Travis, Stella Marie

1916 - 2017  (101 years)

• Name	Travis, Stella Marie
  Birth	17 Feb 1916	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	TRAV.S003
  Death	20 Apr 2017	Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona   [1]
  Burial	Mound Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois   [3]
  		Headstone, Lunkusky, Stella M. and Harry C.
  Person ID	I26141	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Travis - Jones Noah Travis and Hannah N. Jones Descendants
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Travis, Thomas Hugh,   b. 4 Mar 1889, Clay County, Illinois d. 30 Dec 1967, Fairbury, Livingston County, Illinois (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Striegel, Pearl Marie,   b. 14 May 1898, Saint Anne, Kankakee County, Illinois d. 26 Nov 1956, Bradley, Kankakee County, Illinois (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F11259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lunkusky, Harry Carl,   b. 8 Jul 1911, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois d. 18 Mar 1992, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1936
  Age at Marriage	She : 20 years and 10 months - He : 25 years and 5 months.
  Family ID	F11260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Stella attended school in Clay City before the family moved to northern Illinois where she attended school in Magnolia for 10 years. She excelled in penmanship and playing the violin. The family moved to Bradley, Illinois in 1932 and she was very active in the Methodist Church in Kankakee. She married Harry C. Lunkusky in December, 1936. They did considerable traveling and helped in local politics. She served on election boards and as a juror. In 1955 they adopted a son. They moved to Mesa, Arizona in 1971 and she served on election boards there also. Stella loved fishing, knitting, playing cards and working puzzles. She was also a very talented organist.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7320] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Lunkusky, Stella, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=178614382), none. (Reliability: 2). [S231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Enumeration District 3, Page 1B, (http://search.ancestry.com/content/viewer.aspx?dbid=6061&iid=4300174_00609&noredir=true&sid=&gskw=) (Reliability: 2). [S7321] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Lunkusky, Stella M. and Harry C., (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45785648), none. (Reliability: 2).