Stanley Schuette
Stanley Schuette, 93 of Northfield and formally of Plato and of Staples, passed away November 29 at his home.
Services will be held in the Spring of 2024 and are currently pending.
Inurnment will be in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Staples.
Stanley Henry Schuette was born January 13, 1930, to Arthur W. and Emma D. (Albers) Schuette in Plato. He was raised on the family farm in Helen Township, McLeod County, Minnesota. He attended elementary school in Plato and graduated from Steven’s Seminary (Glencoe High School) in 1948. He joined the U.S. Army in August 1948. His basic training was in Fort Knox, KY, where he tested high in remembering the “dits and dots” of Morse Code and was sent to Carlisle Barracks, PA, for specialized training. Stanley served in Japan at Fushimi Momoyama listening station with the 126th Signal Service Company and the 8610 Army Auxiliary Unit as a signal service intercept operator during the Korean Conflict. Following his Honorable Discharge as a Lance Corporal in May 1952, he attended the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
Stanley took a job with IBM after graduation and moved to Des Moines, IA where he met Peggy Bedard (Kraschel). They married on June 8, 1958, in her hometown of Harlan, Iowa, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Stanley and Peggy had three daughters, Jean Marie, Anne Elisabeth and Margaret Leigh. After marriage they lived in Des Moines, Long Island, New York, New Jersey, California and Chicago, Illinois. After leaving IBM Stanley took a job with the RCA project in Greenland, where he lived for a year and installed military satellites. After the project was completed, he worked for Air Inc. and Collins Radio. Stanley and Peggy purchased land and a farmstead outside of Staples in 1963. After Peggy’s passing in 1967, he and his children settled on the Staples farm in 1970.
On April 22, 1976, Stanley married Carolyn Reidel Henry of Staples and expanded his family to include her two sons and five daughters. They shared 37 years of road trips, family get-togethers and a love of trying new restaurants.
Stanley enjoyed being with his family and friends, classical music, reading, good food, science fiction and Star Trek. He had an amazing memory for history and random facts and figures.
He was a past member of the Staples United Church of Christ, Staples Men’s Chorus and Minnesota Woodlot Owners and a former township clerk of Villard Township.
He is survived by his daughters, Anne (Gerald) Krause of Northfield and Margaret (Gary Rathmanner) Schuette of Winsted; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews; one sister, Joan (Chuck) Solger of VT; one brother, David of Pine River; Carolyn’s children, Michael (Lauri) Henry of Santa Fe, NM, Karen Pipek of Staples, Colleen (Scott) Swantner of Port Townsend, WA, Sheila (Scott) Becker of Staples, Sara (Mark) Hoemberg Staples, Merrie (Dennis) Breitenfeldt of Long Prairie and David (Julie) Henry of Kenmore, NY; other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his wives, Peggy and Carolyn; one daughter, Jean Rowe; one sister, Doris Weymeyer; four brothers, Victor, Donald, Arthur and Howard; sister-in-law Beatrice, and step-son-in-law, Gary Pipek.
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