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Dietrich Heinrich “Dick” Jurgens

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Dietrich Heinrich “Dick” Jurgens

Birth
Germany
Death
5 Sep 1923 (aged 48–49)
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA
Burial
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.5606917, Longitude: -121.4505
Plot
Rose Court , in wall, second row from bottom
Memorial ID
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Dietrich or "Dick" Jurgens was the father of popular 1930's & 1940's bandleader, Richard "Dick" Jurgens and father of, Wilfred "Will" Jurgens, who was his brothers personal manager.
He and his wife, Clara, ran a grocery store in Sacramento, California, at the corner of 10th and J streets, dating back into the WWI time period. It's been said that Dietrich was the one who encouraged his son, Dick, as well as, Will, to take up musical instruments and to study music.
Dietrich or "Dick" Jurgens was the father of popular 1930's & 1940's bandleader, Richard "Dick" Jurgens and father of, Wilfred "Will" Jurgens, who was his brothers personal manager.
He and his wife, Clara, ran a grocery store in Sacramento, California, at the corner of 10th and J streets, dating back into the WWI time period. It's been said that Dietrich was the one who encouraged his son, Dick, as well as, Will, to take up musical instruments and to study music.


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