Joan Stadelmann celebrates her 100th birthday

On Sunday, Feb. 9, Joan Stadelmann celebrated her 100th birthday, marking a full century of life in this world.

 

Joan was born to Johanna (Eckenberg) and Hans Battig, had been married in May of 1919, on Feb., 9, 1925 in Luzern, Switzerland. She would go on to study for six years in Primary school, three years in Secondary school and one year in private commercial school.

 

She married Louis Stadelmann on Oct. 31, 1944 in Luzern. They would have four children: Louis Jr., John, Ben and Susan.
They had many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Their grandchildren include: Louis Jr.’s children, Christopher Stadelmann, Stephen Stadelmann and Leah Fleming; John’s children, Christine Heimpel, Rhonda Ryan and Jennifer Lewis; Ben’s children, Ian Stadelmann and Kate Stadelmann, and Susan’s child Gordie Reaume. Their great-grandchildren are Joshua, Kameron Stadelmann; Owen, Nell Stadelmann; Francis, Justice Fleming; Brett, Leigh-Anne Heimpel; MacKinley, Adam, Owen Ryan; Anna, Ashley, Erika Lewis. Their great-great-grandchildren are Caden, Daisy Heimpel; Ruben, Sebastian, Owen, Mason Heimpel.

 

Joan spent her life working as a bookkeeper and housewife, or, as she puts it, a domestic engineer.

 

Her special interests over the years include collecting coins and stamps and crocheting, while she was a member of the Spinners and Weavers, U.C.W. Blyth, Bridge Club of Goderich and Kincardine and she was a Huron Fringe Naturalist.

 

In fact, Joan has written a memoir of her life from 1946 to 1995, spanning over 325 pages. Over the course of her life, she’s also enjoyed travelling, making her way to 102 countries and every province and territory in Canada and every U.S. state except for North Dakota.