Born in a log cabin on a farm north of what is now Gaylord Michigan, he was the fifth child of a family of nine. 7 sisters and a brother. Being only ten years old when his father died, help was needed on the farm. Because of this, he had very little schooling, maybe three years total. The family was quite poor and there were times when he had no shoes and had to walk to school in the snow. He lived at home until his marriage at age 24 to Stella Wojtkowiak, who was 17 years old and 7 years younger than him. They were married at St. Mary Church in Gaylord, Michigan. He fathered seven children. Five girls and two boys, all of which were born in the same home. While living in Gaylord his work varied from farming to working in lumber camps on the railroad and even a little bartending. His hobbies were hunting, fishing. He smoked a pipe, loved whiskey, and owned one car in his whole lifetime which was a Model T Ford. It was said he played the concertina and violin. He also ushered in church.
Polish was spoken most of the time. The Nessel family owned an organ, which was left behind along with many other items that were too hard to pack and take along when the house was sold in 1923.
In 1921 he came to Detroit seeking employment. His first job was at Fisher Body obtained for him by Frank Szymanski, a brother-in-law. He stayed with the Szymanski family on Sheridan Street. By 1923 the home in Gaylord was sold and the family came to Detroit by train. An upper flat was found and rented on Trombly street, above a bar. The family stayed there for nine months.
The family joined the Immaculate Conception Church. Martha, Edmund & Carrie attended school there. Clara and Victor found employment. Stanley went to work for the Dodge Brothers Automotive Factory. In 1924 a home at 8212 Edgewood Avenue in Detroit was purchased. The house was almost lost during the depression days of the 1930s. A loan from the Federal Housing Administration saved the family from losing the house.
Martha married in 1924, Clara in 1925, and Victor in 1935.
On July 12th, 1936, Stanley lost his wife of 31 years at age 49. She would've been 50 in two more months. She was ill for four days. A Dr. Butler was called. He prescribed an anemia, Wintergreen rubs on her legs plus some medication. He never gave an inkling that her illness was serious. Knowing that she at times pulled a few stunts when dad came home intoxicated, we didnt take it serious either, although between Helen and I (Carrie) we did the best we were capable of. By Saturday she was not any better so we took her to St. Joseph Hospital. An hour after leaving there we were called back. She was gone, looking very peaceful with a smile on her face. She did have a priest and had her last rights. The cause of her death was Rheumatic Fever, Cerebral Hemorrhage, and Heat Prostration. It had been 108 degrees in the shade that day. The family was now down to five.
Stanley retired at age 58. Even though the two of them werent on the best of terms, I believe he missed his Stella. His drinking increased making it miserable for the four of us at home. Edmund decided to marry that year in 1939. Esther, the youngest in the family, graduated that January of 1939, She was the only one in the Nessel Family that graduated from the 12th grade.
Esther found work at the Bedell Dress Shop in Downtown Detroit. I (carrie) was working at the National Automotive Industries, and Helen stayed home keeping the house for the four of us. I would say she had the worst end of it. I (Carrie) am sorry to say that I didn't realize that until years later.
Early in 1941 the family got together to figure out what was to be done with dad and the house because Esther and Carrie were getting married in June and July. After talking it over with all concerned, it was decided that the house would be signed over to Martha and her Husband Harry Fiebig, mainly because she didn't have any children to get on dads nerves, and something had to be done. That summer the Fiebigs moved in with Helen staying on. Helen married in 1942 and stays on with her husband. He was drafted into the Army April of 1943. Her son was born in july of 1943.
Stanly complained of a piece of flesh protruding from his tongue, which kept getting in his way while eating. It was removed, tested, and proved to be cancerous. X-Ray treatments were given, 12 in all. His face turned dark and his skin felt like parchment to the touch. Some time later Radium pellets were planted in his tongue, which helped but caused loss of apetite. He drank more and ate less. The Drs said his strong heart is what kept him alive. He began to have hallucinations, turned day into night, and was a helluva person to live with.
In 1944 with world war two in full swing, one learned to live with shortages of certain foods, gasoline, and stamp rations. We had to live on army allotments and made the most of it.
In 1945 World War Two ended and Helen's husband came home in one piece. They stayed on in the Nessel home until 1946. At this time Stanley is not getting any better but is just hanging in there.
In 1951 an operation called a gastrotomy which enabled him to be fed by a funnel placed in his stomach with baby food was performed. This was more than he or Martha could cope with so he was placed in a home. He caught Pneumonia, lived four weeks and his life was over at 69 years, ten months and a day.
Polish was spoken most of the time. The Nessel family owned an organ, which was left behind along with many other items that were too hard to pack and take along when the house was sold in 1923.
In 1921 he came to Detroit seeking employment. His first job was at Fisher Body obtained for him by Frank Szymanski, a brother-in-law. He stayed with the Szymanski family on Sheridan Street. By 1923 the home in Gaylord was sold and the family came to Detroit by train. An upper flat was found and rented on Trombly street, above a bar. The family stayed there for nine months.
The family joined the Immaculate Conception Church. Martha, Edmund & Carrie attended school there. Clara and Victor found employment. Stanley went to work for the Dodge Brothers Automotive Factory. In 1924 a home at 8212 Edgewood Avenue in Detroit was purchased. The house was almost lost during the depression days of the 1930s. A loan from the Federal Housing Administration saved the family from losing the house.
Martha married in 1924, Clara in 1925, and Victor in 1935.
On July 12th, 1936, Stanley lost his wife of 31 years at age 49. She would've been 50 in two more months. She was ill for four days. A Dr. Butler was called. He prescribed an anemia, Wintergreen rubs on her legs plus some medication. He never gave an inkling that her illness was serious. Knowing that she at times pulled a few stunts when dad came home intoxicated, we didnt take it serious either, although between Helen and I (Carrie) we did the best we were capable of. By Saturday she was not any better so we took her to St. Joseph Hospital. An hour after leaving there we were called back. She was gone, looking very peaceful with a smile on her face. She did have a priest and had her last rights. The cause of her death was Rheumatic Fever, Cerebral Hemorrhage, and Heat Prostration. It had been 108 degrees in the shade that day. The family was now down to five.
Stanley retired at age 58. Even though the two of them werent on the best of terms, I believe he missed his Stella. His drinking increased making it miserable for the four of us at home. Edmund decided to marry that year in 1939. Esther, the youngest in the family, graduated that January of 1939, She was the only one in the Nessel Family that graduated from the 12th grade.
Esther found work at the Bedell Dress Shop in Downtown Detroit. I (carrie) was working at the National Automotive Industries, and Helen stayed home keeping the house for the four of us. I would say she had the worst end of it. I (Carrie) am sorry to say that I didn't realize that until years later.
Early in 1941 the family got together to figure out what was to be done with dad and the house because Esther and Carrie were getting married in June and July. After talking it over with all concerned, it was decided that the house would be signed over to Martha and her Husband Harry Fiebig, mainly because she didn't have any children to get on dads nerves, and something had to be done. That summer the Fiebigs moved in with Helen staying on. Helen married in 1942 and stays on with her husband. He was drafted into the Army April of 1943. Her son was born in july of 1943.
Stanly complained of a piece of flesh protruding from his tongue, which kept getting in his way while eating. It was removed, tested, and proved to be cancerous. X-Ray treatments were given, 12 in all. His face turned dark and his skin felt like parchment to the touch. Some time later Radium pellets were planted in his tongue, which helped but caused loss of apetite. He drank more and ate less. The Drs said his strong heart is what kept him alive. He began to have hallucinations, turned day into night, and was a helluva person to live with.
In 1944 with world war two in full swing, one learned to live with shortages of certain foods, gasoline, and stamp rations. We had to live on army allotments and made the most of it.
In 1945 World War Two ended and Helen's husband came home in one piece. They stayed on in the Nessel home until 1946. At this time Stanley is not getting any better but is just hanging in there.
In 1951 an operation called a gastrotomy which enabled him to be fed by a funnel placed in his stomach with baby food was performed. This was more than he or Martha could cope with so he was placed in a home. He caught Pneumonia, lived four weeks and his life was over at 69 years, ten months and a day.
Born in a log cabin on a farm north of what is now Gaylord Michigan, he was the fifth child of a family of nine. 7 sisters and a brother. Being only ten years old when his father died, help was needed on the farm. Because of this, he had very little schooling, maybe three years total. The family was quite poor and there were times when he had no shoes and had to walk to school in the snow. He lived at home until his marriage at age 24 to Stella Wojtkowiak, who was 17 years old and 7 years younger than him. They were married at St. Mary Church in Gaylord, Michigan. He fathered seven children. Five girls and two boys, all of which were born in the same home. While living in Gaylord his work varied from farming to working in lumber camps on the railroad and even a little bartending. His hobbies were hunting, fishing. He smoked a pipe, loved whiskey, and owned one car in his whole lifetime which was a Model T Ford. It was said he played the concertina and violin. He also ushered in church.
Polish was spoken most of the time. The Nessel family owned an organ, which was left behind along with many other items that were too hard to pack and take along when the house was sold in 1923.
In 1921 he came to Detroit seeking employment. His first job was at Fisher Body obtained for him by Frank Szymanski, a brother-in-law. He stayed with the Szymanski family on Sheridan Street. By 1923 the home in Gaylord was sold and the family came to Detroit by train. An upper flat was found and rented on Trombly street, above a bar. The family stayed there for nine months.
The family joined the Immaculate Conception Church. Martha, Edmund & Carrie attended school there. Clara and Victor found employment. Stanley went to work for the Dodge Brothers Automotive Factory. In 1924 a home at 8212 Edgewood Avenue in Detroit was purchased. The house was almost lost during the depression days of the 1930s. A loan from the Federal Housing Administration saved the family from losing the house.
Martha married in 1924, Clara in 1925, and Victor in 1935.
On July 12th, 1936, Stanley lost his wife of 31 years at age 49. She would've been 50 in two more months. She was ill for four days. A Dr. Butler was called. He prescribed an anemia, Wintergreen rubs on her legs plus some medication. He never gave an inkling that her illness was serious. Knowing that she at times pulled a few stunts when dad came home intoxicated, we didnt take it serious either, although between Helen and I (Carrie) we did the best we were capable of. By Saturday she was not any better so we took her to St. Joseph Hospital. An hour after leaving there we were called back. She was gone, looking very peaceful with a smile on her face. She did have a priest and had her last rights. The cause of her death was Rheumatic Fever, Cerebral Hemorrhage, and Heat Prostration. It had been 108 degrees in the shade that day. The family was now down to five.
Stanley retired at age 58. Even though the two of them werent on the best of terms, I believe he missed his Stella. His drinking increased making it miserable for the four of us at home. Edmund decided to marry that year in 1939. Esther, the youngest in the family, graduated that January of 1939, She was the only one in the Nessel Family that graduated from the 12th grade.
Esther found work at the Bedell Dress Shop in Downtown Detroit. I (carrie) was working at the National Automotive Industries, and Helen stayed home keeping the house for the four of us. I would say she had the worst end of it. I (Carrie) am sorry to say that I didn't realize that until years later.
Early in 1941 the family got together to figure out what was to be done with dad and the house because Esther and Carrie were getting married in June and July. After talking it over with all concerned, it was decided that the house would be signed over to Martha and her Husband Harry Fiebig, mainly because she didn't have any children to get on dads nerves, and something had to be done. That summer the Fiebigs moved in with Helen staying on. Helen married in 1942 and stays on with her husband. He was drafted into the Army April of 1943. Her son was born in july of 1943.
Stanly complained of a piece of flesh protruding from his tongue, which kept getting in his way while eating. It was removed, tested, and proved to be cancerous. X-Ray treatments were given, 12 in all. His face turned dark and his skin felt like parchment to the touch. Some time later Radium pellets were planted in his tongue, which helped but caused loss of apetite. He drank more and ate less. The Drs said his strong heart is what kept him alive. He began to have hallucinations, turned day into night, and was a helluva person to live with.
In 1944 with world war two in full swing, one learned to live with shortages of certain foods, gasoline, and stamp rations. We had to live on army allotments and made the most of it.
In 1945 World War Two ended and Helen's husband came home in one piece. They stayed on in the Nessel home until 1946. At this time Stanley is not getting any better but is just hanging in there.
In 1951 an operation called a gastrotomy which enabled him to be fed by a funnel placed in his stomach with baby food was performed. This was more than he or Martha could cope with so he was placed in a home. He caught Pneumonia, lived four weeks and his life was over at 69 years, ten months and a day.
Polish was spoken most of the time. The Nessel family owned an organ, which was left behind along with many other items that were too hard to pack and take along when the house was sold in 1923.
In 1921 he came to Detroit seeking employment. His first job was at Fisher Body obtained for him by Frank Szymanski, a brother-in-law. He stayed with the Szymanski family on Sheridan Street. By 1923 the home in Gaylord was sold and the family came to Detroit by train. An upper flat was found and rented on Trombly street, above a bar. The family stayed there for nine months.
The family joined the Immaculate Conception Church. Martha, Edmund & Carrie attended school there. Clara and Victor found employment. Stanley went to work for the Dodge Brothers Automotive Factory. In 1924 a home at 8212 Edgewood Avenue in Detroit was purchased. The house was almost lost during the depression days of the 1930s. A loan from the Federal Housing Administration saved the family from losing the house.
Martha married in 1924, Clara in 1925, and Victor in 1935.
On July 12th, 1936, Stanley lost his wife of 31 years at age 49. She would've been 50 in two more months. She was ill for four days. A Dr. Butler was called. He prescribed an anemia, Wintergreen rubs on her legs plus some medication. He never gave an inkling that her illness was serious. Knowing that she at times pulled a few stunts when dad came home intoxicated, we didnt take it serious either, although between Helen and I (Carrie) we did the best we were capable of. By Saturday she was not any better so we took her to St. Joseph Hospital. An hour after leaving there we were called back. She was gone, looking very peaceful with a smile on her face. She did have a priest and had her last rights. The cause of her death was Rheumatic Fever, Cerebral Hemorrhage, and Heat Prostration. It had been 108 degrees in the shade that day. The family was now down to five.
Stanley retired at age 58. Even though the two of them werent on the best of terms, I believe he missed his Stella. His drinking increased making it miserable for the four of us at home. Edmund decided to marry that year in 1939. Esther, the youngest in the family, graduated that January of 1939, She was the only one in the Nessel Family that graduated from the 12th grade.
Esther found work at the Bedell Dress Shop in Downtown Detroit. I (carrie) was working at the National Automotive Industries, and Helen stayed home keeping the house for the four of us. I would say she had the worst end of it. I (Carrie) am sorry to say that I didn't realize that until years later.
Early in 1941 the family got together to figure out what was to be done with dad and the house because Esther and Carrie were getting married in June and July. After talking it over with all concerned, it was decided that the house would be signed over to Martha and her Husband Harry Fiebig, mainly because she didn't have any children to get on dads nerves, and something had to be done. That summer the Fiebigs moved in with Helen staying on. Helen married in 1942 and stays on with her husband. He was drafted into the Army April of 1943. Her son was born in july of 1943.
Stanly complained of a piece of flesh protruding from his tongue, which kept getting in his way while eating. It was removed, tested, and proved to be cancerous. X-Ray treatments were given, 12 in all. His face turned dark and his skin felt like parchment to the touch. Some time later Radium pellets were planted in his tongue, which helped but caused loss of apetite. He drank more and ate less. The Drs said his strong heart is what kept him alive. He began to have hallucinations, turned day into night, and was a helluva person to live with.
In 1944 with world war two in full swing, one learned to live with shortages of certain foods, gasoline, and stamp rations. We had to live on army allotments and made the most of it.
In 1945 World War Two ended and Helen's husband came home in one piece. They stayed on in the Nessel home until 1946. At this time Stanley is not getting any better but is just hanging in there.
In 1951 an operation called a gastrotomy which enabled him to be fed by a funnel placed in his stomach with baby food was performed. This was more than he or Martha could cope with so he was placed in a home. He caught Pneumonia, lived four weeks and his life was over at 69 years, ten months and a day.
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