Individual Details

John Gottlieb "Hans" STETTLER

(13 Jun 1902 - 2 Dec 1995)

Notes from Beth Humiston's interview with her father, Herman Stettler: "Hans used to eat walnuts. He loved walnuts and we used to get money for them . . we sold them. Hans would sit by the stove and crack and eat them, and mother would get cross with him for spilling the shells. He had a horse and he rode a lot. He and his friend, Bud Knickabacher headed west on their horses and got 100 miles from home. Bud got homesick and went home. Hans's horse wanted to go home too, so Hans went back. They had gotten as far as into Iowa from Joliet! Hans, Babe and I trapped a lot . . . coon. We fished in the creek . . . loved to fish. We hunted for mushrooms. We went swimming and had contests to see who could hold their breath the longest."

Obituary, from Find-a-Grave:
John G. Stettler, 93, of Chippewa Manor Nursing Home in Chippewa Falls, Wis., a former Rochester-area farmer, died early Saturday morning (Dec. 2, 1995) at the nursing home.
Mr. Stettler was born born June 26, 1902, in Joliet, Ill., and lived there until moving to Lone Tree, Iowa, where he operated an auto repair shop. He also operated auto repair shops and auto dealerships in a number of other Iowa communities before joining the Army in July 1942. He served in the European theater and was a machinist's mate on a mine sweeper, moving to Rochester after his discharge. He farmed east of town and also worked at Firestone Tire Co. and operated Stettler Realty until his retirement in 1980. In 1930 he married Irene Dee in Nashua, Iowa. She died in 1935. On Oct. 17, 1946, he married Vivian Pattridge in Prairie du Chien, Wis., and she survives. Mr. Stettler was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church, American Legion Post 92, and was an avid fisherman and hunter.
In addition to his wife, survivors include two sons, Herbert E. of Kenai, Alaska, and Glenn R. of Chippewa Falls; two daughters, Shirley ``Patty'' (Mrs. Wayne) Walters of Williamsburg, Iowa, and Carol (Mrs. Ronald) Remerowski of Oklahoma City, Okla.; 10 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Freda Senesac of Port Charlotte, Fla. Three sisters and four brothers preceded him in death.
The funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Bethel Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Linda Helberg of Bethel Lutheran and the Rev. Robert Hoekstrad of Chippewa Falls co-officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery in Pleasant Grove with military graveside rites by Rochester American Legion Post 92.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at Griffin Funeral Home in Stewartville and an hour before the service Tuesday at the church.

Events

Birth13 Jun 1902Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States
Marriage19 Jun 1930Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States - Irene Elizabeth DEE
Marriage17 Mar 1947Steele County, Minnesota, United States -
Death2 Dec 1995Eagle Point, Chippewa, Wisconsin, United States
Burial5 Dec 1995Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States
Alt nameJohann Gottlieb STETTLER

Families

SpouseIrene Elizabeth DEE (1908 - 1935)
FatherErnst Samuel STETTLER (1864 - 1949)
MotherElisabeth "Elise" HALDEMANN (1862 - )
SiblingMarie STETTLER (1892 - 1899)
SiblingFred Ferdinand "Fred" STETTLER (1893 - 1966)
SiblingRose STETTLER (1894 - 1994)
SiblingPaul Ernest STETTLER (1896 - 1972)
SiblingFreda STETTLER (1898 - 1998)
SiblingHerman Walter STETTLER (1899 - 1989)
SiblingWalter Erhardt "Babe" STETTLER (1904 - 1957)

Endnotes

1. "Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 15 January 2018), John G. Stettler and Irene Elizabeth Dee; Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa; 1930, 1, image 3723.

2. Social Security Death Index, John G. Stettler.

3. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 15 January 2018), John Gottlieb Stettler; memorial #12782575.

4. "Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 15 January 2018), John G. Stettler and Irene Elizabeth Dee; Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa; 1930, 1, image 3723.

5. Social Security Death Index, John G. Stettler.

6. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007, "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997," database online, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8790 : accessed 15 January 2018), John G. Stettler; Wisconsin Vital Records Office; certificate 034806.

7. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 15 January 2018), John Gottlieb Stettler; memorial #12782575.

8. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 15 January 2018), John Gottlieb Stettler; memorial #12782575.