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- John Andrew Sassen, Sr. - October 19, 1879 - March 5, 1949. Son of Bernard and Wilhelmina Sassen. Husband of Margaret Willenburg Sassen. Married June 14, 1904.
Newspaper Obituary - Monday, March 7, 1949 Oswego Palladium Times - Oswego, New York - Pulaski - John A. Sassen, 69, died late Saturday at the home of his son, John A. Sassen Jr., Rome street. Mr. Sassen had been in poor health for some time but the end came unexpectedly as he had been able to be up and around as usual but suffered an attack from which he failed to rally and died within a short time. He was born in Petersburg, Iowa, October 19, 1879, son of Barney and Vilinena Sassen. He received his early education in Petersburg and later attended business school in Cedar Rapids. He engaged in farming in Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota for a number of years before moving east. He married Miss Margaret Willinberg January 14, 1904. In 1920 he came to this section, first owning a farm in the Lamb District and later the present farm on Rome street near the east village line. On this later farm he specialized in the production of strawberries. He was a communicant of St. John's Catholic Church. Surviving are his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Hamilton Corbett and Mrs. Richard Towsley, Pulaski, and Mrs. Chester Colclough, Camden; two sons, Cleo and John Sassen Jr., Pulaski; three sisters, Mrs. John Willenberg, Dubuque, Iowa, Mrs. Catherine Claspy, Ada, Minnesota and Mrs. Herman Domire, Omaha, Nebraska; three brothers, William, Omaha, Anthony, Gottenberg, Iowa and Barney Sassen, Dubuque and five granddaughters. The body was removed to the Taylor funeral home, Pulaski, where friends may call at their convenience. Services will be held at the funeral home at 9 am. Tuesday by Rev. Edward P. Kenefic with a requiem mass in St John's Church at 9:30 am. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Pulaski.
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d. 21 Feb 1996 (Age 83 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]