Isabelle Amelia (Kaiser) Stemmer (1914 - 2005)

Born 3 Nov 1914 in Mukilteo, Snohomish, Washington, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Roland Clarke Stemmer — married 14 Jun 1950 in Snohomish, Washington, United States

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Biography

Daughter of John Kaiser and Elizabeth Gessner.

Married Roland C. Stemmer 15 Jun 1950 in Mukilteo, Snohomish County, Washington.^[1]

Mother of Dee Dee Oen and Roland Stemmer Jr.

Isabelle attended the Rosehill School in Mukilteo. The Historical Society has photos of her in a class group, and performing in an operetta, "Melidotte," in 1928.

Isabelle was trained as an American Red Cross lifeguard. She loved to swim. As a young girl, she swam from Mukilteo to Hat Island, accompanied by friends in a rowboat.

"While attending the University of Washington, Stemmer competed in synchronized swimming. She received her master’s degree at Columbia University in New York and taught high school English and physical education, then journalism and English at what is now Everett Community College."

"Her pace barely slowed as she raised three children at the family home in Old Town Mukilteo, was a Cub Scout leader and volunteered at St. Mary Magdalen School in Everett."

"She received her first communion at the St. John Mission church in Mukilteo, was married there, and the church was the scene of her funeral service. Stemmer had a key to the church, and for decades unlocked the doors and turned on the heat for the 9 a.m. Sunday service."

She used to sit with her friend Masako Yamamoto and watch trains go by.

She was good friends with Tude (Zahler) Richter and Thelma Kane. ^[2]

Stemmer was preceded in death by her husband, Roland, in 1999; sons Lance in 2001 and Roland in 2005; and brother Jim Kaiser in 2003.

Sources

1. ↑ "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9S-WDBR : 28 November 2018), Roland C Stemmer and Isabelle A Kaiser, 15 Jun 1950, Snohomish, Washington, United States, Washington State Archives, Olympia; FamilySearch digital folder 007388762.
2. ↑ Obituary by Kristi O'Harran, Everett Herald, Saturday, 12 March 2005. https://www.heraldnet.com/news/mukilteo-woman-lived-for-bay-beach-and-the-bon/

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHN8-MGQ : accessed 3 March 2020), Isabel Kaiser in household of John Kaiser, Mukilteo, Snohomish, Washington, United States; citing ED 187, sheet 2B, line 59, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1939; FHL microfilm 1,821,939.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCQD-12P : accessed 3 March 2020), Isabel Kaiser in household of John Kaiser, Mukilteo, Snohomish, Washington, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 97, sheet 2A, line 46, family 44, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2520; FHL microfilm 2,342,254.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLL-V25H : 13 December 2015), Isabelle Amelia Stemmer, 2005; Burial, Everett, Snohomish, Washington, United States of America, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park; citing record ID 94163825, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94163825