Martin Stahlecker - 1996

Martin Stahlecker of Golden departed this life on Thursday, May 16, 1996, at Sandlewood Hospice Care Center in Wheat Ridge. He was born to Edward and Margaret (Weisshaar) Stahlecker on Aug. 27, 1928, at Bethune.

He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Bethune and received his education at Blue View Country School.

During a lengthy illness and being in a body cast for most of a year, he studied and became a licensed taxidermist. He also worked for Frank Liebl on a farm near Stratton, and later worked in Loveland at the sugar beet factory. In 1955 he moved to Denver, where he worked at various jobs, and also received his high school diploma on Sept. 12, 1959.

He was married to Dorothy Owens.

He worked as a shipping clerk for Associated Grocers for 27 years, until ill health forced him to early retirement. His hobby was gardening, and he had a special love for woodworking.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Edgar.

He leaves to mourn his passing his wife; two adopted daughters, Jean Byrd and Dawn Graham; brother Walter and wife Margaret of Arvada; sisters Helen Gates and husband Ray of Warrenton, Ore., Lenora Weiss and husband Otto, Irma and husband Ray Chubbuck, Wilma and husband Glenn Maddox; and sister-in-law Jeanette Stahlecker of Burlington; 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; and many nieces and nephews and a host of relatives and friends.

Graveside services were conducted at Crown Hill Cemetery in Wheat Ridge on Monday, May 20, at 1 p.m., with Reverend Bruce Hermann of Faith Lutheran Church of Golden, officiating.

Memorials may be made to Sandlewood Hospice Care, c/o Walter Stahlecker, 8169 Benton Way, Arvada, CO 80002, or Immanuel Lutheran Church of Bethune.