From Palmer's birth in 1909 to Dean Lloyd in 2025 – major events in the Stadum family history, with Washington DC lobbying, two wars, the Peace Corps, and the archive that ties it all together.
Palmer Stadum
Rodney Stadum
Scott Stadum
Military / Service
Family milestone
Three Generations of Service
The Stadums Answered the Call – Each Generation, Differently
~1942–1945 · Hawaii
Palmer Stadum
US Navy SeaBees — Stationed in Hawaii
Palmer served in the US Navy SeaBees (Naval Construction Battalion) during World War II, stationed in Hawaii. The SeaBees built military bases across the Pacific. An electrician who helped wire North Dakota farms – now wiring the Pacific theater. Beverly was born nine months after he came home.
Vietnam era
Rodney Stadum
Vietnam War
Rodney Stadum served during the Vietnam era, carrying the family's tradition of public duty into a far more divisive conflict. He returned to North Dakota carrying those experiences with him.
2003–2005 · Guyana
Scott Stadum
Peace Corps
Scott served in the Peace Corps in Guyana from 2003 to 2005 – the third generation of Stadum men to give years of their life to something larger than themselves.
The marriage of Beverly Stadum — Palmer and Signe's daughter, the social-work historian who later donated the family archive to Rugby Pioneer Village — and her husband Bjorn.
In 1986, during a tour of the Norsk Høstfest model railroad exhibition in Minot, Princess Astrid of Norway paused to admire Palmer Stadum's hand-built locomotives.