Theodor Frederick Stoerker1,2
M, #107, b. 3 February 1907, d. 2 February 1996
- Relationship
- 1st cousin 1 time removed of Sheila Sue Altenbernd
| Father* | Paul Stoerker b. 8 October 1883, d. 12 January 1955 |
| Mother* | Josephine Charlotte Martin b. 23 July 1883, d. 21 July 1979 |
- Occupation
- Minister
Theodor Stoerker
Elmhurst College
1928
Elmhurst College
1928
Theodor was born in Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA, on 3 February 1907.3,1,4,5,6 He was the son of Paul Stoerker and Josephine Charlotte Martin.
Photo in 1907. Original photo in the possession of Sheila Altenbernd (#172). Standing -- Paul, Alma, Flora, Josephine, Ella, and Julia Stoerker, Frieda and Christian Mohr
Seated -- Conrad, Wilhelmine (holding Theodore) Stoeker
Ground -- Gottlob, Theophil, and Adolph Stoerker, Waldemar Mohr.7
His common name was Ted Stoerker.
Photo of Paul Stoerker's Children??. Original photo in the possession of Sue Myers(#132.)
Photo.
Photo of Paul, Josephine, Conrad, Ted, Wilhelmine, and Billie (in lap) Stoerker. Original photo in the possession of Sue Myers(#132.)
Photo of Paul Stoerker's Children??. Original photo in the possession of Sue Myers(#132.)
Photo of Paul Stoerker's Children??. Original photo in the possession of Sue Myers(#132.)
Photo of Paul Stoerker's Children??. Original photo in the possession of Sue Myers(#132.)
Photo of Paul Stoerker's Children??. Original photo in the possession of Sue Myers(#132.)
Photo at Eudora Township, Douglas County, Kansas, USA. Original photo in the possession of Sue Myers (#130). Fred, Hilda, Ted, Conrad, and Paul Stoerker at the parsonage in Eudora, Kansas.
Photo taken by Elmhurst University in 1925 at Elmhurst College, Elmhust, Illinois, USA. |Theodor Stoerker.8
He was a student at Elmhurst College, Elmhust, Illinois, USA, between 1925 and 1928.8,9,10,11
Photo taken by Elmhurst University in 1926 at Elmhurst College, Elmhust, Illinois, USA. |Theodor Stoerker.9
Photo taken by Elmhurst University in 1927 at Elmhurst College, Elmhust, Illinois, USA. |Theodor Stoerker.10
Photo taken by Elmhurst University between 1927 and 1928 at Elmhurst College, Elmhust, Illinois, USA. |Theodor Stoerker.11
Theodor Frederick Stoerker was a minister.
Photo taken by University of Chicago in 1930 at University of Chicago, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. |Theodor Stoerker.12
He was a student at University of Chicago, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, in 1930.12
Grace Josephine Albert and Paul Armin Stoerker Jr. were married by Theodor Frederick Stoerker in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA, on 8 October 1935.3,13,14
In 1939, Ted was serving a church in Kansas City, Kansas and had not yet married.
The following is from the records of John Altenbernd.
After a rather stormy marriage, Roberta walked out on Ted taking Ted Jr. with her. Ted lost all track of them and never saw his son again. Since the son never looked him up, Ted assumed that Roberta told him his father was dead.
Ted married again in later years and had two daughters, Joy and Holly.
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In 1991, Ted was living at the Lyngblomsten Care Center with Parkinson's disease. Ted's memory for the distant past remained good.
Ted was able to take a short excursion to his daughter, Holly's, house for Christmas.
Ted died of Parkinson's disease.
Ted Stoerker spent a great deal of time at our place that summer of 1941. With his church in Kansas City, Kansas, it was an easy trip for him. And he did a lot of things for my mother when she most needed help right after Dad's death.
Ted was planning to get married that Fall, to Roberta Tucker, the daughter of a New England Congregational minister. He had met her some time "before when she was on the Kansas University campus. She was a graduate from there, but I don't recall whether she was still a student then or worked there. Anyway, that probably helped account for Ted's frequent trips to Lawrence and to our place. In the summer of 1941 though, Roberta was back home in New England getting ready for the wedding.
Ted was looking for extra money with his wedding approaching (and Roberta was a woman of rather luxurious tastes). So he used his vacation that summer to work for my mother during the potato harvest.
Russell put him in the box car weighing the sacks on the scales. The truck would unload 100 pound sacks of sorted potatoes in the box car rather hap-hazardly. Ted would then take each sack, put it on the scale, and take out or put in potatoes through the stitching as needed to weigh out at 100 pounds. Then he would stack that sack in its proper place in the box car. (When potatoes are sorted in the field, as they were that year, there is no way to drag a scale along through the field. They have to be weighed at the box car.) By the time Ted would finish with all that another truck load would have come.
It's really not that hard a job - if your muscles are used to doing that kind of labor. But Ted probably had not done that kind of continuous, physical, heavy work in years. Ted was not used to it. (Others in the work gang joked about the preacher in their midst who didn't have any stamina.) Neither was he used to working so hard in that kind of heat, although the box car was cooler than most places.
Ted was soon wearing himself out, nearing total fatigue. He got terrible blisters on his hands. (Aunt Julie, who was with us at the time, was sure the blisters would get infected and Ted would lose his hands.) On about the third or fourth day, Ted came in from work at noon near tears, and he looked about ready to collapse.
But Ted wouldn't give up. He insisted upon going back out after lunch.
Mom took matters in her own hands. She told Russell to move Ted onto the sorter and put someone else in the box car. She didn't get Ted's permission first.
It worked out much better for Ted on the sorter. That job may have been dirtier and hotter, but it involved less physical strain. Ted finished out the harvest.
The marriage was not a good one. After putting Ted through a dog's life, she left him, taking their baby son with her. Ted never saw either of them again.
(an unknown value)
( Altenbernd Farm, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, between June 1941 and August 1941.)15
Theodor Frederick Stoerker married Joyce Claire Thomson, on 29 June 1951.3
Theodor worked in First Congregational Church, Topeka, Kansas, USA, between 1966 and 1973.13 He was ill with (an unknown value) in 1991.16
He resided in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA, in February 1996.5,6
Theodor died on 2 February 1996 in St Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA, at age 88.1,17,5,6 He was cremated. The ashes are scattered at Paul's summer cottage, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA.1,13
Photo in 1907. Original photo in the possession of Sheila Altenbernd (#172). Standing -- Paul, Alma, Flora, Josephine, Ella, and Julia Stoerker, Frieda and Christian Mohr
Seated -- Conrad, Wilhelmine (holding Theodore) Stoeker
Ground -- Gottlob, Theophil, and Adolph Stoerker, Waldemar Mohr.7
Standing -- Paul, Alma, Flora, Josephine, Ella, and Julia Stoerker, Frieda and Christian Mohr
Seated -- Conrad, Wilhelmine (holding Theodore) Stoeker
Ground -- Gottlob, Theophil, and Adolph Stoerker, Waldemar Mohr
Seated -- Conrad, Wilhelmine (holding Theodore) Stoeker
Ground -- Gottlob, Theophil, and Adolph Stoerker, Waldemar Mohr
His common name was Ted Stoerker.
Photo of Paul Stoerker's Children??. Original photo in the possession of Sue Myers(#132.)
Photo.
Photo of Paul, Josephine, Conrad, Ted, Wilhelmine, and Billie (in lap) Stoerker. Original photo in the possession of Sue Myers(#132.)
Paul, Josephine, Conrad, Ted, Wilhelmine, and Billie (in lap) Stoerker
Photo of Paul Stoerker's Children??. Original photo in the possession of Sue Myers(#132.)
Photo of Paul Stoerker's Children??. Original photo in the possession of Sue Myers(#132.)
Photo of Paul Stoerker's Children??. Original photo in the possession of Sue Myers(#132.)
Photo of Paul Stoerker's Children??. Original photo in the possession of Sue Myers(#132.)
Photo at Eudora Township, Douglas County, Kansas, USA. Original photo in the possession of Sue Myers (#130). Fred, Hilda, Ted, Conrad, and Paul Stoerker at the parsonage in Eudora, Kansas.
Fred, Hilda, Ted, Conrad, and Paul Stoerker at the parsonage in Eudora, Kansas
Photo taken by Elmhurst University in 1925 at Elmhurst College, Elmhust, Illinois, USA. |Theodor Stoerker.8
Theodor Stoerker
Elmhust College
1925
Elmhust College
1925
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Theodor Stoerker
Elmhust College
1925
Elmhust College
1925
He was a student at Elmhurst College, Elmhust, Illinois, USA, between 1925 and 1928.8,9,10,11
Photo taken by Elmhurst University in 1926 at Elmhurst College, Elmhust, Illinois, USA. |Theodor Stoerker.9
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Photo taken by Elmhurst University in 1927 at Elmhurst College, Elmhust, Illinois, USA. |Theodor Stoerker.10
Theodor Stoerker
Elmhurst College
1927
Elmhurst College
1927
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Theodor Stoerker
Elmhurst College
1927
Elmhurst College
1927
Photo taken by Elmhurst University between 1927 and 1928 at Elmhurst College, Elmhust, Illinois, USA. |Theodor Stoerker.11
Theodor Stoerker
Elmhurst College
1928
Elmhurst College
1928
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Theodor Stoerker
Elmhurst College
1928
Elmhurst College
1928
Theodor Frederick Stoerker was a minister.
Photo taken by University of Chicago in 1930 at University of Chicago, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. |Theodor Stoerker.12
Theodor Stoerker
University of Chicago
1930
University of Chicago
1930
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Theodor Stoerker
University of Chicago
1930
University of Chicago
1930
He was a student at University of Chicago, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, in 1930.12
Grace Josephine Albert and Paul Armin Stoerker Jr. were married by Theodor Frederick Stoerker in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA, on 8 October 1935.3,13,14
In 1939, Ted was serving a church in Kansas City, Kansas and had not yet married.
The following is from the records of John Altenbernd.
After a rather stormy marriage, Roberta walked out on Ted taking Ted Jr. with her. Ted lost all track of them and never saw his son again. Since the son never looked him up, Ted assumed that Roberta told him his father was dead.
Ted married again in later years and had two daughters, Joy and Holly.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
In 1991, Ted was living at the Lyngblomsten Care Center with Parkinson's disease. Ted's memory for the distant past remained good.
Ted was able to take a short excursion to his daughter, Holly's, house for Christmas.
Ted died of Parkinson's disease.
ME by John Altenbernd
Ted Hires Out
Ted Stoerker spent a great deal of time at our place that summer of 1941. With his church in Kansas City, Kansas, it was an easy trip for him. And he did a lot of things for my mother when she most needed help right after Dad's death.
Ted was planning to get married that Fall, to Roberta Tucker, the daughter of a New England Congregational minister. He had met her some time "before when she was on the Kansas University campus. She was a graduate from there, but I don't recall whether she was still a student then or worked there. Anyway, that probably helped account for Ted's frequent trips to Lawrence and to our place. In the summer of 1941 though, Roberta was back home in New England getting ready for the wedding.
Ted was looking for extra money with his wedding approaching (and Roberta was a woman of rather luxurious tastes). So he used his vacation that summer to work for my mother during the potato harvest.
Russell put him in the box car weighing the sacks on the scales. The truck would unload 100 pound sacks of sorted potatoes in the box car rather hap-hazardly. Ted would then take each sack, put it on the scale, and take out or put in potatoes through the stitching as needed to weigh out at 100 pounds. Then he would stack that sack in its proper place in the box car. (When potatoes are sorted in the field, as they were that year, there is no way to drag a scale along through the field. They have to be weighed at the box car.) By the time Ted would finish with all that another truck load would have come.
It's really not that hard a job - if your muscles are used to doing that kind of labor. But Ted probably had not done that kind of continuous, physical, heavy work in years. Ted was not used to it. (Others in the work gang joked about the preacher in their midst who didn't have any stamina.) Neither was he used to working so hard in that kind of heat, although the box car was cooler than most places.
Ted was soon wearing himself out, nearing total fatigue. He got terrible blisters on his hands. (Aunt Julie, who was with us at the time, was sure the blisters would get infected and Ted would lose his hands.) On about the third or fourth day, Ted came in from work at noon near tears, and he looked about ready to collapse.
But Ted wouldn't give up. He insisted upon going back out after lunch.
Mom took matters in her own hands. She told Russell to move Ted onto the sorter and put someone else in the box car. She didn't get Ted's permission first.
It worked out much better for Ted on the sorter. That job may have been dirtier and hotter, but it involved less physical strain. Ted finished out the harvest.
The marriage was not a good one. After putting Ted through a dog's life, she left him, taking their baby son with her. Ted never saw either of them again.
(an unknown value)
( Altenbernd Farm, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA, between June 1941 and August 1941.)15
Theodor Frederick Stoerker married Joyce Claire Thomson, on 29 June 1951.3
Theodor worked in First Congregational Church, Topeka, Kansas, USA, between 1966 and 1973.13 He was ill with (an unknown value) in 1991.16
He resided in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA, in February 1996.5,6
Theodor died on 2 February 1996 in St Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA, at age 88.1,17,5,6 He was cremated. The ashes are scattered at Paul's summer cottage, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA.1,13
Last Edited=7 June 2022
Family: Theodor Frederick Stoerker and Joyce Claire Thomson
Citations
- [S5] Letter from Joyce Stoerker (#177) (1760 Hampshire Court, St. Paul, MN 55116-2458) to Art Tiedemann (#190) (unknown recipient address), July 1996; Sheila Sue Altenbernd (7461 River Bend Circle, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA, at).
- [S21] Letter from Arthur Theodore Tiedemannto Sheila Sue Altenbernd August 14, 1996.
- [S132] Wilbert Stewart Greb unknown date.
- [S75] Marion Adolph Stoerker unknown date.
- [S1247] Theodore Stoerker (#107), 468-38-0131, Ancestry SSDI, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry, May 16, 2016) (Document Source Number: 00107-1996-02-02-01). Hereinafter cited as SSDI.
- [S1586] NUMINT, Death Files, 1936 - 2007 (Last Names S through T); Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), created 1936 - 2007, documenting the period 1936 - 2007. - Record Group 47; https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3020&mtch=11&cat=GP21,22,23,24,44&tf=F&q=stoerker&bc=sl&rpp=20&pg=1&rid=4265321&rlst=4265321,4265324,4265329,4265330,4265322,4265323,4265325,4265326,4265327,4265328 (College Park, Marylandc: NARA). (Document Source Number: 00107-1996-02-15-01).
- [S25] John Stoerker Altenbernd unknown date.
- [S1708] Elmhurst College, Yearbook (Elmhurst, Illinois: Elmhust College, 1925).
Source Citation
"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Elmhurst College; Year: 1925
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Various school yearbooks from across the United States.
Description
This database is a collection of middle school, junior high, high school, and college yearbooks from across the United States. While yearbooks may not provide information about the vital events that are usually associated with genealogical research, they do provide other information about individuals' lives. This information helps place people in historical context as well as provides detail that helps turn individuals, sometimes only known by names and dates, into actual people. - [S1709] Elmhurst College, Yearbook (Elmhurst, Illinois: Elmhust College, 1926).
Source Citation
"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Elmhurst College; Year: 1926
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Various school yearbooks from across the United States.
Description
This database is a collection of middle school, junior high, high school, and college yearbooks from across the United States. While yearbooks may not provide information about the vital events that are usually associated with genealogical research, they do provide other information about individuals' lives. This information helps place people in historical context as well as provides detail that helps turn individuals, sometimes only known by names and dates, into actual people. - [S1710] Elmhurst College, Yearbook (Elmhurst, Illinois: Elmhust College, 1927).
Source Citation
"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Elmhurst College; Year: 1927
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Various school yearbooks from across the United States.
Description
This database is a collection of middle school, junior high, high school, and college yearbooks from across the United States. While yearbooks may not provide information about the vital events that are usually associated with genealogical research, they do provide other information about individuals' lives. This information helps place people in historical context as well as provides detail that helps turn individuals, sometimes only known by names and dates, into actual people. - [S1711] Elmhurst College, Yearbook (Elmhurst, Illinois: Elmhust College, 1928).
Source Citation
"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Elmhurst College; Year: 1928
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Various school yearbooks from across the United States.
Description
This database is a collection of middle school, junior high, high school, and college yearbooks from across the United States. While yearbooks may not provide information about the vital events that are usually associated with genealogical research, they do provide other information about individuals' lives. This information helps place people in historical context as well as provides detail that helps turn individuals, sometimes only known by names and dates, into actual people. - [S878] University of Chicago, Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago, 1930).
Source Citation
"U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: University of Chicago; Year: 1930
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Various school yearbooks from across the United States.
Description
This database is a collection of middle school, junior high, high school, and college yearbooks from across the United States. While yearbooks may not provide information about the vital events that are usually associated with genealogical research, they do provide other information about individuals' lives. This information helps place people in historical context as well as provides detail that helps turn individuals, sometimes only known by names and dates, into actual people. - [S488] Holly Stoerker, "Stoerker, Holly -- Email -- 2001-Feb-03," e-mail message to Sheila Sue Altenbernd, Feb 3, 2001. Hereinafter cited as "Email".
- [S1645] John Klueter (#193) May 23, 2022 (Document Source Number: 00193-2022-05-23-01).
- [S1348] John Stoerker Altenbernd,"Ted Hires Out" in ME; Page(s) 222-223; Published:.
- [S218] Letter from Joyce Stoerker (#177) (unknown author address) to unknown recipient (unknown recipient address), Christmas 1991; Sheila Sue Altenbernd (7461 River Bend Circle, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA, at).
- [S360] Deaths, University of Chicago Magazine, Aug 1996, online www2.uchicago.edu/alumni/alumni.mag/9608/9608BOBDeaths.html, viewed on March 4 2000 . Hereinafter cited as Deaths, University of Chicago Magazine, Aug 1996.
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