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
Paul Ambrose Stallman
Revised July 17, 2010
Back - Frank. Front - Victoria, Paul,
Lawrence Paul, ca 1976, Taken in Mitchell, SD
Paul, nursing home on Kittridge, Mitchell
ca 1906
Paul Ambrose STALLMAN was the fourth child born to Clemens Anton and Anna Mary (SCHELLE)
STALLMAN, at Breda, Carroll Co., Iowa. He was born June 3, 1906. He grew to
manhood on the family farms,
Paul was born tongue-tied. Some said he wasn't tongue-tied, it was something else, but I
cannot remember what it was. The family was told he would not live to be past four years
of age. A photo was made of him, Frank, Lawrence and Victoria at that time. Uncle Paul was
the butt of many jokes, by adults and children alike. All of his nieces and nephews tried
to talk like him, behind his back, of course, but we all grew to know and love him as we
got older and became compassionate human beings.
Paul was a big man, as were most of his brothers and was his father. According
to Grandpa Stallman's family portrait, the Stallman men were big men. Uncle Paul
spoke very gruffly and I know I for one, was scared to death of him at times. He
lived on the farm until Grandma Stallman passed away. He was a hard-working man.
My son Bill was named Albert after my father, and I have always thought I should have named him Paul ... Bill
was my Uncle
Paul...big, gruff, always working and working hard; he wore bib overalls quite often, so I
get to "see" uncle Paul on a regular basis.
In 1960, Paul bought a home in Reliance after the farm was sold. He continued to work for
farmers in the area and did odd jobs around town. My cousin, Mary Ann Rogers, and her
husband Charlie watched over Uncle Paul and became fast friends with him while he lived in
town. Eventually, he was to have prostate surgery and ended up in Sunset Valley Nursing
Haven in Chamberlain, which he disliked so much as he did not trust the nurses, he was
moved to a nursing home in Mitchell on North Kittridge Street. Here he formed an admiration
society with the manager and his wife and knew he was loved and cared for. It was here
that he, and his new friend became Brothers of the Bush and grew beards. Paul, like
Victoria, had a head full of beautiful white hair and his beard was
white, too.
Bill, Casey and myself went to visit him once while we were home on vacation and we sat
out in the yard under a tree to visit. The boys loved him on the spot. They had no problem
understanding what he was saying. Uncle Paul and I got into a mean game of cribbage and as
I got a major score for my last pegging, and beat him, he threw himself across his bed and
in true Redd Foxx form, threw his hand over his heart and declared, "This is the big
one "lizbeth, I'm comin' home!" Paul also like to drink as did his father before him, and his
brothers, probably with the exception of Uncle Lawrence. Paul also enjoyed dabbling in
poetry.
Paul passed away July 30, 1978, in the hospital in Mitchell after having been
gravely ill a few days. He died from cancer. He is buried in St. Mary's Catholic
Cemetery at Reliance alongside his parents, brothers
Raymond and Albert, and sister Victoria.
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