| Parents:
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George Aloysius Stimmler Julia M. Sakry Graduated from Central High School in 1939 St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota Graduated from Minnesota Business School with degree in secretarial services Twin Cities, Minnesota Waitress in a restaurant [Source: 1940 U.S. Census] Secretary for H. J. Heinz Company Part-time secretary at a CPA firm in Huron, South Dakota Carvell Richard Erickson Clear Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota |
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| Children: | Kenneth Patrick | Mar. 17, 1947 | |
| Nancy Ellen | July 7, 1949 | ||
| Robert | |||
| Julie | |||
| Mary | |||
| 2nd Marriage | Ralph T. Mack |
| 1979 |
| Notes: | The Stimmler family moved to a farm about seven miles outside Clear Lake in the spring of 1927. |
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Ellen's parents died when she was just 5 years old and she lived in various cities with her sisters. At the time of the Apr. 2, 1930 federal census, Ellen was 8 years old and living with her sister Bessie and brother-in-law Drury Bonderer, their infant daughter Elizabeth (1 month old), and Ellen's sister, Jewel, on the family farm in Fairview, Livingston, Missouri. Drury was working as a farm manager in general farming. At the time of the Apr. 23, 1940 U.S. federal census, Ellen was 18 years old and living with her elder sister and brother-in-law, Arvilla and Paul J. Kiklas, and their 5-month-old daughter Karyn at 544 Glendale Avenue, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. Paul had been living in the same place as of Apr. 1, 1935 but his wife had been living in rural Sherburne County, Minnesota and Ellen had been living in rural Livingston County, Missouri at that time. Ellen was a high school graduate, sister Arvilla had completed one year of college, and Arvilla's husband had an 8th grade education. Paul worked 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year as a lithographer for a greeting card studio, and had an income of $2,890 in 1939. Ellen worked 48 hours a week as a waitress in a restaurant. In 1939 she worked 19 weeks and earned $225. Ellen married Carvel R. Erickson on Oct. 13, 1945 in Clear Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota. He died in an automobile accident on Oct. 23, 1957 in Spink County, South Dakota at the age of 41. Ellen was 36 years old, the mother of five children, and now a widow. The family was living at 106 7th SE, Huron, Beadle, South Dakota at that time. In 1979 at the age of 58 she married Ralph T. Mack. He was 63 years old when he died on May 2, 1984. Her Catholic faith was extremely important to her. She volunteered as church sacristan, lay minister and assisted with funerals. She also volunteered at the St. Francis Shop and the senior center. She was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Parish; Catholic Daughters; and the Huron Area Senior Center. Her many interests included gardening, knitting, baking and collecting angels. In 1984 Ellen was living at 1453 Sunset Dr. in Huron, Beadle, South Dakota. By 1993 she had moved to 784 10th St. SW in Huron. Ellen died on her 89th birthday at the Huron Regional Medical Center in Huron, Beadle, South Dakota. She left behind five children, 12 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren. She was buried on Oct. 9, 2010 at St. Martin Cemetery at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Huron. |
| Ancestry: | The Stimmler/Stimler Line |
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