RICHARD PAUL STIMLER

Born: April 2, 1927   Foley, Benton, Minnesota
Died: February 28, 1983   Medford, Jackson, Oregon
Buried: Golden Gate National Cemetery   San Bruno, San Mateo, California

Parents:
 
 
Education:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marriage:
 
 
 
 
Rupert George Stimler
Viola Alleane Hunt
 
Wayzata High School, Wayzata, MN (graduated 1945)
West High and Northwest Preparatory School
United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
Graduated June 2, 1950
Submarine School, New London, CT
February - July 1952
Post Graduate School, Monterey, CA
February - November 1956
 
Diane Rae Anderson
February 26, 1951
Long Beach, California
 
 
Richard Paul Stimler.
Children: Rae Page Sept. 8, 1952  
  Sandra Lee Sept. 26, 1953  
  Dana Diane July 27, 1955 † Oct. 14, 2009
  Jody Kay Jan. 10, 1960  
  Paul Wayne Aug. 19, 1961  
       
Military Career naval military officer from 1950 to 1970
Service: Retired as Lt. Commander
   
Post-military vocation: Supervisory residential appraiser for Jackson County, Oregon from 1972 to death
   
Notes: At the time of the April 19, 1930 census, Dick was 3 years old and living with his parents and six siblings in their own
  home valued at $1,500 ( $15,000 in 2001 dollars) in Foley Village, Benton County, Minnesota. The family owned a radio. His father was working as a mechanic in a garage.
 
At the time of the Apr. 27, 1940 U.S. Federal census, Richard was 13 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.
 
Dick was appointed to Annapolis Naval Academy by Harold Knutson, Minnesota State Representative. Dick had a great sense of humor and was well liked by his many friends. He liked to fish and hunt, and always had a home project. He served on the facilities committee for the Medford School District.

Dick died of leukemia at the age of 55 and is buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno County, California.

Ancestry: The Anderson Line [through marriage]
  The Balder Line
  The Franz Kampa Line
  The Johannes Keller Line
  The Knud Line [through marriage]
  The Roth Line [through marriage]
  The Robert Stickney Line [through marriage]
  The Stimmler/Stimler Line
  The Stephen Webster Line [through marriage]
  The Webster-Hunt Line
   
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Article about Richard Stimler as a Lifeguard, 1945

The Stimler Brothers, Lake Julia, Minnesota

Dick Stimler Wins Annapolis Appointment

Stimler Steals Second's Sleep, Wayzata newspaper, 1945

Dick Stimler -- College Days 1

Dick Stimler -- College Days 2

The Rupert and Viola Stimler Family, 1948

Dick Stimler, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis Class Photographs, 1948-1950

Richard P. Stimler's Naval Service, 1950-1970

Certificate of Registry of Marriage for Richard and Diane Stimler (née Anderson)

Local Couple Married Monday at Naval Base, February 1951

Korean War Naval Action

Christmas greetings from the U.S.S. Helena from Dick Stimler to his family

U.S.S. Bowfin Post-WWII Summary, with crew list from July 1952

Newspaper Article Regarding Birth of Baby Daughter, September 1952

A Dramatic Homecoming, Key West, FL, 1959

LCDR Richard Stimler in Torpedo Room of Submarine Museum

Gibson Horse Shoe Duck Club, 1967-1971

The Weingards visit the Stimlers, May 1968

LCDR Richard Stimler Retirement, June 30, 1970

Moving the Herd at the Flaming "A" Ranch, Jacksonville, OR

The Dick and Diane Stimler Family, Christmas 1978

Certificate of Death for Richard Stimler

Richard Paul Stimler Obituary

Richard Stimler Gravestone

Marge Randall (née Hamer) reminisces on Dick Stimler

Tour of the Stimler Homes

Dick at Buffalo. Dick as a young boy. Dick as a young man.

1942 Wayzata Trojans
1942: "A worm's eye view as the Wayzata squad goes into a huddle."
[Dick is #23.]

Dick Stimler, 1944. Richard Stimler, Wayzata High School graduation, 1945. Richard Stimler, 1946.
Richard Stimler
Wayzata High School graduation, 1945

Richard Stimler at U.S. Naval Academy.
Richard Stimler
at U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis, Maryland

Richard Stimler, onboard a submarine.Richard Stimler, at home on leave.
Richard StimlerRichard Stimler
on board a submarineat home on leave

Richard Stimler, 1953.
Richard Stimler
1953

Richard Stimler with his daughter Rae in front of their home, La Mesa CA.Rae, Diane, Sandy and Richard Stimler, visiting Minnesota.
Richard Stimler and daughter RaeRae, Diane, Sandy and
in front of their home in La Mesa CARichard Stimler, visiting Minnesota

Richard Stimler.Sandra, Rae and Richard Stimler, 1955.Dana and Richard Stimler, 1955, San Diego, CA.
Richard StimlerSandra, Rae, and Richard StimlerDana and Richard Stimler
San Diego, late 1955San Diego, late 1955

Richard Stimler at Stimler Family Reunion, Wayzata, MN, 1970.
Richard Stimler at Stimler Family Reunion
Wayzata, Minnesota
1970

Diane and Richard Stimler, Jacksonville, OR, 1972.Richard and Rupert Stimler, Jacksonville, OR.
Diane and Richard Stimler, Jacksonville, OR, 1972Richard and Rupert Stimler, Jacksonville, OR

Diane and Richard Stimler, Jacksonville OR.  Richard Stimler and his son Paul, Jacksonville OR.
Diane and Richard Stimler Richard Stimler and his son Paul
Jacksonville, ORJacksonville, OR

Richard Stimler with his boat and dog at the Flaming 'A' Ranch.
Richard Stimler with his boat and Joss the dog at the Flaming "A" Ranch
Jacksonville, Oregon

Dick and his father laid the foundation for and built the garage behind the boat.
Dick built the stone retaining wall with the help of his children.

Richard Stimler with his son Paul at Applegate Park, Ruch OR, summer 1982.
Richard Stimler with his son Paul
Applegate Park
Ruch Oregon
Summer 1982

This is the last photograph taken of Dick prior to his death.

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