MARY THERESA STIMLER
(née KAMPA)

Born: March 23, 1879    St. George Township, Benton, Minnesota
Died: January 21, 1955    St. Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota
Buried: St. John's Parish Cemetery    Foley, Benton, Minnesota


Parents:
 
 
Marriage:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joseph F. Kampa
Theresa Balder
 
Anthony Valentine Stimler
May 13, 1898
St. Lawrence Catholic Church
Duelm, Benton, Minnesota
by Father Valentine Stimmler
Witnesses were Joseph L. Kampa and Mary Kampa
 

Mary Theresa Stimler (née Kampa)

Children: Rupert George Sept. 2, 1899 † July 12, 1989
  Helen Irene Sophia July 19, 1901 † Feb. 6, 1926
  Alma Theresa May 3, 1904 † Aug. 28, 1973
  Florence Elizabeth July 20, 1906 † Feb. 7, 1986
  Mary "Marie" Clara Jan. 8, 1910 † June 27, 1979
  Leona Bertha Mar. 24, 1912 † Oct. 15, 1965
  Joseph Anthony Nov. 19, 1915 † May 9, 2004
  Ann Frances Mar. 5, 1919 † July 29, 2010
  Delores Mary Apr. 15, 1922 † Mar. 28, 1988

Notes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
At the time of the 1880 federal census, Mary was 1 year old and living with her parents and five siblings, August (age 10), Annie Mary (age 9), Francis (age 7), Charles (age 5), and Joseph (age 3) in St. George, Benton County, MN. Her father was working as a farmer at the time. [Source: NA Film No. T9-0615, p. 169A]
 
At the time of the July 9, 1895 Minnesota state census Mary was 16 years old and living with her parents and nine siblings on the family farm in St. George Township, Benton Co. MN. Mary said she had been living there all her life, and that both her parents were of foreign birth.
 
At the time of the June 19, 1900 federal census, Mary was 21 years old and living with her husband Anthony and their 9-month-old son Rupert in St. George Township, Benton County, MN. Anthony and Mary had been married for two years, and he was working as a blacksmith and a farmer at the time. Mary stated that she was the mother of one child who was still living, and said that both her parents were born in Germany.
 
At the time of the January 20, 1920 federal census, Mary T. was 41 years old and living with her husband Anthony V. and their eight children in their own home in Foley Village, Benton Co., MN. She stated she was born in Minnesota and both her parents were born in Germany. [Source: 1920 Federal Census, E.D. 81, p. 20B]
 
In the April 22, 1930 federal census, Mary was 51 years old and living with husband Tony and their seven youngest children in Foley Village, Minnesota. They owned their home which was valued at $3,000 (or $30,000 in 2001 dollars) and the family had a radio. Mary stated that both her parents were born in Germany. She and Tony were married when she was 19 and he was 26 years old.
 
Marge Randall's memories of Mary Stimler: "Mary Ann, Grandma, Uncle Frank and I used to play 500 rummy a lot and they would both get so mad when Mary Ann or I would go out. And if Mary Ann or I didn't lay down a card Grandma could play her favorite words were, "Sure! Sit there with a mitt full."  Translated meant we were holding cards she wanted and didn't lay them down.  But we always played -- One summer Uncle Frank was there -- I think the entire summer."

Ancestry: The Balder Line
  The Franz Kampa Line
  The Stimmler/Stimler Line [through marriage]
   
Joe Kampa's Log Home built in 1858, Duelm, MN

1885 Minnesota State Census, St. George Township, Benton County

Anthony Valentine and Mary Theresa Stimler on their wedding day, May 13, 1898

Anthony and Mary Stimler on their wedding day, May 13, 1898 (full length)

Anthony and Mary Stimler with their wedding party, May 13, 1898

Joseph F. and Theresa Kampa and family, 1900

Kampa Family Reunion, Duelm, MN, about 1905

Postcard from Mary Stimler (née Kampa) to Elizabeth Dore (née Kampa) dated 1912

A Sunday at Lake Julia

The Kampa Sisters in 1940

Helen and Rudy Lundblad's Wedding

Letter from Frances Windhurst (née Kampa) to her husband George
upon the death of her father, dated July 14, 1954

Anthony Valentine and Mary Theresa Stimler (née Kampa) Prayer Card

Obituary of Mary Theresa Stimler (née Kampa)

Anthony and Mary Stimler's Gravestone

Ann Frances Hall (née Stimler) reminsces on Mary Theresa Stimler (née Kampa)

Tour of the Stimler Homes

Letter from Bonita "Bonnie" Black (née Stimmler) regarding family gatherings

Resetting the Stimler Footstone


Franik Kampa and Cora Latterell wedding, 1896
Frank and Cora Kampa (née Latterell) Wedding Photograph
Left to right: Levi Latterell, Frank Kampa, Cora Latterell, and Mary Kampa
November 24, 1896
Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Mary Stimler, Ann and Don Hall, Sept. 14, 1936.
Mary Stimler, Ann and Don Hall
Wedding Day, Sept. 14, 1936

Mary Stimler (née Kampa) in center, possible Kampas on sides.
Mary Stimler (née Kampa) in center
Possible Kampas on sides

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

Grandma and Judy and Joe Hall.Ann Hall (née Stimler), Grandma, Joe and Judy Hall.
Grandma, Judy and Joe HallAnn Hall (née Stimler), Grandma,
Joe and Judy Hall

Mary Theresa Stimler (née Kampa) serving tea at Helen and Rudolph Lundblad's wedding.

Mary Theresa Stimler (née Kampa) serving tea at Helen and Rudolph Lundblad's wedding

Notes:
 
 
 
Joe Hall's memories of grandmother Mary Stimler: "[T]he picture of Mary Stimler pouring tea illustrates the damage to her arm she sustained when she got her hand caught in the wringers of her washing machine. It had gone in midway up her arm and she had to back it out, ouch!"

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