In 1922, George and Barbara Adelhardt moved into another apartment at 1047 Aisquith Street in the Old Town neighborhood of East Baltimore - on the same street as St. James Catholic Church. It was here that they began their family. On November 30, 1923 they had their first-born child which they named Mary Margaret after Barbara's two younger sisters. The infant Mary Margaret was described as a 'crybaby' just like her mother before her and her sister to come later. They received many presents from their family and friends including 3 or 4 carriage covers. Mary Margaret had short brown hair cut into bangs and had to wear eyeglasses as a young girl.
In 1926, her father George got a loan from his father and bought a brick row home with marble steps at 1419 Federal Street across the street from P.S. #20, a large public high school. Here they lived there for the next several decades. Mary Margaret had a brother name George (she called "Junie") and a sister named Carlita.
Mary Margaret had attended the Institute of Notre Dame. After graduating from IND, she went to work as a clerk/typist for W. T. Cowan Company – a trucking transfer company. She worked there about ten years and was so hurt when she lost her job that she came home in tears. M.M. (as her girlfriends Selma Hagen, Madeline Schmous, Ann Fitzberg, and Jean Schultz called her) continued to live with her parents on Richard Avenue during the 1950's. She then got a job also as a clerk/typist for the Pinkerton Detective Agency – a uniformed private detective service. She also worked there for another ten years until she became pregnant with her first child. In her spare time she accompanied her parents and friends on bus trips. In the late 1950s she dated a man named Lloyd Johnson who she had expected to give her an engagement ring. But after a year they stopped seeing each other.
Soon after she met Justin Thomas Stass, a first generation American of Polish decent at a meeting of a Veterans Crusade Unit. He was better known by all as Jess and M.M. was nicknamed "Candy" by others at the Crusades meetings. M.M. and Jess continued to see each other for several years and were married on the 22nd of September in 1962 at St. James Church. They moved into a semi-detached brick home on Northway Drive in the Woodhome Heights neighborhood of Northeast Baltimore. Jess worked as an inventory control specialist at the National Brewing Company, the makers of Baltimore's favorite beverage at that time – National Bohemian Beer. (Their pet basset hound was named Mr. Bo after the company's cartooned mascot)
In 1967, M.M and Jess had their first child named Karen and later had their son Tommy in 1968. M. M. became a full-time housewife and mother. Her nieces and nephews called her Aunty M. She loved to go to the movies and sing songs from Broadway musicals. Her favorite television programs to watch on Saturday evening were the Jackie Gleason Show and the Lawrence Welk Show. She loved to organize family gatherings at her home on holidays and prepared great recipes for Polish chrusciki and her pinwheels (salami rolled cream cheese hors d'oeuvres) for appetizers, lasagna or sour beef for dinner, and the best cheesecake for dessert. Her living room teak furniture was very contemporary and accented with the Nelson Sunburst Clock (a popular consumer icon of high design), a high fidelity record player and color television. For a time there was a plastic rug runner at the entrance door across the living room to protect the carpet. Jess's tobacco and pipes that he smoked where displayed out on the coffee table. M.M. was very involved with the Parent and Teachers Association at her children's grammar school and she and Jess both enjoyed planning field trips with children.
In 1972, Mary Margaret was diagnosed with cancer of the right salivary gland. Surgery was performed where her jawbone was cut and her gland was removed. A skin graft from her thigh was placed over the hole in the side of her face. The nerve damage to her face caused her to drool at times. Mary Margaret was one on the most courageous of women. Despite her severely altered appearance she continued to be active in her family, her church, and her community. Her daughter Karen was sent to stay with her sister Carlita and family in Virginia while M. M. recovered during the summer. Her cancer seemed to be in remission for the next five years. When her children reached school age they attended public school and the Stass family began to attend Mass at her brother's parish, St. Joseph's in the Baltimore County community of Fullerton.
Mary Margaret was a brave survivor, but eventually the cancer spread to all parts of her body including her ovaries, uterus, and lungs. The chemotherapy did little to help and the side effects only created hair loss and pain. Near the end the painkillers kept her bed ridden and incoherent. Sadly she passed away at home on September 15, 1978 at the age of 55. A Christian Wake Service was held at the Leonard J. Ruck Funeral Home on Harford Road and a Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated by Father Raymond Gribbin at St. Joseph (Fullerton) Catholic Church in Perry Hall on Tuesday, September 19th. Her cousins and nephews were the pall bearers. She was buried at there at the parish cemetery behind the church in Section K, Lot 25.
Jess Stass raised Karen and Tommy alone. After retiring, Jess married Shirley Bernard in 1998 and lived in Pasadena in southern Baltimore County.
In 1926, her father George got a loan from his father and bought a brick row home with marble steps at 1419 Federal Street across the street from P.S. #20, a large public high school. Here they lived there for the next several decades. Mary Margaret had a brother name George (she called "Junie") and a sister named Carlita.
Mary Margaret had attended the Institute of Notre Dame. After graduating from IND, she went to work as a clerk/typist for W. T. Cowan Company – a trucking transfer company. She worked there about ten years and was so hurt when she lost her job that she came home in tears. M.M. (as her girlfriends Selma Hagen, Madeline Schmous, Ann Fitzberg, and Jean Schultz called her) continued to live with her parents on Richard Avenue during the 1950's. She then got a job also as a clerk/typist for the Pinkerton Detective Agency – a uniformed private detective service. She also worked there for another ten years until she became pregnant with her first child. In her spare time she accompanied her parents and friends on bus trips. In the late 1950s she dated a man named Lloyd Johnson who she had expected to give her an engagement ring. But after a year they stopped seeing each other.
Soon after she met Justin Thomas Stass, a first generation American of Polish decent at a meeting of a Veterans Crusade Unit. He was better known by all as Jess and M.M. was nicknamed "Candy" by others at the Crusades meetings. M.M. and Jess continued to see each other for several years and were married on the 22nd of September in 1962 at St. James Church. They moved into a semi-detached brick home on Northway Drive in the Woodhome Heights neighborhood of Northeast Baltimore. Jess worked as an inventory control specialist at the National Brewing Company, the makers of Baltimore's favorite beverage at that time – National Bohemian Beer. (Their pet basset hound was named Mr. Bo after the company's cartooned mascot)
In 1967, M.M and Jess had their first child named Karen and later had their son Tommy in 1968. M. M. became a full-time housewife and mother. Her nieces and nephews called her Aunty M. She loved to go to the movies and sing songs from Broadway musicals. Her favorite television programs to watch on Saturday evening were the Jackie Gleason Show and the Lawrence Welk Show. She loved to organize family gatherings at her home on holidays and prepared great recipes for Polish chrusciki and her pinwheels (salami rolled cream cheese hors d'oeuvres) for appetizers, lasagna or sour beef for dinner, and the best cheesecake for dessert. Her living room teak furniture was very contemporary and accented with the Nelson Sunburst Clock (a popular consumer icon of high design), a high fidelity record player and color television. For a time there was a plastic rug runner at the entrance door across the living room to protect the carpet. Jess's tobacco and pipes that he smoked where displayed out on the coffee table. M.M. was very involved with the Parent and Teachers Association at her children's grammar school and she and Jess both enjoyed planning field trips with children.
In 1972, Mary Margaret was diagnosed with cancer of the right salivary gland. Surgery was performed where her jawbone was cut and her gland was removed. A skin graft from her thigh was placed over the hole in the side of her face. The nerve damage to her face caused her to drool at times. Mary Margaret was one on the most courageous of women. Despite her severely altered appearance she continued to be active in her family, her church, and her community. Her daughter Karen was sent to stay with her sister Carlita and family in Virginia while M. M. recovered during the summer. Her cancer seemed to be in remission for the next five years. When her children reached school age they attended public school and the Stass family began to attend Mass at her brother's parish, St. Joseph's in the Baltimore County community of Fullerton.
Mary Margaret was a brave survivor, but eventually the cancer spread to all parts of her body including her ovaries, uterus, and lungs. The chemotherapy did little to help and the side effects only created hair loss and pain. Near the end the painkillers kept her bed ridden and incoherent. Sadly she passed away at home on September 15, 1978 at the age of 55. A Christian Wake Service was held at the Leonard J. Ruck Funeral Home on Harford Road and a Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated by Father Raymond Gribbin at St. Joseph (Fullerton) Catholic Church in Perry Hall on Tuesday, September 19th. Her cousins and nephews were the pall bearers. She was buried at there at the parish cemetery behind the church in Section K, Lot 25.
Jess Stass raised Karen and Tommy alone. After retiring, Jess married Shirley Bernard in 1998 and lived in Pasadena in southern Baltimore County.
In 1922, George and Barbara Adelhardt moved into another apartment at 1047 Aisquith Street in the Old Town neighborhood of East Baltimore - on the same street as St. James Catholic Church. It was here that they began their family. On November 30, 1923 they had their first-born child which they named Mary Margaret after Barbara's two younger sisters. The infant Mary Margaret was described as a 'crybaby' just like her mother before her and her sister to come later. They received many presents from their family and friends including 3 or 4 carriage covers. Mary Margaret had short brown hair cut into bangs and had to wear eyeglasses as a young girl.
In 1926, her father George got a loan from his father and bought a brick row home with marble steps at 1419 Federal Street across the street from P.S. #20, a large public high school. Here they lived there for the next several decades. Mary Margaret had a brother name George (she called "Junie") and a sister named Carlita.
Mary Margaret had attended the Institute of Notre Dame. After graduating from IND, she went to work as a clerk/typist for W. T. Cowan Company – a trucking transfer company. She worked there about ten years and was so hurt when she lost her job that she came home in tears. M.M. (as her girlfriends Selma Hagen, Madeline Schmous, Ann Fitzberg, and Jean Schultz called her) continued to live with her parents on Richard Avenue during the 1950's. She then got a job also as a clerk/typist for the Pinkerton Detective Agency – a uniformed private detective service. She also worked there for another ten years until she became pregnant with her first child. In her spare time she accompanied her parents and friends on bus trips. In the late 1950s she dated a man named Lloyd Johnson who she had expected to give her an engagement ring. But after a year they stopped seeing each other.
Soon after she met Justin Thomas Stass, a first generation American of Polish decent at a meeting of a Veterans Crusade Unit. He was better known by all as Jess and M.M. was nicknamed "Candy" by others at the Crusades meetings. M.M. and Jess continued to see each other for several years and were married on the 22nd of September in 1962 at St. James Church. They moved into a semi-detached brick home on Northway Drive in the Woodhome Heights neighborhood of Northeast Baltimore. Jess worked as an inventory control specialist at the National Brewing Company, the makers of Baltimore's favorite beverage at that time – National Bohemian Beer. (Their pet basset hound was named Mr. Bo after the company's cartooned mascot)
In 1967, M.M and Jess had their first child named Karen and later had their son Tommy in 1968. M. M. became a full-time housewife and mother. Her nieces and nephews called her Aunty M. She loved to go to the movies and sing songs from Broadway musicals. Her favorite television programs to watch on Saturday evening were the Jackie Gleason Show and the Lawrence Welk Show. She loved to organize family gatherings at her home on holidays and prepared great recipes for Polish chrusciki and her pinwheels (salami rolled cream cheese hors d'oeuvres) for appetizers, lasagna or sour beef for dinner, and the best cheesecake for dessert. Her living room teak furniture was very contemporary and accented with the Nelson Sunburst Clock (a popular consumer icon of high design), a high fidelity record player and color television. For a time there was a plastic rug runner at the entrance door across the living room to protect the carpet. Jess's tobacco and pipes that he smoked where displayed out on the coffee table. M.M. was very involved with the Parent and Teachers Association at her children's grammar school and she and Jess both enjoyed planning field trips with children.
In 1972, Mary Margaret was diagnosed with cancer of the right salivary gland. Surgery was performed where her jawbone was cut and her gland was removed. A skin graft from her thigh was placed over the hole in the side of her face. The nerve damage to her face caused her to drool at times. Mary Margaret was one on the most courageous of women. Despite her severely altered appearance she continued to be active in her family, her church, and her community. Her daughter Karen was sent to stay with her sister Carlita and family in Virginia while M. M. recovered during the summer. Her cancer seemed to be in remission for the next five years. When her children reached school age they attended public school and the Stass family began to attend Mass at her brother's parish, St. Joseph's in the Baltimore County community of Fullerton.
Mary Margaret was a brave survivor, but eventually the cancer spread to all parts of her body including her ovaries, uterus, and lungs. The chemotherapy did little to help and the side effects only created hair loss and pain. Near the end the painkillers kept her bed ridden and incoherent. Sadly she passed away at home on September 15, 1978 at the age of 55. A Christian Wake Service was held at the Leonard J. Ruck Funeral Home on Harford Road and a Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated by Father Raymond Gribbin at St. Joseph (Fullerton) Catholic Church in Perry Hall on Tuesday, September 19th. Her cousins and nephews were the pall bearers. She was buried at there at the parish cemetery behind the church in Section K, Lot 25.
Jess Stass raised Karen and Tommy alone. After retiring, Jess married Shirley Bernard in 1998 and lived in Pasadena in southern Baltimore County.
In 1926, her father George got a loan from his father and bought a brick row home with marble steps at 1419 Federal Street across the street from P.S. #20, a large public high school. Here they lived there for the next several decades. Mary Margaret had a brother name George (she called "Junie") and a sister named Carlita.
Mary Margaret had attended the Institute of Notre Dame. After graduating from IND, she went to work as a clerk/typist for W. T. Cowan Company – a trucking transfer company. She worked there about ten years and was so hurt when she lost her job that she came home in tears. M.M. (as her girlfriends Selma Hagen, Madeline Schmous, Ann Fitzberg, and Jean Schultz called her) continued to live with her parents on Richard Avenue during the 1950's. She then got a job also as a clerk/typist for the Pinkerton Detective Agency – a uniformed private detective service. She also worked there for another ten years until she became pregnant with her first child. In her spare time she accompanied her parents and friends on bus trips. In the late 1950s she dated a man named Lloyd Johnson who she had expected to give her an engagement ring. But after a year they stopped seeing each other.
Soon after she met Justin Thomas Stass, a first generation American of Polish decent at a meeting of a Veterans Crusade Unit. He was better known by all as Jess and M.M. was nicknamed "Candy" by others at the Crusades meetings. M.M. and Jess continued to see each other for several years and were married on the 22nd of September in 1962 at St. James Church. They moved into a semi-detached brick home on Northway Drive in the Woodhome Heights neighborhood of Northeast Baltimore. Jess worked as an inventory control specialist at the National Brewing Company, the makers of Baltimore's favorite beverage at that time – National Bohemian Beer. (Their pet basset hound was named Mr. Bo after the company's cartooned mascot)
In 1967, M.M and Jess had their first child named Karen and later had their son Tommy in 1968. M. M. became a full-time housewife and mother. Her nieces and nephews called her Aunty M. She loved to go to the movies and sing songs from Broadway musicals. Her favorite television programs to watch on Saturday evening were the Jackie Gleason Show and the Lawrence Welk Show. She loved to organize family gatherings at her home on holidays and prepared great recipes for Polish chrusciki and her pinwheels (salami rolled cream cheese hors d'oeuvres) for appetizers, lasagna or sour beef for dinner, and the best cheesecake for dessert. Her living room teak furniture was very contemporary and accented with the Nelson Sunburst Clock (a popular consumer icon of high design), a high fidelity record player and color television. For a time there was a plastic rug runner at the entrance door across the living room to protect the carpet. Jess's tobacco and pipes that he smoked where displayed out on the coffee table. M.M. was very involved with the Parent and Teachers Association at her children's grammar school and she and Jess both enjoyed planning field trips with children.
In 1972, Mary Margaret was diagnosed with cancer of the right salivary gland. Surgery was performed where her jawbone was cut and her gland was removed. A skin graft from her thigh was placed over the hole in the side of her face. The nerve damage to her face caused her to drool at times. Mary Margaret was one on the most courageous of women. Despite her severely altered appearance she continued to be active in her family, her church, and her community. Her daughter Karen was sent to stay with her sister Carlita and family in Virginia while M. M. recovered during the summer. Her cancer seemed to be in remission for the next five years. When her children reached school age they attended public school and the Stass family began to attend Mass at her brother's parish, St. Joseph's in the Baltimore County community of Fullerton.
Mary Margaret was a brave survivor, but eventually the cancer spread to all parts of her body including her ovaries, uterus, and lungs. The chemotherapy did little to help and the side effects only created hair loss and pain. Near the end the painkillers kept her bed ridden and incoherent. Sadly she passed away at home on September 15, 1978 at the age of 55. A Christian Wake Service was held at the Leonard J. Ruck Funeral Home on Harford Road and a Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated by Father Raymond Gribbin at St. Joseph (Fullerton) Catholic Church in Perry Hall on Tuesday, September 19th. Her cousins and nephews were the pall bearers. She was buried at there at the parish cemetery behind the church in Section K, Lot 25.
Jess Stass raised Karen and Tommy alone. After retiring, Jess married Shirley Bernard in 1998 and lived in Pasadena in southern Baltimore County.
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