Parents: Clem and Anna (Schelle)

Children of Clem and Anna are: Frank Joseph  married Regina ROEDER;   Victoria Clementina  never married;    Lawrence John  married Ida HATTING;
Paul Ambrose  ;    Albert Theodore   married Anna BLACK;   Leona Josephine   married Joe VOSS;   Raymond Clement ;   Marie Catherine   married Herman HATTING;   Frances Ann   married Lawrence NANNEMAN;   Henry Edward  married Katherine (Katie) THELEN

Henry E. and Katy L. Thelen -Stallman

   
                         Henry and Katy Thelen Stallman, 1939

children: Mary Ann,  Maxine,  Bill,  Margie,  Myrna

Posted Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Henry Edward was born June 2, 1919, at Reliance to Clem and Anna Schelle - Stallman. He grew to manhood on the family farm southeast of Reliance and attended Cooper School through the eighth grade. He worked on the family farm until he was old enough to go east to work for others in Iowa and Minnesota.

Jan. 3, 1939, Henry married Katherine Lena Thelen at Breda, Carroll County, Iowa. Katy was born June 24, 1915, at Breda to Peter and Lena Wessling Thelen.

They farmed at Breda before returning to Reliance in 1944. He joined the US Navy in 1944 and took his basic training at Farragut, Idaho, He received a medical discharge that same year and returned home.

In 1955 they purchased a farm south of Reliance. Henry farmed the land and worked for others while Katy had her dairy herd. When she first started out she carried her cream for the market to the railroad depot in Reliance in cream cans. As her dairy business progressed she grew with the business by modernizing the facility and her milk was eventually trucked from farm to market. Her children worked alongside her with her cows.

Katy was to learn she had cancer of the liver in 1971 and passed away (within a year's time) on Jan. 8, 1972 at Chamberlain, Brule County, SD. She is buried in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery north of Reliance. Katy was a wonderful woman and mother, a devout Catholic and raised her children in the same faith.

After Katy's passing, their home was partially destroyed by fire. Henry sold the farm and moved to Chamberlain only to return to Reliance in 1975.

Henry and Viola, 1981 Henry married Viola Dirks-Reuer at Gregory, Tripp County, Feb. 20, 1980. They lived in his trailer until they had finished remodeling their home. Henry worked for area farmers and Vi maintained a big garden. For several years Henry was the maintenance man for the Town of Reliance before retiring. Vi passed away in 1999. Henry has moved back to Chamberlain to be near his doctor. Henry passed away May 11, 2001. Viola passed away Nov 18, 1999.