Calhoun-Kent County MI Archives Obituaries.....Toeller, John D. November 5, 1951
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Battle Creek Enquirer  Nov. 5,  1951
John D. Toeller, 28
Died in Grand Rapids.
 
 John D. Toeller, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Toeller of 105 Chestnut, 
died in Grand Rapids hospital at 7:55 a. m. today following and serious illness 
for 10 days.
 The body will be brought to the parents home Wednesday here, Rosary will be 
said at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Gerald A. Ownes will conduct funeral 
services at the St. Phillip Church at 10 a. m. Thursday. Burial Will be in 
Memorial Park.
 Mr. Toeller was the senior power sales engineer for the Comsumers Power Co., 
in Grand Rapids.
 He was born in the old Nichols Hospital here on June 15, 1923, son of George 
W. and Geneveive (Haines) Toeller. He attended kindergarten at Freemont School 
before his family moved to Bangor, Maine, where he attended John Baptist High 
School, graduating in 1941.
 Mr. Toeller attended Bowdoin College at Brunwisk, ME. He sang baritone with 
the College Glee Club and played trumpet in the Collegg Orchestra. He was a 
member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Mr. Toeller was graduated with a B.S. degree 
in 1944. He then took a year of post-graduate work with phsics at the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
 At that time his parents were residing in New York City. When they moved to 
Chicago on 1945, he accompanied them and for two years was a laboratory 
engineer with the DeVry Co.. manufactures of sound equipment. He joined 
Consumers Power Co. in Grand Rapids in Nov. 1947.
 Mr. Toeller was married here on Sept. 28, 1946 to Lorraine F. Foley, daughter 
of Undersheriff and Mrs. Edward W. Foley.
 In Grand Rapids he was a member of the Excutive Industrial Club, He was also a 
member of the St. Thomas Catholic Church.
 Surviving are his wife and two children, David George Toeller, 3 and Diebra 
Ann Toeller, 4; his parents; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. John C. Toeller; 
and Uncle, F. J. Toeller of 36 Eldredge Avenue and and Aunt, Mrs. Emmaline 
Weddel of St. Mary's Lake.
 Mr. Toeller's paternal grandfather John C. Toeller, prominent local merchant 
and civic leader died in 1946 at the age of 75.

Additional Comments:
Buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, MI
Section VB, Lot 20, Grave 6

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