JIMMY J ROGERS AND GLADYS STELTER ROGERS OF DAYTON, TEXAS:Information about Richard Gustav Stelter, Jr.


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Richard Gustav Stelter, Jr. (son of Richard Gustav Stelter, Sr. and Louise Franziska Johanna Koppelmann) was born November 12, 1911 in El Paso County @ Old Ft. Bliss, Texas, and died September 26, 1986 in UTMB, Galveston, Texas.He married Mary Magdalene Sapsky on June 22, 1933 in Nueva Laredo, Mexico, daughter of Prokop Semion Sapsky and Anna Onofre Kurey.
 Includes NotesNotes for Richard Gustav Stelter, Jr.:
Dad lived at 2120 32ND St., Galveston, Tx. when he met Mom.Other addresses were3124 N and 1905 M 1/2
Dads name was spelled wrong:as Steller
Per mom, Dad got Tuberculosis in 1933 from his mom.Mom and Dad met in 1932.Mom said dads mom was very strict.Dad was a concert pianist.
Dad had full blown tb in 1943 and was sent to a sanitoriumin San Antonio, Texas.They had to collapse his lungs and he had to go to hospital every two weeks to get air in them.45-46 = TB came back.They went to ElPaso in Sept 1947.They left three week after dad walked out of hospital.They hospital personnel tried to stop him but he wouldn't listen.He lived upstairs in attic of one of their homes and never touched anything the kids or mom touched until he got well.
He belonged to the First Evangelical Church in Galveston when his mother was alive.
Per mom, when dad's mother Louise was very strict on her children when she was alive.She loved them BUT her way was the only way.Somewhere along the way dad became an accomplished pianist but got mad about something one time and refused to ever play again.His love of the piano came out when his children were born and Diane and Lil learned to play.
More About Richard Gustav Stelter, Jr.:
Burial: Unknown, Cremated.
Illiness: 1933, Got TB.
Religion: July 05, 1927, First Evangelical Church of Galveston-Dad's Church.
More About Richard Gustav Stelter, Jr. and Mary Magdalene Sapsky:
Marriage: June 22, 1933, Nueva Laredo, Mexico.
Children of Richard Gustav Stelter, Jr. and Mary Magdalene Sapsky are:
  1. Zettie Lee Ann Stelter, b. November 21, 1933, Galveston, Tx., d. November 28, 1933, Galveston, Texas.
  2. +Sondra Louise Stelter, b. February 27, 1938, John Sealy Hospital, Galveston, Texas, d. date unknown.
  3. +Richard Gustav Stelter III.
  4. +Diane Lee Stelter.
  5. +Gladys Leanna Stelter, b. November 27, 1948, El Paso, Tx., d. date unknown.
  6. +Owen Peter Stelter.
  7. +Lillian Marie Stelter.