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Submitted: 1/27/15 • Approved: 1/30/15 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R52949-G52949-S3
Edmund
Mar 16, 1909-Jan 24, 2008
Graveside Services for Edmund Stolle, 98, of Southland, will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008, in Englewood Cemetery, under the direction of Englunds Funeral Service in Slaton.
Edmund was born March 16, 1909, near the central Texas town of Rosebud. He passed from this life Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008.
He was the second oldest of eight children born to parents Diedrich Stolle and Mary Dirndahl Stolle. They farmed in central Texas until the family moved to the South Plains in the Southland and Slaton areas where they acquired land and started again to farm.
On December 19, 1933, Edmund married Norma Esther Steinhauser. They had one son, Carlton, who is married to Sandra McCune Stolle. Edmund and Norma had one grandson, Brent, who is married to Erin Hassell Stolle, and one great-grandson, Dean.
Immediately following WWII, Edmund and Norma moved to Corpus Christi where Edmund worked in the home construction trade where post-War work was plentiful. Late in the 1960s Edmund and Norma left Corpus Christi to return to the Southland Community and resumed farming. Edmund was active in the farming community and an active member of Grace Lutheran Church of Slaton.
Edmund is also survived by his wife of 74 years, Norma; sisters, Hilda Nesmith and Ella Mae Stolle, both of Lubbock; and by one surviving brother, Roy Stolle of Shallowater. Edmund was predeceased by brothers, Walter, Arthur and Leo Stolle and sister, Pearl Stolle.
Edmund's life spanned two World Wars and the Great Depression and each helped to form the person he eventually became. Edmund was a man of strong faith and perhaps best regarded for his kindness and friendliness and his understanding of the importance of his family. He was very much one of the Greatest Generation, both wise and frugal just as many people of that era and background were to become.
Norma
June 30, 1912-Oct 21, 2013
Norma Stolle was born June 30, 1912, in Bell County, near Bartlett, Texas. She was the younger of two children, born to parents Fred Steinhauser and Louise Lindemann Steinhauser. Her only brother was Walter Steinhauser.
On Dec. 19, 1933, Norma married Edmund Frank Stolle. They had one son, Carlton, who is married to Sandra McCune Stolle, residents of Bryan, Texas.
Norma and Edmund had one grandson, Brent, who married Erin Hassel Stolle. They currently reside near Atlanta, Ga.. Norma had two great-grandsons, Dean and Graham Stolle. Edmund and Norma spent most of their time farming on the South Plains, near the Southland community, until retirement.
Norma's death was preceded by the death of her husband of 74 years, Edmund, in 2008. She lived a long fruitful life and is presently in the arms of the Lord.
The family of Norma Stolle expresses their thanks to the caregivers at the Carillon in Lubbock for the years of love and attention that have been extended to Norma and to Edmund Stolle.
Graveside service for Norma Stolle will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, in Englewood Cemetery, under the direction of Englunds Funeral Service of Slaton. Mrs. Stolle died Monday, Oct. 21, 2013.
Photo courtesy of Sue Thompson Patterson
Contributed on 1/27/15 by bill060
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