Living Stories
Peggy Living Story
Living Story Object

Peggy Stadum

A story held by school records, teaching, Rugby civic life, and a cemetery photograph where Peggy stands inside the geography of Palmer, Signe, and the Solberg family.

PersonSaint PetriEducationFamily Memory

The Story So Far

Peggy's living story begins with family position, then becomes a place story: the side gate, the Solberg graves, the wind, and Palmer and Signe farther east.

The cemetery photograph is not just media. It connects Peggy to Saint Petri Cemetery, to the Solberg line through Signe, and to the physical act of tending graves. It is a story object about care, place, family memory, and North Dakota weather.

Other sources extend the story. A captured Cando High School yearbook page places Peggy in a student record. A Pierce County Tribune article identifies Margaret Stadum as a retired Ely Elementary teacher and records her voice in a public school forum.

Timeline

1942
Born Before Palmer's Navy Seabee Service
Family chronology places Peggy as Palmer and Signe's eldest daughter.
1953
Cando High School Yearbook Record
A captured yearbook PDF and extracted text name Peggy Stadum in the student roster.
2021
Retired Ely Elementary Teacher Speaks at Public Forum
The Pierce County Tribune identifies Margaret Stadum as a retired Ely teacher during a discussion of a proposed school expansion.
Undated
Saint Petri Cemetery Side Gate
Peggy appears setting flowers near Solberg graves while Palmer and Signe lie farther east.

Media and Documents

Source-Backed Claims

Peggy appears in the Saint Petri Cemetery photograph at the side gate, setting flowers near Solberg graves.
Family photograph · Local asset · Open image
A Cando High School yearbook page names Peggy Stadum in a student roster.
Local PDF + extracted text · Open PDF
Margaret Stadum is identified as a retired Ely Elementary teacher in local news coverage.
Pierce County Tribune · 2021 · Open source