Stadler, Ronald Anthony

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• Military Service: Bef 1946; WWII, US Army
• Obituary: Aft 11 Aug 1999
• Obituary: Aft 11 Aug 1999; ELLINGTON COUPLE DIES WITHIN HOURS OF EACH OTHER

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Obituary:
RONALD J. STADLER Black Creek Age 74, died Wednesday, August 11, 1999 at the Outagamie County Health Center. Ronald was born December 31, 1924 in Mackville, son of the late Joseph and Cecila (Hilger) Stadler. He was married to Bernice Geenen on June 4, 1946. Ronald was an U.S. Army veteran serving in World War II. Ronald was formerly employed with Consolidated Papers for 37 years, and farmed in the Town of Ellington most of his adult life. He drove school bus for the Hortonville School District for several years, but most of all he took great pride in his horses. Ronald was a former member and past president of the Wisconsin Pony Pulling Association and was a member of St. Edward Catholic Church, Mackville. He is survived by her son, Gary (Barb) Stadler, Appleton; three daughters: Bonnie (Wes) Stevenson, Sr., Menasha; Joan (Richard) Klika, Menasha; Pati (Jerry) Milheiser, Vernon, Connecticut; seven grandchildren, Eric and Andrea Stadler; Wes Jr., and Chris Stevenson; Trish Klika; Tony and Casey Milheiser; two great-grandchildren: Tyler Stevenson and Samantha Klika; three brothers: Jerry (Rosie) Stadler, Hudson, Wisconsin; Eugene (Carol) Stadler, Appleton; Cyril (Dorie) Stadler, Appleton; three sisters: Joyce Vander Logt, Freedom; Donna (Jerry) Beyenbeau, Little Chute; Marilyn (Jim) Ebben, Kaukauna; a sister-in-law, Mary Stadler, Appleton. He was preceded in death by a brother, Jerome Stadler and a brother-in-law, Vince Vander Logt. The Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, August 14, 1999 at 11 a.m. at St. Edward Catholic Church, State Highway 47, Mackville, with the Rev. Charles Brooks officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends will be received at the funeral home on Friday from 4 - 8 p.m. with a prayer service to be held at 7:30 p.m. Friends will also be received at the church on Saturday, from 9 a.m. until the hour of service. A memorial fund is being established in his name.
A special thanks to the staff of the Outagamie County Health Center for their care and assistance to the family of Ronald Stadler.

Obituary:
ELLINGTON COUPLE DIES WITHIN HOURS OF EACH OTHER
For over a half century, Ronald and Bernice Stadler had been married, working on their Town of Ellington farm and rearing four children. Wednesday, with their health slipping and both confined to a nursing home, they died within hours of each other. Ronald, 74 and his wife Bernice, 76, both died Wednesday at the Outagamie County Health Center. They had been married for 53 years.
Bonnie Stevenson, of Menasha, a daughter, said her father was moved into the health center Feb. 18 because of Alzheimer's disease. Her mother was moved there Aug. 7, about a week after suffering a seizure. She had been in Appleton Medical Center for a week, and was moved to the health center in a coma. Ronald died at 7:30 a.m., and Bernice died at 10:05 a.m. - in a coma, and unaware that her husband had died. "Mom always wanted to be with Dad," she said. "She was upset he had to be in the nursing home. "Now they are in heaven together."
The couple is survived by a son, three daughters, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Ronald worked for 37 years at Consolidated Papers and drove school bus for several years, and the couple also farmed in the Town of Ellington.
Funeral services will be held at Saturday at St. Edward Catholic Church, Mackville.
Stevenson said she and her brother and sisters will remember them "just for the kind of parents they were. They were always there when we needed them."

Ronald married Geenen, Bernice Ann 4 Jun 1946. Bernice (daughter of Geenen, John A. and McCabe, Ella C.) was born 23 Mar 1923, Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; died 11 Aug 1999, Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; was buried Aft 11 Aug 1999, St. Edward Catholic Cemetery, Mackville, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]