Résumé

Partner, Molver, Marquette and Stertzer, Architects, Seattle, WA, 1954- .

Principal, Bernard Stertzer, Architect, Seattle, WA, c. 1956-1957.

Draftsman, Power and Daniel, Architects, Long Beach, CA, c. 1958-1960.

Principal, Bernard Stertzer Associates, Seattle, WA, c. 1964.

College

BS, Architectural Engineering, State College of Washington (WSC), Pullman, WA, c. 1947-1950. Stertzer belonged to Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity.

Relocation

Bernard Stertzer was born in Brooklyn, NY, on 05/24/1926. One source indicated that Stertzer was a "junior."

As per his World War II draft registration card of 05/25/1944, Stertzer lived at 1808 West 6th Avenue in Spokane, WA, where, at age 18, he listed himself as "unemployed." He indicated his next-of-kin contact as Mrs. Harry H. Engler, also living at the same address. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Washington, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 170, accessed 11/18/2024.

He attended the State College of Washington in Pullman, WA, between at least 1947 and 1950. The 1950 US Census recorded that Stertzer resided with William R. Beardmore (born c. 1895 in WA) and his wife Alice Evalina (born c. 1899 in WA) in their residence at 428 South Chestnut Street in Spokane's Browne's Addition neighborhood while a student. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Spokane, Spokane, Washington; Roll: 2653; Page: 76; Enumeration District: 41-146, accessed 11/19/2024.)

Stertzer resided in Spokane, WA, in 1952, at West 1808 6th Avenue. (See Spokane, Washington, City Directory, 1952, p. 999.)

The architect moved to Seattle c. 1954 and worked in a partnership or association with Anker Molver and Robert Marquette for a few years.

He and his wife Janie then moved to Long Beach, CA, where they lived at 264A Covina Avenue, from c. 1958-1960. (See Long Beach, California, City Directory, 1959, p. 676 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, accessed 03/08/2018.) He may have left as early as 1955 or 1956.

Public records had Stertzer living in Boise, ID, at 9812 Martingale Drive in 1985. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information, Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, accessed 03/07/2018.)

He resided at 3650 3rd Ave, San Diego, CA, in 1986, and remained here until the early 1990s.

From at least 1991 until 2002, he lived at 9845 Edgar Place, in La Mesa, CA.

He died in San Diego County, CA, on 12/16/2011, at the age of 85.

Spouse

Bernard Stertzer married Janie Lou Anne Warner Rogers (born 12/23/1933) on 09/16/1956 in Clark County, NV, the capital of which is Las Vegas. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007, accessed 03/07/2018.)

Children

He had at least three children: David Stertzer, who resided in Oakton, VA, in 2011; Pamela J. Stertzer Ratliff, who lived in Issaquah, WA; and Judi Stertzer Paulino, who dwelled in San Diego, CA. Pamela divorced her husband Gregory T. Ratliff in 1988. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington State Divorce Index, accessed 03/08/2018.)

Biographical Notes

Stertzer’s World War II draft registration card stated that he was Caucasian, with brown eyes and brown hair. He stood 5-feet, 10-inches tall and weighed 145 pounds at age 18. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For Washington, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 170, accessed 11/18/2024.

Stertzer was listed as a seaman recruit on the USS Lyman H. Swenson on 08/22/1948. This record stated that he was on board for a "two-week cruise" beginning 07/29/1948. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at College Park, Maryland; College Park, MD, USA; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; NAID: 594996; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798-2007; Record Group:: 24, accessed 11/18/2024.)

Stertzer was a registered Democrat in 1958 and 1960. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968, accessed 03/08/2018.)

• Brooklyn, NY (Architect's Birth)
  Brooklyn, NY

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• San Diego, CA (Architect's Death)
  San Diego, CA

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