Pvt. Cornelius De Groot is home on furlough from Camp Roberts, Calif. He is visiting his wife and two small daughters at Sheldon and will leave for Maryland.
Source: Sioux County Capital Sept. 7, 1944 p 7
Pvt. and Mrs. Case De Groot and two children of Sheldon spent three days with relatives here the past week as Pvt. De Groot had a short furlough from a camp in Wisconsin. He expects to leave for overseas service in the very near future. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Balkema of Orange City came Sunday to visit with them at the parental Reurt De Groot home.
Source: Sioux County Index Oct. 26, 1944 p 8
New Baker Will Take Possession April 1st
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CORNELIUS DE GROOT
Cornelius De Groot, veteran and first class baker who has been employed by the Brower Baking Co. at Sheldon for some years, will take possession of the local bakery next Monday, April 1st. He bought out C. De Bode recently, and has moved his family into the house of his father Reurt De Groot, his wife and three children to the Sioux Center community.
Mr. C. De Bode says he knows the public will find the new owner a first class baker, and that since he is an ex-serviceman, he will be able to get more sugar. …
Source: Sioux Center News Mar. 28, 1946 p 1
Iowa, U.S., WWII Bonus Case File
Cornelius N. De Groot: Born 24 Nov 1909 in Sioux Center. Died 12 Nov 1999 in Sioux Center. (In between, he lived in Sheldon, MN and SD)
He was already married when he enlisted 11 Apr 1944 at Camp Dodge, IA.
Left for foreign service: 9 Dec 1944. Returned: 31 Aug 1945.
Served with: Service Battery 364th F.X. Battalion (transcriber’s note: the X is smudged, might be A?)
Honorably discharged from the Army 15 Oct 1945.
Source: ancestry.com
