John Baptiste Henry Kroetch 1874 - 1945

John Baptiste Henry Kroetch of Meeker County, Minnesota United States was born on April 7, 1874 in Formosa, Bruce County, ON Canada to Angeline (Chartrand) Kroetsch and Joseph Jacob Kroetsch. He had siblings Margaret Angeline (Kroetsch) Gray, Lawrence Francis Kroetsch, Elizabeth Ann (Kroetsch) Minning, Rosabel Orillia (Kroetsch) Connolly, Albert Aloysius Kroetsch, Mary Josephine Kroetsch, Frederick Martin Kroetch, and Joseph Jacob Kroetch. He married Hellen Isabell "Nellie" (Steeples) Kroetch Abbott on January 2, 1901 in Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas United States and they later divorced in 1904. He had children Juanita Josephine (Kroetch) Maxwell and Hollis Joseph Kroetch. John Baptiste Kroetch died at age 71 years old on April 30, 1945 in Dassel, Meeker County, Minnesota United States, and was buried at Dassel Community Cemetery County Rd 4, in Dassel.