He emigrated from Holland in 1910 and settled in the Manhattan area, where he became engaged in farming and remained there until his retirement in 1960.
Droge served in the United States Army during World War I, and was a member of the Manhattan Legion Post No. 35.
He was one of the first stockholders in the Gallatin Farmers Company and the Gallatin Co-op Creamery of which he was a director for several years.
He was a long time member of the First Christian Reformed Church of Manhattan.
Surviving relatives include three sons, Jake Droge of Stickney, South Dakota, Henry Droge of Belgrade and Stanley Droge of Manhattan; two daughters, Mrs. Fred (Fanny) Koekoek of Zillah, Washington and Mrs. Bill (Ann) Oord of Sunnyside, Washington; three brothers, Arie and Joe Droge, both of Belgrade; and one sister, Mrs. Nellie Noot of Manhattan.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Alice; one son, Robert and two brothers, Jake and Harry.
Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the First Christian Reformed Church in Manhattan. Burial was at the Churchill Cemetery.
Printed in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle ~ January, 1980
He emigrated from Holland in 1910 and settled in the Manhattan area, where he became engaged in farming and remained there until his retirement in 1960.
Droge served in the United States Army during World War I, and was a member of the Manhattan Legion Post No. 35.
He was one of the first stockholders in the Gallatin Farmers Company and the Gallatin Co-op Creamery of which he was a director for several years.
He was a long time member of the First Christian Reformed Church of Manhattan.
Surviving relatives include three sons, Jake Droge of Stickney, South Dakota, Henry Droge of Belgrade and Stanley Droge of Manhattan; two daughters, Mrs. Fred (Fanny) Koekoek of Zillah, Washington and Mrs. Bill (Ann) Oord of Sunnyside, Washington; three brothers, Arie and Joe Droge, both of Belgrade; and one sister, Mrs. Nellie Noot of Manhattan.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Alice; one son, Robert and two brothers, Jake and Harry.
Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the First Christian Reformed Church in Manhattan. Burial was at the Churchill Cemetery.
Printed in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle ~ January, 1980
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