Ora Stubendorff, Operator of Famed Tamale Restaurant, Factory, Dies
Ora Emma Stubendorff, who for more than 30 years with her husband ran a landmark tamale factory and restaurant on River Street, died Friday.
Mrs. Stubendorff, a native of Geyserville, resided in Santa Cruz for 72 years.
She started the family business during World War I using an old family recipe. The business developed from basket-peddling to an over-the-counter operation and in 1925 they opened the tamale parlor in the front portion of their home.
By 1930, they were wholesaling tamales and enchiladas. The home was enlarged and remodeled several time and the business continued to develop. In 1957, they turned it over to a son who ran it for several years.
Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Marguerite F. Freman, San Carlos; Mrs. Lorraine C. March, San Diego; three sons, Melvin A. Stubendorff, Vernon E. Stubendorff, both of Santa Cruz, and Donald F. Stubendorff, Oregon; three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Pinkham, Santa Cruz, Mrs. Maude Maitland, Woodland Hills, and Mrs. Helen Ruzic, Oakdale; also 7 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Stubendorff was a member of Grace Methodist Church and Native Daughters of the Golden West.
Final rites will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. at the Wessendorf Chapel. Dr. Heber St. Clair Mahood will officiate. Entombment will be in the IOOF Mausoleum.
---Santa Cruz Sentinel, Sunday 06 April 1969, p. 38
Ora Emma Stubendorff, who for more than 30 years with her husband ran a landmark tamale factory and restaurant on River Street, died Friday.
Mrs. Stubendorff, a native of Geyserville, resided in Santa Cruz for 72 years.
She started the family business during World War I using an old family recipe. The business developed from basket-peddling to an over-the-counter operation and in 1925 they opened the tamale parlor in the front portion of their home.
By 1930, they were wholesaling tamales and enchiladas. The home was enlarged and remodeled several time and the business continued to develop. In 1957, they turned it over to a son who ran it for several years.
Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Marguerite F. Freman, San Carlos; Mrs. Lorraine C. March, San Diego; three sons, Melvin A. Stubendorff, Vernon E. Stubendorff, both of Santa Cruz, and Donald F. Stubendorff, Oregon; three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Pinkham, Santa Cruz, Mrs. Maude Maitland, Woodland Hills, and Mrs. Helen Ruzic, Oakdale; also 7 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Stubendorff was a member of Grace Methodist Church and Native Daughters of the Golden West.
Final rites will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. at the Wessendorf Chapel. Dr. Heber St. Clair Mahood will officiate. Entombment will be in the IOOF Mausoleum.
---Santa Cruz Sentinel, Sunday 06 April 1969, p. 38
Ora Stubendorff, Operator of Famed Tamale Restaurant, Factory, Dies
Ora Emma Stubendorff, who for more than 30 years with her husband ran a landmark tamale factory and restaurant on River Street, died Friday.
Mrs. Stubendorff, a native of Geyserville, resided in Santa Cruz for 72 years.
She started the family business during World War I using an old family recipe. The business developed from basket-peddling to an over-the-counter operation and in 1925 they opened the tamale parlor in the front portion of their home.
By 1930, they were wholesaling tamales and enchiladas. The home was enlarged and remodeled several time and the business continued to develop. In 1957, they turned it over to a son who ran it for several years.
Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Marguerite F. Freman, San Carlos; Mrs. Lorraine C. March, San Diego; three sons, Melvin A. Stubendorff, Vernon E. Stubendorff, both of Santa Cruz, and Donald F. Stubendorff, Oregon; three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Pinkham, Santa Cruz, Mrs. Maude Maitland, Woodland Hills, and Mrs. Helen Ruzic, Oakdale; also 7 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Stubendorff was a member of Grace Methodist Church and Native Daughters of the Golden West.
Final rites will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. at the Wessendorf Chapel. Dr. Heber St. Clair Mahood will officiate. Entombment will be in the IOOF Mausoleum.
---Santa Cruz Sentinel, Sunday 06 April 1969, p. 38
Ora Emma Stubendorff, who for more than 30 years with her husband ran a landmark tamale factory and restaurant on River Street, died Friday.
Mrs. Stubendorff, a native of Geyserville, resided in Santa Cruz for 72 years.
She started the family business during World War I using an old family recipe. The business developed from basket-peddling to an over-the-counter operation and in 1925 they opened the tamale parlor in the front portion of their home.
By 1930, they were wholesaling tamales and enchiladas. The home was enlarged and remodeled several time and the business continued to develop. In 1957, they turned it over to a son who ran it for several years.
Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Marguerite F. Freman, San Carlos; Mrs. Lorraine C. March, San Diego; three sons, Melvin A. Stubendorff, Vernon E. Stubendorff, both of Santa Cruz, and Donald F. Stubendorff, Oregon; three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Pinkham, Santa Cruz, Mrs. Maude Maitland, Woodland Hills, and Mrs. Helen Ruzic, Oakdale; also 7 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Stubendorff was a member of Grace Methodist Church and Native Daughters of the Golden West.
Final rites will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. at the Wessendorf Chapel. Dr. Heber St. Clair Mahood will officiate. Entombment will be in the IOOF Mausoleum.
---Santa Cruz Sentinel, Sunday 06 April 1969, p. 38
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