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William “Will” Stoenner

Birth	:	28 Nov 1877 Ely Township, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Death	:	21 Jun 1956 Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon, USA
Burial	:	Chapel of Memories Columbarium, Oakland, Alameda County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.8310471, -122.2480927
Description	:	Will was born as William Kaiser and died as William Stoenner. He was the adored first child of Josephine Ellis Kaiser. He was the stepson of Nicholas Simon (1846 - 1883), a kind and prosperous man who married Josephine when Will was just an infant and who reared him as his own. Nicholas fell over dead of a heart ailment at thirty-six and left Josephine a widow at twenty-two with three children under the age of six. Will was the stepson of Frederick Richard ("Fred") Stoermer (1858 - unknown), who married Josephine in 1885... Read More	Will was born as William Kaiser and died as William Stoenner. He was the adored first child of Josephine Ellis Kaiser. He was the stepson of Nicholas Simon (1846 - 1883), a kind and prosperous man who married Josephine when Will was just an infant and who reared him as his own. Nicholas fell over dead of a heart ailment at thirty-six and left Josephine a widow at twenty-two with three children under the age of six. Will was the stepson of Frederick Richard ("Fred") Stoermer (1858 - unknown), who married Josephine in 1885 and deserted her and their family in 1904. Around 1920, when Will was hired by an oil company in central California, the handwritten surname of "Stoermer" on his employment record was misread as "Stoenner" by the payroll office; his paycheck was made out to "William Stoenner". Will, who felt no affection for Fred Stoermer, chose to keep the name and was known thereafter as Stoenner. He married Frances Laura Neill, aka Laura Frances Neill, daughter of Robert Hyndman McQuae Neill and Marion MacArthur, ca March 23, 1899, in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. The couple had one child, a daughter, namely: Goldie Laura (Stoermer) Fifield (1901-1986). William Stoenner died on a visit to Oregon; his usual residence was Martinez, Contra Costa County, California. He is inurned at Chapel of Memories where his mother, Josephine Ellis (Kaiser) [Simon] Stoermer; his half-brothers, Albert Bernard [Simon/] Stoermer and Leslie Reginald Stoermer; his half-sister, Eva Lydia (Simon)/(Stoermer) Burns and her husband, Robert Morris Burns; and his nieces, Gladys E. (Burns) Moran and Thelma L. (Burns) [Lee] Hutchison, are all inurned. Although the true relationships were "half", this was a close family that never thought in terms of "half". Will was the eldest of eight children who, due to death, had different fathers. CONTRA COSTA GAZETTE; Martinez, Contra Costa County, California; Monday, June 25, 1956: "Funeral Held for William Stoenner Funeral services for William Stoenner, 72 [sic-78], were said today at Connelly and Taylor Chapel. The last rites were conducted by the Rev. W. B. Carnes of Grace Episcopal Church. The services were followed by cremation at Oak[land] Crematory in Oakland. Mr. Stoenner, of 1012 Estudillo Street, died last week in an Ashland, Ore., hotel. A native of Ohio [sic-Michigan], he was a retired Tidewater refinery worker. He leaves his wife, Evelyn, of Martinez and a daughter, Mrs. Jessie Toohig of Montrose. Other survivors include a half-brother, Roy Stormer [sic-Stoermer] of Leightonville [sic-Laytonville]; a sister, Mrs. Gertrude Thompson [sic-Thomson] of Arizona, and two nieces, Mrs. Gladys Moran and Mrs. Thelma Lee, both of Oakland." Family present at his service were his wife, Evelyn; his daughter and son-in-law, Jessie Agnes (Stoermer) and Harold Toohig; his brother and wife, Roy and Etta (Miller) Stoermer, and their two sons, Al and Roy Stoermer; his sister, Gertrude M. (Stoermer) Thomson, and her daughter and granddaughter, Lucille G. (Thomson) Strong and Liane Strong; his brother, Leslie R. ("Les") Stoermer; both daughters of his late sister, Eva (Simon/Stoermer) Burns, Gladys E. (Burns) Moran and her daughter, Ronni Jeanne Moran, and Thelma L. (Burns) Lee and her husband, Eugene Lee.

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Where is William “Will” Stoenner's memorial?
William “Will” Stoenner's memorial is located at: Chapel of Memories Columbarium, Oakland, Alameda County, USA.
When did William “Will” Stoenner death?
William “Will” Stoenner death on 21 Jun 1956 in Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon, USA
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Latitude: 37.8310471
Longitude: -122.2480927

Family Members:

Parent

Josephine Ellis “Josie” Kaiser Stoermer

(1861 - 1938)

Spouse

Siblings

Albert Bernard “Al” Stoermer

(1881 - 1919)

Eva Lydia Stoermer Burns

(1882 - 1952)

Roy Fredrick Stoermer

(1891 - 1976)

Leslie Reginald “Les” Stoermer

(1896 - 1968)

Children

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