John Cornelius “Jack” Daleiden (1903-2002)

John Cornelius “Jack” Daleiden

Birth

6 Aug 1903

Hampton, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA

Death

21 Jul 2002 (aged 98)

Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA

Burial

Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park South

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Plot

South Wall of the Chapel

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John Cornelius was known as "Jack". He was the second of 13 children born to Cornelius Mathias "Neil" Daleiden and Katherine Marie "Katie/Kate" Wertzler in Hampton, Minnesota. Neil married Kate on 29 Jan 1901 in one of the first, if not the first, marriage ceremony conducted in Saint Mathias Catholic Church in Hampton, Dakota County, Minnesota. Jack spent his childhood in Hampton as the son of the town's furniture maker, coffin maker, and mortician. Jack's large family was very active in the St. Mathias Catholic Church. His parents also owned a farm in Randolph County for several years so that Jack and his siblings could attend high school there.

Neil and Kate's children:

*Gertrude Anne (1902-1992)

*John Cornelius (1903-2002)

*Edmund John (1904-1954)

*Agnes Anna (1906-1990)

*Alphonse Thomas (1907-1997)

*Odelia Josephine (1909-1993)

*Loretta Marie (1910-1992)

*Paul Gregory/George (1911-1987)

*Blandina Catherine (1913-1967)

*Arnold John (1914-1991)

*Herbert Mathias (1917-1968)

*Florence Lillian (1919-1998)

*Gerald Joseph (1924-2019)

Jack was first married to Gertrude Lenore "Lenora" Greib (1903-1994; no known memorial) on 03 Oct 1931; they had one child.

Jack was second married to Bertha Jeanette "Bertha" Martens (1915-2007; FAG# 18563586) on 14 Jan 1943; they had two children.

Jack passed away at the age of 98 in 2002. Bertha joined him in 2007. Jack and Bertha are buried together in Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park South in Kalamazoo, Michigan.