This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stadler, Hilger, Wittlin, Dunsmore, Reynebeau, Ebben, Szleszinski, Katz, Tschumperlin, Schiltgen, Ruemmele, Kotz, Markowski Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/3665 Message Board Post: Gerald J. Stadler, 82 Thursday, July 22, 2004 Gerald Joseph Stadler, 82, of Hudson died Monday, July 19, at his home after a short illness. He was born Feb. 11, 1922, in Appleton, the son of Joseph and Ceil (Hilger) Stadler, and grew up with seven siblings. He lived most of his working years in Little Chute. He worked on the calendar stack at Combined Locks Mill for 25 years and took a rowboat from his house in Little Chute to and from the plant. In 1972 he moved to Hudson with his wife and five of his 11 children. He was chosen to assist in the establishment of Hudson Products Inc., a paper coating business in North Hudson. Surviving are his wife, Rose Mary (Wittlin); 11 children, Bob (Barb) Stadler of Clintonville, Betty (Dave) Dunsmore of Menasha, Joe (Sandy) Stadler of Little Chute, Jim (Sharon) Stadler of Shawano, Diane (Denny) Stadler of De Pere, Shirley Stadler of Seymour, Karen Stadler, Linda Stadler, Wayne Stadler, Bruce Stadler and Brian (Wendy) Stadler, all of Hudson; 30 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Eugene (Carol) Stadler and Cyril (Doris) Stadler, two sisters, Donna (Jerry) Reynebeau and Marilyn (Jim) Ebben, all of the Appleton area. Mass of Christian Burial is at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 22, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Hudson with Fr. Peter Szleszinski officiating. Burial is in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Cemetery with six members of the Knights of Columbus as casketbearers: Ron Katz, Gene Tschumperlin, John Schiltgen, James Ruemmele, Bill Kotz and Anthony Markowski. A visitation was from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 21, at the O’Connell Family Funeral Home of Hudson, with a prayer service starting at 7:30 p.m. The visitation will be extended on Thursday, July 22, from 8:30-9:30 a.m., at the funeral home. The family is requesting no flowers. Memorials may be made to Lakeview Hospice, 5610 Norwich Pkwy., Stillwater, Minn., 55082 or St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 1500 Vine St., Hudson, Wis. 54016. © 2004 Hudson Star-Observer - Reposted by permission http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=11222&SectionID=3&SubSectionID=54&S=1