Johanna Franziska Stuhlmiller

Johanna met Raymond, her husband of 63 years in December 1959. They began dating a month later, sharing many wonderful times together and were married on November 12, 1960 in Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Cheney. Johanna and Raymond then began their life together just outside of Quincy, Washington, on the family ranch above Trinidad where Raymond was farming dryland wheat. It was also in 1960 that Johanna became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Children came soon after with the births of David, Michael and Heidi. In 1967, Johanna and Raymond moved into their new home in Quincy where Johanna would spend the rest of her life as a wife, mother and homemaker. Johanna loved her home and took care of it with a Bavarian housewife’s touch.

Raised in a Roman Catholic family, Johanna took on the Lutheran faith soon after marrying Raymond. Johanna enjoyed participating in altar guild, helping with meals, and participating in the ladies' groups, while supporting her family’s growth in the teaching of the Lord.

Johanna revealed herself to be very structured and organized, stern, yet loving and kind, always following a disciplined approach to dealing with her children, getting work done and in helping with any other needs of the family and farming operation as necessary. During the wheat harvest, Johanna kept the family eating well both out on the farm and when returning for dinner after the day’s work.

Johanna was a skilled cook and her kitchen was always clean and welcoming – usually the place in the house where everyone would meet to visit together. She liked baking new things, cutting out recipes and she especially enjoyed making chocolate chip cookies for the family and the neighbors.

Johanna enjoyed her social activities, participating in Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, encouraging her children in their activities, snow-skiing with Raymond in the winter, visiting Leavenworth and sewing. A highlight of her life took place in 1960 when she attended the Squaw Valley Olympics to watch her brother Schorsch compete in ice hockey for the German Olympic team.

Through the years, Johanna traveled to Germany often, always refreshing her love for home and for her hometown Bad Tolz, sitting on the Isar River amid the German alps. Many of these trips were taken with Raymond and their children, who fondly remember all the sights and sounds of a beautiful land that seemed so imaginary, but that their mother remembered only as home. Johanna and Raymond traveled to many places throughout Germany. Johanna was always sharing her homeland with everyone who was interested. She dressed in a classy European style and was always shopping for the latest fashions wherever she could find them.

In the last 4 or 5 years of her life, Johanna was beset by lingering health problems with which she coped daily. In her last few months of life, Johanna lived her life as always, waking up to her morning cup of coffee, enjoying her life with Raymond and keeping in close touch with her children and the rest of her family.

Johanna was preceded in death by her father and mother, Michael and Maria Eberl of Bad Tolz, Germany; her sisters, Maria Eberl of Bad Tolz and Anna Colyar (Art) of Cheney, Washington; and her brothers Michael Eberl (Gertraud) and Schorsch Eberl (Ingrid) of Bad Tolz. Johanna is survived by her sister-in-law, Ingrid Eberl.

Johanna is survived by her husband, Raymond Stuhlmiller, her sons, David Stuhlmiller and Michael Stuhlmiller, and her daughter, Heidi Wurl (Rod), and her two grandchildren, Jacob Deleeuw and Olivia Deleeuw. She loved her children and she was always keeping track of what and how they were doing. She enjoyed it when her kids would come home and visit. She was always a very big part in the lives of her husband and children.

Johanna is also survived by her many nephews and nieces, both in Germany and here in America, she loved them all and was always looking forward to seeing them again. She enjoyed such fun times with them through the many years.

A memorial service has been scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Friday December 15th, 2023 at The Old German-Lutheran church in Quincy, Washington. The address for this church is 415 F Street S.W., Quincy, WA 98848. An internment will be held in the Quincy Cemetery following a meal.

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Scharbach’s Columbia Funeral Chapel, Quincy, is assisting the family with arrangements.