John Paul Berres
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Welcome! I am John Paul Berres and my better-half is Jolene Marie. Welcome to our personal website. We created this special place on the Web to share our lives with you. We hope this site will enable family and friends, near and far, to stay connected. We look forward to sharing our family news and precious memories with you for years to come! Feel free to use our contact page to contact us.

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About the Bride

On August 6th, to Joseph and Joanne Stachurski gave birth to their new baby daughter, Jolene Marie. Jolene is the only child and grew up in the small town of Wheaton, IL. She attended St. John Lutheran for grade school and then went to Wheaton North High School. Jolene graduated with a BS in Nursing from Clarke College in Dubuque, IA. During her time in school, she enjoyed playing sports including volleyball and running (Track and Cross Country) = her favorite. Jolene is truly blessed to have been born into a family that loves and praises the Lord!! Jolene was involved in the youth group at Wheaton Bible Church. During her time in high school she attended mission’s trips. Jolene has always felt that her calling in life was to help others, preach the Good Word and serve the Lord.

About the Groom

John Paul "Jeep" Berres was born on May 3rd, in Findlay, OH to Roger and Kay Berres. Interestingly, his mother gave him the name John Paul months before Pope John Paul II took reign as the Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church (10/16/78). His Godfather, Uncle Don Norqual, gave him the nickname "Jeep" after longtime hockey hero J.P. Parise at an early age. Jeep is the middle child in his family of four children including Craig, Alison and Matt. Jeep attended Sts. Peter & Paul school from K-8th Grade, Naperville Central High School and a graduate of Univeristy of Colorado. In addition, Jeep has a MBA in Management from AIU. Throughout the years, Jeep has been very active in Sports including football, hockey, golf, basketball and baseball. Jeep played D2 hockey as a Defensemen at the University of Colorado while studying Economics. Currently employed with Cosco Fire Protection as District General Manager in Portland, OR. In his free time, Jeep enjoys snowboarding, wakeboarding and playing golf with clients and friends.

How we met...

John and Jolene met in the Summer 2001 at Valley Fire Protection Systems in Batavia, IL. Jeep was the Warehouse/Purchasing Manager and Jolene, a Summer Intern. "It was love at first sight when I saw her curly hair and beautiful brown eyes; her calm demeanor was very attractive" says Jeep. Jeep had just returned home from college to pursue full-time employment with Valley while before he was working there for summer work driving delivery trucks. Jeep was encouraged to take Jolene out by his co-workers who thought they would make a great match. Jeep asked Jolene out on a date and the rest would be history in the making... A few years into their relationship, Jeep pursued his MBA and was recruited away by the competition to Dubuque, IA, to establish a branch office for McDaniel Fire Systems. Jolene was interested in finishing her education at an accredited University in Nursing and sought out Clark College in Dubuque, IA. The two lived there for a couple of years before Jeep got recruited away by SimplexGrinnell which would relocate him to Minneapolis, MN, for the opportunity to sell High-rise and Stadium style construction projects. Jolene and Jeep's long distance relationship would prove to be very challenging over the next year as their main communication was over the telephone and e-mail. During the past ten years, there have been a few break-ups and a few make-ups; one thing for sure is that we WERE REALLY MEANT FOR EACH OTHER!!

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