GILBERT DALE "Gib" STIMLER

Born: May 28, 1934    Wayzata, Hennepin, Minnesota
Died: May 31, 1985    Wayzata, Hennepin, Minnesota
Buried: Summit Park Cemetery, Wayzata, Hennepin, Minnesota


Parents:
 
 
Education:
 
 
 
Marriage:
 
 
Vocation:
 
Rupert George Stimler
Viola Alleane Hunt
 
Wayzata High School, graduated
Vocational Rehabilitation School
Minneapolis, Minnesota
 
Audrey Ann Pouliet
June 28, 1958
 
Printer
 
Gilbert Dale Stimler.
Children: Glenn Martin Oct. 9, 1959  
  Gayle Marie Sept. 17, 1960  
  Grant Michael Mar. 22, 1965 † June 3, 2004
       
Notes: At the time of the Apr. 27, 1940 U.S. Federal census, Gilbert was 5 years old and living with his parents and eight
  siblings ranging in age from 18 to 5 years in a house rented for $16/month in Buffalo, Wright, Minnesota. His father had completed his education through his junior year of high school, and his mother had completed three years of college. He and all his siblings were attending school with the exception of Junior and his youngest sibling, five-year-old brother Gilbert. Junior had never attended school. In April 1935 the family had been living in a rented house in Benton County, Minnesota. His father was employed as an auto mechanic in a garage; he had worked 26 weeks and was unemployed for 7 weeks in 1939, earning $750 that year.
 
Gib contacted polio as a young child and was hospitalized for nine months. After graduating from high school he worked at a number of jobs. When his two older children were born, he decided to enter Vocational Rehabilitation as a result of the polio. His wife, Audrey, worked to help support the family while Gib was receiving rehabilition. She worked at the Wayzata Bank and at Food Producers. He became a printer. Gib lived in Beloit, Wisc. where he worked on his first job as a printer. He later moved back to Wayzata where he stayed until his untimely death. His physical problems were enough for the entire family. Gib had open heart surgery and angioplasty. He also had two back surgeries from work related injuries.
 
Gib was a devoted family man. The family had a camping trailer and regularly camped out with friends during the summer months in Minnesota. He was a Vikings fan to the end. Gib passed away very suddenly from a heart attack on May 31, 1985, just three days after his 51st birthday.
 
Ancestry: The Balder Line
  The Franz Kampa Line
  The Johannes Keller Line
  The Stimmler/Stimler Line
  The Webster-Hunt Line

The Rupert and Viola Stimler Family, 1947

Helen Lundblad reminesces on Gib Stimler

Tour of the Stimler Homes

Marie, Helen, and Gilbert Dale Stimler, approx. 1934 or 1935.Gib and Jinx Stimler with neighbor girl, 1944 or 1945.
Marie, Helen and Gilbert StimlerGib and Jinx Stimler
approximately 1934 or 1935with neighbor girl,
1944 or 1945

Gilbert and Helen Stimler, Wayzata, MN, 1940s.
Gilbert and Helen Stimler
Wayzata, Minnesota, 1940s

Stimler Family Crest      Kampa Family Crest
Last modified: July 28, 2012
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