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Edna Bertha Stockman obituary, 5/18/2000


Funeral services for Edna Bertha Stockman, 81, of Plato,
were held on Saturday, May 20, from the St. Paul’s United Church of Christ
in Plato, with the Rev. Grant Groves-Speece officiating.
Mrs. Stockman died on May 18, 2000, at St. Mary’s Care
Center in Winsted.
The organist was Diane Anderson and the congregational
hymns were “Amazing Grace,” “Abide With Me” and “What
A Friend We Have In Jesus.”
Serving as pallbearers were Nathan Kohn, Diane Kuglin,
David Ruschmeier, Jeannine Ruschmeier, David Sprengeler, Becky Sprengeler,
Earl Schuth and Beverly Schuth. Interment was in the St. Paul’s Church Cemetery
in Plato.
Edna B. Stockman was born to Albert and Christine (Buckentin)
Dammann on March 17, 1919, in Helen Township. She was baptized on March
30, 1919, at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Hamburg.
She also was confirmed at Emanuel Lutheran Church on April
9, 1933. She attended Emanuel Lutheran Parochial School in Hamburg through
the eighth grade and then graduated from Glencoe High School in 1938.
On Feb. 3, 1944, she was united in marriage to Edward Stockman
at the Emanuel Lutheran Parsonage in Hamburg.
Mrs. Stockman lived in the rural Plato area her entire
life until they retired 20 years ago and built a new home in Plato.
She has been a member of St. Paul’s U.C.C. in Plato since
1944. For enjoyment, Mrs. Stockman loved gardening, decorating, doing crafts
in her home, fishing, bowling and even loved working in the fields on their
farm.
Survivors include her husband, Edward Stockman of Plato;
sister, Bernice Dammann of Plato; sister-in-law, Viola Stockman of Glencoe;
also nieces, other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Stockman was preceded in death by her parents.
The Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel of Glencoe handled arrangements.

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