Individual Details
Louis G CRETENS
(20 Jul 1922 - 22 Oct 1948)
Events
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Father | Gustave John "Gussie" CRETENS (1888 - 1928) |
| Mother | Rachel Matilda SHAMPO (1890 - 1962) |
| Sibling | Joseph Louis CRETENS (1911 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Anna Marie CRETENS (1913 - 2005) |
| Sibling | Margaret CRETENS (1912 - 2005) |
| Sibling | Albert Raymond CRETENS (1915 - 2001) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Charles E. CRETENS (1917 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Edward L CRETENS (1921 - 2006) |
Notes
Birth
Age 7 in 1930.Death
Louis lost four fingers in a work accident at the Northwestern Plywood and Veneer Company five weeks earlier, and tetanus eventually set in. He died at 8:15 AM on 22 Oct 1948 at Saint Francis Hospital, leaving behind a widow, and three daughters (Carol, Sharon, And Sandy).Endnotes
1. 1930 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Michigan, Delta, Gladstone, enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 11A, image 21, dwelling 195, family 228, lines 4-11, Rachel Cretens and children; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224 : accessed 30 January 2015); National Archives and Records Administration.
2. , "Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database online, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968532 : accessed 1 February 2015), GS Film number: 001973227, digital folder 005363687, image 00942: Louis Ed Cretens.
3. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 1 February 2015), Louis G. Cretens: memorial #76385830.
4. , "Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database online, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968532 : accessed 1 February 2015), GS Film number: 001973227, digital folder 005363687, image 00942: Louis Ed Cretens.
5. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 1 February 2015), Louis G. Cretens: memorial #76385830.
6. "Louis Cretens, 24, Injured at Mill, Dies of Lockjaw," news article, Escanaba Daily Press, 22 October 1948; digital images, Newspapers.com ( : accessed 1 February 1948). Gladstone News, page 13.
7. , "Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database online, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968532 : accessed 1 February 2015), GS Film number: 001973227, digital folder 005363687, image 00942: Louis Ed Cretens.
8. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 1 February 2015), Louis G. Cretens: memorial #76385830.

