Charles Edward (Bud) Theilken was born at home 1412 So. Walnut St. in Springfield, Illinois, the son of Bernard D. Theilken and Effie May (Smith) Theilken, on February 25, 1917. He was baptized in St. John's Lutheran Church on April 1, 1917 by the Rev. William G. Schulzke. He attended Grammar Schools in Springfield and quit High School in Springfield at the age of 16 years when the family came to California. They lived on 111th St. or 111th Place near Vermont. Bud and Ed (his brother-in-law) ran the service station at 97th and Figueroa. Bud was in the CCC (California Conservation Corps), Bates Camp at Queama Valley in San Louis Obispo, California. After the CCC, he worked for the Sierra Rubber Company and later the Horn Electric Company. He enlisted in the Army in Los Angeles, California on 7 March 1940 as a Private and served in the Philippine Department. He served in the 331st Ordinance Motor Transport Company for a while in Oro Bay, Base B, on the opposite side of the island from Port Moresby, New Guinea. He was discharged from service at Ft. Lewis, Washington around 1945. Bud, Marie and family have lived in Juneau, Dillingham and Tok, Alaska but always returned to their home in Black Diamond, King County, Washington.
Charles Edward (Bud) Theilken was born at home 1412 So. Walnut St. in Springfield, Illinois, the son of Bernard D. Theilken and Effie May (Smith) Theilken, on February 25, 1917. He was baptized in St. John's Lutheran Church on April 1, 1917 by the Rev. William G. Schulzke. He attended Grammar Schools in Springfield and quit High School in Springfield at the age of 16 years when the family came to California. They lived on 111th St. or 111th Place near Vermont. Bud and Ed (his brother-in-law) ran the service station at 97th and Figueroa. Bud was in the CCC (California Conservation Corps), Bates Camp at Queama Valley in San Louis Obispo, California. After the CCC, he worked for the Sierra Rubber Company and later the Horn Electric Company. He enlisted in the Army in Los Angeles, California on 7 March 1940 as a Private and served in the Philippine Department. He served in the 331st Ordinance Motor Transport Company for a while in Oro Bay, Base B, on the opposite side of the island from Port Moresby, New Guinea. He was discharged from service at Ft. Lewis, Washington around 1945. Bud, Marie and family have lived in Juneau, Dillingham and Tok, Alaska but always returned to their home in Black Diamond, King County, Washington.
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