Reverend John A. Danielson, 76 of Silsbee, went to his heavenly home February 29, 2008 at his residence after a long battle with heart disease. He was born in Willmar, Minnesota to William and Anna Danielson on October 22, 1931, a descendent of one of the pioneering families of that area. He served in the United States Army for two years and graduated from The Apostolic Bible Institute in St.Paul, Minnesota. He married Dixie Morkin in St. Paul in 1956. Bro. Danielson was a gifted Bible teacher and served Bible schools and churches in Worthington, Minnesota, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Texas Bible College in Houston, Texas, Christian Bible College in Stockton, California, taught in San Jose, California, pastored in Silsbee, Texas and taught in Fred, Texas at Good Samaritan Church where he was a member.
He is survived by his three brothers, Donald and his wife Lorraine of New London, Minnesota, Edmund and his wife Norma of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Kenneth and his wife JoAnn of Willmar, Minnesota; one sister, Doris and husband Ardell Loven of Willmar, Minnesota; three sons, Todd and his wife Wilma of Silsbee, Texas, Tom and his wife JoAnn of Spring, Texas, Jonathan and his wife Donna of Beaumont, Texas; the mother of his children, Dixie Danielson; three grandchildren, Holly, Ashley, and Parker Danielson; and a host of friends and former students across the United States and around the world.
Funeral service will be 10:00 A.M. Thursday, March 6, 2008, at Broussard’s, 490 Cemetery Road, Silsbee, burial to follow at The John August Danielson and Josephine May Adkins Memorial Cemetery in Fred, with Reverend Robert Moore and Reverend Steve Barley officiating. A gathering of family and friends will be Tuesday and Wednesday, March 4 and 5, 2008 from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. also at Broussard’s, 490 Cemetery Road, Silsbee.
In lieu of usual remembrances the family has requested donations be made to The John August Danielson and Josephine May Adkins Memorial Cemetery establishment fund, an endeavor that Reverend Danielson was instrumental in creating, at Good Samaritan Church in Fred, Texas.
