Wedding bells tolled at Akron, Ohio’s Concordia Lutheran Church on February 2, 1946. John had married the love of his life, Ayleen. With the war over, his brother Charles released from a German Prisoner of War camp, and the scramble to reconstruct a life found prior to the war, John went back to the University of Akron to make up for “lost time.” While attending the University, John worked a part time job at the B.F. Goodrich Control Lab. It was in June of 1947 that he graduated from the University of Akron. The couple went on their honeymoon in a 1940 Nash. Following the graduation and honeymoon, John received full-time employment in the Raw Materials Testing and Devolvement department for B.F. Goodrich. It was on December 9, 1948, that John and Ayleen’s first child, Lynn Diane, was born. With a steady job and new child, this spurred the couple to start the construction of their ranch-style dreamhouse on Frank Boulevard in Akron. 

Coupled with the outbreak of the Korean War and the destruction of World War Two, the prospect of visiting Singapore to study rubber was delayed. It was not until February of 1952 that the couple boarded President Polk for a six-week voyage to Singapore. It was on November 12, 1953, that John and Ayleen Stenger welcomed their second child, Jack Dane, into the world. For three years, John, Ayleen, and their two children visited Bangkok, Calcutta, New Delhi/Agra, Karachi, Bahrain, Cairo, Beirut, Istanbul, Athens, Rome, Paris, London, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Austria, Italy, and England. With their whirlwind tour of Asia, the Middle-East, and Europe complete, the family boarded a ship bound for New York City. Upon entering New York City, John was greeted by the sight of the Statue of Liberty, just as his great-grandfather Martin Stenger was. The Stengers lived in Akron until 1963 when they moved to New Jersey. It was later in the 1980s that John and Ayleen moved to Hanover,  Pennsylvania.