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Rev Fr John Joseph “Fr. John Alban SDS” De Groot

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Rev Fr John Joseph “Fr. John Alban SDS” De Groot

Birth
Northland, Marquette County, Michigan, USA
Death
3 Sep 1985 (aged 64)
Chilton, Calumet County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Saint Nazianz, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.9999149, Longitude: -87.9283606
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Obituary
Herald Times Reporter
September 4, 1985 P. 3

Father John (Alban) DeGroot S.D.S., 64, of Chilton, died Tuesday morning, September 3, at his residence. Funeral services will be 7 pm. Friday at St. Charles Catholic Church, Charlesburg. Father Barry Griffin S.D.S. Provincial, will officiate with burial to follow at Salvatorian Community Cemetery, St. Nazianz.

Father DeGroot was born August 22, 1921, at Northland, Michigan, son of the late Henry and Wilhelmina DeGroot.

He was a graduate of Salvatorian Seminary in St. Nazianz and received his philosophy and theologlical training at Divine Savior Seminary at Lanham, Maryland. Father DeGroot was a graduate of Catholic University in Washington D.C. He earned a Master of Education Degree from Marquette University where he also did graduate work in Physics and Mathematics.

Following his orientation, he served at Mother of Good Counsel Parish in Milwaukee from 1948 to 1949. He then served the Salvatorian Seminary of St. Nazianz from 1949 to 1959 and again from 1965 to 1982. From 1959 to 1965 he served Jordan High School in Milwaukee. He was currently the pastor of St. Charles Catholic Church, Charlesburg and St. Martin Catholic Church, Charlestown.

Survivors include a brother, Joseph of Northland, Michigan and two sisters, Sister Mary Alma DeGroot O.P. of Racine and Sister Oda Marie DeGroot O.P. of New Holstein.

Friends may call at St. Charles Catholic Church, Charlesburg, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday afternoon and Friday from noon until the hour of service.

Christianson-Deja Funeral Home of Valders is in charge of arrangements.
Obituary
Herald Times Reporter
September 4, 1985 P. 3

Father John (Alban) DeGroot S.D.S., 64, of Chilton, died Tuesday morning, September 3, at his residence. Funeral services will be 7 pm. Friday at St. Charles Catholic Church, Charlesburg. Father Barry Griffin S.D.S. Provincial, will officiate with burial to follow at Salvatorian Community Cemetery, St. Nazianz.

Father DeGroot was born August 22, 1921, at Northland, Michigan, son of the late Henry and Wilhelmina DeGroot.

He was a graduate of Salvatorian Seminary in St. Nazianz and received his philosophy and theologlical training at Divine Savior Seminary at Lanham, Maryland. Father DeGroot was a graduate of Catholic University in Washington D.C. He earned a Master of Education Degree from Marquette University where he also did graduate work in Physics and Mathematics.

Following his orientation, he served at Mother of Good Counsel Parish in Milwaukee from 1948 to 1949. He then served the Salvatorian Seminary of St. Nazianz from 1949 to 1959 and again from 1965 to 1982. From 1959 to 1965 he served Jordan High School in Milwaukee. He was currently the pastor of St. Charles Catholic Church, Charlesburg and St. Martin Catholic Church, Charlestown.

Survivors include a brother, Joseph of Northland, Michigan and two sisters, Sister Mary Alma DeGroot O.P. of Racine and Sister Oda Marie DeGroot O.P. of New Holstein.

Friends may call at St. Charles Catholic Church, Charlesburg, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday afternoon and Friday from noon until the hour of service.

Christianson-Deja Funeral Home of Valders is in charge of arrangements.


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