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From Findagrave.com:


Torrance - Dieken, John Henry, a 26 year resident of Torrance, CA, passed away on Saturday, January 22, 2011.

Born in Hartford, SD, John was 62 when he died. John enlisted in the Air Force in 1968 and retired as a Major in 1993 after serving in both Vietnam and Desert Shield.

John was a member of the Optimist Club and the United Methodist Men.

John graduated from Hartford High School and attended Morningside College in Sioux City, IA before joining the Air Force. He received a B.S. from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1976. After retiring from the Air

Force John volunteered for a variety of organizations including the United Methodist Church, Habitat for Humanity and Ronald McDonald House. From 2000 to 2010 he was a Senior District Executive with the Los Angeles Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He touched countless lives through his service to his community.

John is survived by wife, Laura Dieken of Torrance, CA; daughter, Sharon Wright of Torrance, CA; and son, Paul Dieken of Altadena, CA. He was preceded in death by his parents Henry and Ida Dieken.

A memorial service will be held at Hope United Methodist Church in Torrance, CA on Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 10:00 am. Burial will be private. Please go to the mortuary's website, www.LAfuneral.com to send the family messages, share memories, or to obtain directions to the services.

John married Laura Lucy Partridge on 6 Dec 1969 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Henry married Ida Katherine Cox on 23 Feb 1947 in Sioux Falls, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA. Ida (daughter of Leroy Franklin Cox, Sr. and Minnie Hass) was born on 21 Jul 1922 in Salem, McCook, South Dakota, USA; died on 10 Feb 2010 in Wakkonda, Clay County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary from Miller Funeral Home is as follows:

Ida Katherine Dieken, age 87, died Wednesday, February 10th at the Wakonda Heritage Manor, Wakonda, SD. Her funeral service will be at 10:00 am on Monday, February 15th at Miller West Funeral Chapel (41st and Valley View Rd.) Visitation with family present will be on Sunday from 4-6pm at Miller West.

Ida Katherine Dieken was born to Minnie (Haas) Cox and Leroy Cox, Sr. on July 21, 1922, in Salem, South Dakota. She was one of five children. She and her family lived on rural farms near Spencer and Salem and later moved to Hartford, South Dakota.

Ida married Henry Dieken February 23, 1947. They lived for a time in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and then moved to Hartford, South Dakota, until 1967 when, after Henry had taken a new position with the Police Department, they moved to Dell Rapids, South Dakota. In 1978 following Henry’s death in November 1977, Ida moved from Dell Rapids to Marion, South Dakota, where she lived until January 2008 when she took up residence at the nursing home in Wakonda, South Dakota.

Ida was a daughter, sister, cousin, aunt, wife, mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and Great Great Grandmother, and a friend to many. To know her was to love her. She accepted Christ as her Savior when she was a child and for a number of years conducted weekly Bible Study Groups in her home in Marion. She was active in the Hartford PTA, Hartford American Legion Auxiliary, and was a Cub Scout Den Mother. She was active in the Dell Rapids High School Band Booster Club, and the Marion American Legion Auxiliary.

Ida is preceded in death by her loving husband Henry and daughter Elizabeth; brothers, Frederick Cox, and Leroy Cox, Jr.; and sisters, Evelyn Nelson, and Hazel Parsons.

She is survived by her daughter Katherine Vaillancourt (Yvon) of Vermillion, SD, and six sons: Richard and Elsie (Boy) Dieken, of Belle Fourche, SD; John and Laura (Partridge) Dieken, of Torrance, CA; William and Cecilia (Macatee) Dieken, of Tucson, AZ; Fred Dieken of Rapid City, SD; Ben and Sue (Keene) Dieken, of Lakeville, MN; and Andrew Dieken of Sioux Falls, SD., Sister-In-Law Elsie Cox, of Salem, SD; grandchildren, great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, nephews, nieces and a host of grand nephews and nieces and great grand nephews and nieces.

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• Religion: Methodist

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Died of complications from a stroke.

Notes from Richard Dieken: When the family came from Germany, the surname was DeHaan. the De was left off the name making it Haan. This information was given to Richard Dieken in an oral conversation with Martha Anna Dieken, a daughter of Elsi Jane Haan.

Heinrich married Eissine Janshen Haan on 24 Nov 1909 (Reformed Church) in German Valley, Illinois. Eissine (daughter of Jan Eisse Haan and Antje Peters) was born in 1887; died on 11 Feb 1955 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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They had eight children

Leroy married Minnie Hass. Minnie was born on 30 Mar 1882; died on 4 Dec 1965 in USA; was buried in Olson, Salem, McCook County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johann married Mararetha Hinricks. Mararetha was born on 20 Jun 1849 in Germany; died on 6 Dec 1933 in Hartford, SD, USA; was buried in Hartford Community Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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When arrived at Seward, IL, it was a record 10 degrees below. His sister-in-law, Gertrude (Peters) Iben and her husband, Richard, immigrated in 1893. Gertrude had made a return trip to Germany and may have persuaded John E. Haan to come to America with his children after his wife's death.

Jan married Antje Peters on 8 Dec 1877. Antje was born on 27 Nov 1855 in Wybelsum, Germany; died on 30 May 1896 in Pilsum, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]