Marriage:
Bertha M. Goenner
Ruth Ida Bender
February 9, 1943
St. Marcus Catholic Church
Clear Lake, Minnesota
| Parents: Marriage: |
William Paul Stimmler Bertha M. Goenner Ruth Ida Bender February 9, 1943 St. Marcus Catholic Church Clear Lake, Minnesota |
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| Children: | William John | Mar. 4, 1945 | |
| Guy | Dec. 22, 1947 | † Dec. 22, 1947 | |
| James Emil | May. 5, 1950 | ||
| Robert Philip | Feb. 21, 1953 | † Feb. 23, 1953 | |
| Susan Ann | July 11, 1955 | † Nov. 27, 2016 | |
| Mary Kay | Aug. 24, 1957 | † Aug. 24, 1957 | |
| Joan Marie | Apr. 16, 1959 |
| Notes: | At the time of the 1920 federal census, John was 4 years old and living with his parents and two siblings in E.D. 172, Clear Lake, Sherburne, |
| Minnesota. His brother Donald and his sister Marion were attending
school at the time [Source: NA Film No. T625-861, p. 15A]. At the time of the April 14, 1930 federal census, John was 14 years old and living with his parents and two siblings in District 8 of Clear Lake, Sherburne County, Minnesota. The family owned their own farm but did not have a radio [Source: 1930 U.S. Census, Clear Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota, Roll: T626-1129; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 8]. John was born April 20, 1915 in Clear Lake to Paul & Bertha (Goenner) Stimmler. He grew up in Clear Lake and attended St. John’s University. He married Ruth Bender on February 9, 1943 at St. Marcus Catholic Church in Clear Lake. He operated a turkey hatchery in rural Clear Lake until moving to Chokio in 1953 where he owned and operated Stimmler Implement. In 1958 he moved to Morris where he operated Stimmler Implement until retiring in 1972. He was a member of Assumption Catholic Church in Morris. He was a honorary member of the Knights of Columbus in Morris. In his business relationships he considered all his customers his friends, his motto was we meet and beat all deals. John was dedicated to the Pro-Life movement and enjoyed fishing and horses. John died on Saturday, June 2, 2007 at Spring Park, Minnesota. He was 92 years old. Robert Mullally reminisces on his Uncle Paul, cousin John Stimmler, and the events of December 7, 1941: "We spent a lot of time at Uncle Paul's farm North of Clear Lake. He was one of the first turkey "ranchers" in Minnesota. John, as a young man, was Uncle Paul's turkey chaser spending many of his nights out among the turkeys protecting them from varmints. "Our family was at Uncle Paul's farm for Sunday turkey dinner of Dec. 7, 1941. We first heard about the bombing of Pearl Harbor from John when he came home from late Mass in Clear Lake. We then spent much of the afternoon sitting around, glued to the radio. "On that Sunday major storm was blowing in so dad packed all of us 7 kids, Grandpa and Grandma Dingmann and mother into our 1939 stretch Nash and headed for home. When we got on Hwy 10, the snow began falling so hard that the windshield wipers couldn't remove the snow and slush fast enough. Dad selected me to stand on the runningboard, hang on through his window and keep the wipers working all the way home. For a 12 year old, I did it pretty good. We made it home but that storm shut everything down for several days. Needless to say, that experience left an indelible impression of me." (from a Sept. 9, 2007 e-mail) |
| Ancestry: | The Imholte Line [through marriage] |
| The Stimmler/Stimler Line | |
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