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Tjark Jackson “T. J.” Dannen

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Tjark Jackson “T. J.” Dannen

Birth
Van Cleve, Marshall County, Iowa, USA
Death
14 Aug 1960 (aged 81)
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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Tjark G. (Jackson) Dannen, born in Marshall County, Iowa, is the fifth of ten children born to father George B. (Geerd) Dannen (1842 Prussia (Germany) - 1919 OR) and mother Henrietta J. (Hattie) Smidt [Dannen] (1845 Germany - 1918 OR). Of his siblings, the ones known to be deceased are: Berend G. (Ben or Benjamin) Dannen (1871 IL - 1959 SD), Jacob G. (Jake) Dannen (1872 IL - 1954 OR), Cassius G. (Casjen) Dannen (1874 IL - 1875 IL), Frouke G. (Fannie) Dannen (1876 IL - 1877 IL), Roelf G. (Ralph) Dannen (1880 IA - 1937 OR), Francis Minnie Dannen [Starnes] (1882 IA - 1965 OR), Heike G. (Hattie) Dannen [Shepherd] (1884 IA - 1958 OR), George Henry Dannen (1887 IA - 1957 OR), Clara Etta Katherine Dannen [Sprenger] (1891 IA - 1963 OR). He married Adelyn Mae (Adda or Lena) Yates [Dannen] (1879 IA - 1947 OR) on 20 Apr 1903 at Des Moines, Polk, Iowa. To this union, 5 children were born, the ones known to be deceased being: Undine Mildred Dannen [Hiller] (1905 IA - 1981 OR), Karl Yates Dannen (1907 OR - 1968 MT), Jack James (John) Dannen (1912 OR - 1989 OR), Eugene V. Dannen (1914 OR - 2005 ), Marshall Wayne Dannen (1917 OR - 2006 OR).


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Funeral Wednesday For T. J. Dannen

Funeral services for Tjark Jackson Dannen, 81, who passed away Sunday will be held in the Mayflower Chapel of the DeMoss-Durdan funeral home on Wednesday at 2 p.m.

The son of George B. and Henrietta Smith Dannen, he was born on January 28, 1879 on a farm near Van Cleave, Iowa. He attended Dixon Business College at Dixon, Ill., and in 1904, was married to Adda Yates who preceded him in death in 1947. The family lived in Scio, where Mr. Dannen was employed as the agent-telegrapher with the Southern Pacific Railroad company. In 1908, the family moved to Shedd with the Southern Pacific with whom he worked until his retirement in 1939. They resided on a farm at Shedd until 1946 when they moved to Corvallis.

On December 14, 1949, he was married to Mrs. Lena Presti in Corvallis where the couple continued to make their home.

He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 79, Shedd. In December of 1959, he was awarded the 50-year membership pin. He was also a member of the Corvallis Moose Lodge, No. 1411.

Survivors include his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Undine Hiller, Corvallis; four sons, Karl Y. and Marshall W. Dannen, Springfield and Eugene V. Dannen, Corvallis; two sisters, Mrs. Wallace Sprenger, Shedd and Mrs. Aaron Starnes, Halsey; two step-daughters, Mrs. Marvin Blackburn, Lacomb, Oregon and Mrs. Harold [missing last portion]

[Gazette-Times (Corvallis, OR) 16 Aug 1960, p.12c6]
Tjark G. (Jackson) Dannen, born in Marshall County, Iowa, is the fifth of ten children born to father George B. (Geerd) Dannen (1842 Prussia (Germany) - 1919 OR) and mother Henrietta J. (Hattie) Smidt [Dannen] (1845 Germany - 1918 OR). Of his siblings, the ones known to be deceased are: Berend G. (Ben or Benjamin) Dannen (1871 IL - 1959 SD), Jacob G. (Jake) Dannen (1872 IL - 1954 OR), Cassius G. (Casjen) Dannen (1874 IL - 1875 IL), Frouke G. (Fannie) Dannen (1876 IL - 1877 IL), Roelf G. (Ralph) Dannen (1880 IA - 1937 OR), Francis Minnie Dannen [Starnes] (1882 IA - 1965 OR), Heike G. (Hattie) Dannen [Shepherd] (1884 IA - 1958 OR), George Henry Dannen (1887 IA - 1957 OR), Clara Etta Katherine Dannen [Sprenger] (1891 IA - 1963 OR). He married Adelyn Mae (Adda or Lena) Yates [Dannen] (1879 IA - 1947 OR) on 20 Apr 1903 at Des Moines, Polk, Iowa. To this union, 5 children were born, the ones known to be deceased being: Undine Mildred Dannen [Hiller] (1905 IA - 1981 OR), Karl Yates Dannen (1907 OR - 1968 MT), Jack James (John) Dannen (1912 OR - 1989 OR), Eugene V. Dannen (1914 OR - 2005 ), Marshall Wayne Dannen (1917 OR - 2006 OR).


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Funeral Wednesday For T. J. Dannen

Funeral services for Tjark Jackson Dannen, 81, who passed away Sunday will be held in the Mayflower Chapel of the DeMoss-Durdan funeral home on Wednesday at 2 p.m.

The son of George B. and Henrietta Smith Dannen, he was born on January 28, 1879 on a farm near Van Cleave, Iowa. He attended Dixon Business College at Dixon, Ill., and in 1904, was married to Adda Yates who preceded him in death in 1947. The family lived in Scio, where Mr. Dannen was employed as the agent-telegrapher with the Southern Pacific Railroad company. In 1908, the family moved to Shedd with the Southern Pacific with whom he worked until his retirement in 1939. They resided on a farm at Shedd until 1946 when they moved to Corvallis.

On December 14, 1949, he was married to Mrs. Lena Presti in Corvallis where the couple continued to make their home.

He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 79, Shedd. In December of 1959, he was awarded the 50-year membership pin. He was also a member of the Corvallis Moose Lodge, No. 1411.

Survivors include his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Undine Hiller, Corvallis; four sons, Karl Y. and Marshall W. Dannen, Springfield and Eugene V. Dannen, Corvallis; two sisters, Mrs. Wallace Sprenger, Shedd and Mrs. Aaron Starnes, Halsey; two step-daughters, Mrs. Marvin Blackburn, Lacomb, Oregon and Mrs. Harold [missing last portion]

[Gazette-Times (Corvallis, OR) 16 Aug 1960, p.12c6]


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