Bio of STEGNER, George E. (b.1866), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol III, pg 648-651
GEORGE E. STEGNER
From a most humble position have come many of the most capable business men of
Minneapolis- men who by sheer force of merit, combined with ambition and
determination, have advanced step by step until success and an honored name are
theirs. It was to this class of citizens that George E. Stegner belonged,
becoming a well known and honored figure in financial circles. He was born July
11, 1866, at Maple Grove, Hennepin county, Minnesota, his parents being William
and Catherine Stegner.
Reared under the parental roof George E. Stegner acquired his education in the
schools of Waseca and Blue Earth, Minnesota. He was but a young boy when his
father died and the support of the family early devolved largely upon him, as he
was the second oldest in the family. It was therefore imperative that he enter
business life and he secured employment as clerk in a grocery store, while
subsequently he learned the tinner's trade. In fact, he worked at anything that
he could get to do that would yield him an honest living and enable him to aid
in the support of his younger brothers and sisters. In October, 1887, he
initiated his banking career by becoming messenger in the German-American Bank.
His fidelity, industry and faithfulness to the interests of those whom he
represented gained him advancement to a clerkship, while later he was made
teller and afterward assistant cashier. He next became cashier of the bank and
was continued in that office to the time of his death. Some years before the
name of the bank was changed to the North American Bank and under that caption
continued to enjoy an extensive patronage. The policy of the bank has always
been one which would bear the closest investigation and scrutiny, as every
effort has been put forth to safeguard the interests of stockholders and
depositors alike, while progressive methods have been followed in the conduct of
the institution. Mr. Stegner was always a courteous and obliging official and
not a little of its success was attributable to his efforts and to his
capability in business management.
In 1910 Mr. Stegner was married to Miss Laura C. Engelbrecht, a daughter of
Charles S. and Marie A. (Reinecke) Engelbrecht, who were also natives of
Germany, the latter born in Berlin and the former in Cassel. Mr. Engelbrecht
came to America in 1867 and a decade later his future wife crossed the Atlantic.
Mr. and Mrs. Stegner had no children of their own but reared Edgar H. Mangni,
who made his home with them from the age of twelve years. He served with the
Fifty-fourth Pioneer Infantry during the World war and for more than a year was
in France, being at the front engaged in road work.
Mr. Stegner was always a man of kindly spirit and was constantly extending a
helping hand where aid was needed. He handled many estates in the course of his
active and busy life and was adviser to many widows in their various business
transactions. He enjoyed a reputation for honest dealing and was above reproach
and this, combined with his keen discrimination, made him a safe counselor in
business affairs. Mrs. Stegner is prominently identified with child welfare work
and is con­stantly putting forth effective efforts to aid those organizations
which are accomplish­ing desired results in that field. Mr. Stegner belonged to
the Masonic fraternity, in which he was a member of the Eastern Star. He was
also connected with the In­dependent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and the Commercial Club and his interest in the public
welfare was manifest in many sub­stantial ways. He spent his life in Minnesota
and there was no phase of the devel­opment and upbuilding of city and state in
which he was not keenly interested.
Those who knew him-and he had a wide acquaintance-bear testimony to the
creditable part which he played as a factor in good government and in civic
progress, so that in his passing on the 6th of June, 1920, Minneapolis lost one
of her representative citizens.