GLADYS "Red" MAE STIMLER
(née GRIMM)

Born: August 4, 1917    Sergeant Village, Mower, Minnesota
Died: May 2, 2007    Good Shepherd Lutheran Home, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota
Buried: May 5, 2007    Assumption Cemetery, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Parents:

 
Education:
 
 
Marriage:

 
 
 
 
 
  		Leroy Albert Grimm
Alma Julia
 
Graduated Foley High School
Foley, Benton, Minnesota
 
Joseph "Joe" Anthony W. Stimler
November 10, 1938
St. John's Catholic Church
Foley, Benton County, Minnesota
by Ray Anderson, Justice of the Peace
Witnesses were Wesley Grimm
(Red's cousin) and
Marie Stimler 		Joe and Red Stimler
 
 
Children:
 Charles Curtis
 Dec. 24, 1942  
  Patrick Allen Mar. 17, 1949  
       
Notes: On January 15, 1920, Gladys was 2 years and 4 months old, living with her parents and older sister Violet in Sergeant Village, Mower, Minnesota.
 
In the April 22, 1930 federal census, Gladys was 12 years old and living with her parents and her older sister Violet in Foley Village, Minnesota. Their home was valued at $3,000 ($30,000 in 2001 currency) and the family owned a radio.
 
Red was a devoted wife and mother who gave a life commitment to her husband Joe Stimler, and to her children. She was always there for her family, friends and for anyone who needed love and support regardless of the situation. Red was a breath of fresh air to anyone who came in contact with her. She was a great entertainer and could make anyone laugh just by looking at her. Her style and attitude were contagious to all her friends and relatives. She gave us strength when we needed it most, and unconditional love during the good times and the bad.
 
Unfortunately, Red's heart had been giving her problems the last few months of her life. She passed away on May 2, 2007 at 12:45 a.m. at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. She was 89 years old.

Ancestry: The Carl Balder Line [through marriage]
  The Franz Kampa Line [through marriage]
  The Stimmler/Stimler Line [through marriage]
   
Stimler-Grimm Wedding at Foley, The Foley Independent, Nov. 17, 1938

Letter from Dorothy Kampa to Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Kirkpatrick, dated July 1, 1942

Ann Frances Hall (née Stimler) reminisces on Gladys "Red" Stimler (née Grimm)

Obituary of Gladys "Red" M. Stimler (née Grimm)

Rupert and Viola Stimler's 50th Wedding Anniversary, May 1971.
Standing, left to right: Dolores Bartek, Marie Braun, and Ann Hall
Seated, left to right: Red Stimler and Helen Lundblad
Rupert and Viola Stimler's 50th Wedding Anniversary
May 1971

Joe and Red Stimler family.
Left to right: Joe, Pat, Charles and "Red" Stimler (née Grimm)
2001

Stimler Family Crest      Kampa Family Crest
Last modified: September 21, 2013
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