Florence Elsie, the eleventh child of Daniel and Marie, was born in 1899 at the family farm near Beloit, KS. She attended the Beloit Schools, graduating from BHS in 1917. She taught in rural and elementary schools in Simpson and Beloit, KS. Later she did substitute teaching in Wilson, KS. On June 21, 1922, she married LeRoy Stehley, son of James and Leona White Stehley. They had two children, Patricia and Phyllis. In addition to Beloit, they lived in Boise, ID; Rifle and Yuma, CO; and Osborne, Formoso and Wilson, KS. They farmed a short time near Scottsville. In 1940 they moved to Wilson, KS, which remained their home until Florence died. Roy ran a grocery store until he went on the road around north central KS selling a line of groceries.

Florence developed leukemia and over a period of six years received 40 pints of blood, nearly all donated by friends and relatives. Since most of their friends in Wilson were Bohemians she was kidded about being a "Bo-hunk", having changed her German blood for theirs. She died at the family home in Wilson, Ks. on Dec. 3, 1949, and was buried Dec. 6 at Excelsor Lutheran Cemetery NE of Wilson. She was a member of the Lutheran Church most of her life, except when she transferred her membership to the Presbyterian Church in Wilson in order to have a church home in her community.

Florence was very generous with her time and cared for her mother before her death, then took Roy's mother into their home until she passed on and finally was caring for Aunt Minnie Darling, in the Stehley home, at the time she herself died.

Following is her obituary from the Beloit newspaper:
Florence Koch Stehley was born to Daniel and Anna Marie Koch at Beloit, March l0, 1899, and passed away at her home in Wilson, Kans. Dec. 3, having reached the age of 50 years, eight months and 26 days. On June 20, 1922, at Beloit she was united in marriage to LeRoy Stehley and to this union two daughters were born. In 1940 the family moved to Wilson, which remained her home until her death came at seven o'clock Saturday evening. Her passing leaves her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Leo Wanek of Boulder, Colo.and Mrs. W.L. Allen of Steamboat Springs, Colo.; seven sisters, Mrs. Fred Hodler, Mrs. Lee Vetter, Mrs. R. L. Metcalf, and Mrs. Norman Wehl, of Beloit; Mrs. Lester Birch of Scottsville; Mrs. George Berneking of Formoso; and Mrs. Earle Markham of Independence; six nieces and seven nephews and a host of friends. Mrs. Stehley was baptized and confirmed in the Zion Lutheran church in Beloit but had transferred her church membership to the Presbyterian church in Wilson in order to have a church home in her community. Mrs. Stehley was a faithful wife and mother and enriched all those with whom she came in contact. Services were held Tuesday Dec. 6 at Wilson with Rev. George Eller of Beloit officiating. Pall bearers were Gerald Bassford, Owen Moore, Rexford Hodler, Wybern Berneking, Donald Vetter, and Arlyn Simmons, nephews of the deceased. Interment was in the cemetery at Wilson.