Estella (Hendricks) Hunsberger (1907-1993)

Estella (Stella) Hunsberger formerly Hendricks

Born 3 Aug 1907 in Telford, Pennsylvania, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Henry Stover Hendricks and Ellen Detweiler Hendricks

Sister of Mayme (Hendricks) Derstine, Paul H Hendricks, Frances Edna Hendricks, Ruth Hendricks, Elsie Hendricks, Marvin Hendricks and Warrin Hendricks

Wife of Hiram Nice Hunsberger — married 24 Jun 1928 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Mother of Mary Ellen (Hunsberger) Miller, Ruthea (Hunsberger) Currie, [private daughter (1930s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1940s - unknown)]

Died 20 Jul 1993 at age 85 in Gulfport Mississippi, USA

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Biography

Stella was born August 3rd 1907 in Montgomery County Pennsylvania to Henry Hendricks and Ellen Tyson Detweiler Hendricks one of 8 children.^[1]l She married Hiram Nice Hunsberger June 24, 1928 in Bucks County Pennsylvania ^[2], They raised four daughters in Doylstown Pennsylvania ^[3] where she worked in a sewing factory. Two of her 23 grandchildren are Farris-686 and Tew-140. She and Hiram also took in foster children through out the years in Doylstown . The family moved to Gulfport Mississippi in 1952 where she worked at McCorry's and also drove a school bus for a while with Harrison County School system (She loved to drive according to her daughters). She volunteered with RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) mostly visiting shut ins. Like her father before her Stella enjoyed woodworking and could be very creative making her own shelving , pictures, clothing etc according to her daughter she did a lot of "rigging" old furniture (recycling and remaking old furniture)^[4] Stella also was a member of the sewing circle at Gulf Haven Mennonite Church where she and Hiram celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and where she and Hiram are buried.^[5]

originally Estella but when she was older she just dropped the E and just spelled it Stella.

Sources

^[1] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] First-hand information as remembered by Charissa Currie (granddaughter of Stella Hunsberger) and Stella's daughters

also

^[1]"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MG4B-D6Z : accessed 10 March 2015), Paul Hendrick in household of Henry, Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 148, sheet 6A, family 121, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,392.

^[1]"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHZH-8XR : accessed 10 March 2015), Stella H Hunsberger in household of Henry S Hendricks, West Telford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0162, sheet 12A, family 269, line 15, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2085; FHL microfilm 2,341,819.

^[2]marriage document (posted)

^[3] "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ8Z-1LJ : accessed 8 June 2015), Hiram Hunsberger, Doylestown Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-32, sheet 15A, family 292, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3445.

find a grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=149352251

her obituary is listed in the Gospel Herald in the Mennonite Archives at http://www.mcusa-archives.org/MennObits/93/aug1993.html

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Charissa Currie

one thing most people did not know about her is that she used to speak Pennsylvania Dutch , which I believe is more similar to German? According to her daughter Doris, Stella once got in trouble in school for speaking it to a friend when they were on the playground, and although she did not speak it much when she was older she would sing a song she knew in it now and then .

posted 11 Jun 2015 by Charissa Currie [thank Charissa]

Charissa Currie

What I personally remember about her is what a fun person she was to be around always loved to visit you could not get bored spending time with her. she loved all types of games especially board games, aggravation and parcheesi were two of her favorites. when younger I went to her house after school and we would watch Gilligan's Island (one of her favorite shows) while eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches she cut in to small bit size squares. I also remember is she made an awesome shoo fly cake , I've never been able to find or make one 1/2 as good. My brothers and sisters said she also made really good shoo fly pie.

posted 27 Feb 2015 by Charissa Currie [thank Charissa]

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Stella by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Stella: