bartek.
Seated in front: Rupert and Viola Stimler.

Stimler Family Crest      Kampa Family Crest
Last modified: August 3, 2003
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