Obit: Daellenbach, John #1 (1876 – 1964)

Contact: Dinah Reinke

Email: dinah@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Daellenbach, Woempner, Haack, Folland, Cox

------ Source: Tribune-Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 03/05/1964

------ Daellenbach, John (20 SEP 1876– 2 MAR 1964)

John Daellenbach, 87, died at his home, route 1, Abbotsford, Monday at 9:10 p.m.  He suffered a stroke the previous Wednesday.

The body will lie in state at the Polnaszek Funeral Home, Abbotsford, until noon Friday when it will be taken to Christ Lutheran church to continue lying in state until 2 o’clock when services will be conducted by the Rev. F. H. Sprengler.  Burial will be made in the Abbotsford cemetery.

John Daellenbach was born in Switzerland Sept. 20, 1876.  When he was five years old he came to America with his parents who farmed in the town of Mayville, northwest of Abbotsford.

His marriage to Bertha Woempner took place at Dorchester in 1907.  For the first year of marriage they lived with her parents in the town of Mayville, then moved to a farm near Curtiss.  Mr. Daellenbach worked for a time in the round house at Abbotsford while the railroad division was located here.

About 22 years ago he sold the farm and came to Abbotsford.  He was employed at the Abbotsford Hardware store until his retirement.

Mr. Daellenbach was always interested in music and played with various groups and a member of the Tri-City band while that was active.  He was a member of the church choir of Christ Lutheran church and sang with them until this last illness.  He was a member of Christ Lutheran church and of the Musician’s Union, Abbotsford local No. 194.

Mr. Daellenbach is survived by two sons and two daughters, Emil of Abbotsford, Conrad of Manitowoc, Mrs. Herman (Martha) Haack of Middleton and Mrs. Arthur (Rosa) Folland of Tolley, N.  Dak.  There are 12 grand children and two great grand children.

Also surviving are one sister, Mrs. W. D. (Bertha) Cox of Duluth, Minn., and two brothers Chris of Siren, Wis., and Paul of Malto, Mont.

He was preceded in death by his wife in 1948.  Two brothers and one sister also preceded him in death.