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Elsa L. Dramm

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Elsa L. Dramm

Birth
Death
24 Aug 1964 (aged 70)
Burial
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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R-25-8-1
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ELSA L. DRAMM

Miss Elsa L. Dramm, 71, a retired public employe and an active clubwoman, died
Monday morning at home, 911 Park St., Manitowoc, where she had resided for 65
years. Death came after a short illness.
Funeral services will be at 2 pm. Wednesday at Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc,
the Rev. Vernon Anderson of First Lutheran Church, Manitowoc, officiating.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Miss Dramm was born at Manitowoc Sept. 24, 1894(sic), daughter of the late John G.
and Emma Lohe Dramm Sr. Her father conducted a retail meat business at the Park
Street address for many years. She attended Manitowoc public schools and was
graduated from the old West Side High School. She attended Milwaukee Normal and
Manitowoc Business College.
Miss Dramm was head of the Manitowoc County Real Estate Tax Listing Department
when she retired under the mandatory Wisconsin Retirement system Dec. 31, 1959,
after 35 years of service to people of Manitowoc County.
Miss Dramm, who directed the Real Estate Tax Dept. since 1942, started her public
career in 1922 as an employe of the Wisconsin Department of Taxation in the income
and property tax division.
Her civic and professional associations included charter membership in the Manitowoc-
Two Rivers Business and Professional Women’s Club. She was a vice president of the
state federation of BPW clubs in 1935. She was a member of the Manitowoc Historical
Society, Altrusa International and the Civic Committee. For the latter she served
as secretary in the study of re-development of Manitowoc’s business areas. Miss
Dramm had many hobbies including photography, collections of rare carvings, ancient
coins, fossilizations and porcelains. She devoted many hours of her leisure time to
presenting programs to civic groups pertaining to her hobbies and displaying her
collections. She traveled many times to European countries for visits with relatives
and study in Vienna.
Surviving are a brother, Eugene Dramm, of Elmhurst, Ill., and a sister, Miss Marie
Dramm, of Manitowoc, a niece and four nephews. Two brothers, Herman Jr., and John Jr.,
preceded her in death.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, August 24, 1964 P. 5
*******
[d. 08-24-1964/age 71 yrs./bur. on Mrs. John Dramm lot]
ELSA L. DRAMM

Miss Elsa L. Dramm, 71, a retired public employe and an active clubwoman, died
Monday morning at home, 911 Park St., Manitowoc, where she had resided for 65
years. Death came after a short illness.
Funeral services will be at 2 pm. Wednesday at Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc,
the Rev. Vernon Anderson of First Lutheran Church, Manitowoc, officiating.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Miss Dramm was born at Manitowoc Sept. 24, 1894(sic), daughter of the late John G.
and Emma Lohe Dramm Sr. Her father conducted a retail meat business at the Park
Street address for many years. She attended Manitowoc public schools and was
graduated from the old West Side High School. She attended Milwaukee Normal and
Manitowoc Business College.
Miss Dramm was head of the Manitowoc County Real Estate Tax Listing Department
when she retired under the mandatory Wisconsin Retirement system Dec. 31, 1959,
after 35 years of service to people of Manitowoc County.
Miss Dramm, who directed the Real Estate Tax Dept. since 1942, started her public
career in 1922 as an employe of the Wisconsin Department of Taxation in the income
and property tax division.
Her civic and professional associations included charter membership in the Manitowoc-
Two Rivers Business and Professional Women’s Club. She was a vice president of the
state federation of BPW clubs in 1935. She was a member of the Manitowoc Historical
Society, Altrusa International and the Civic Committee. For the latter she served
as secretary in the study of re-development of Manitowoc’s business areas. Miss
Dramm had many hobbies including photography, collections of rare carvings, ancient
coins, fossilizations and porcelains. She devoted many hours of her leisure time to
presenting programs to civic groups pertaining to her hobbies and displaying her
collections. She traveled many times to European countries for visits with relatives
and study in Vienna.
Surviving are a brother, Eugene Dramm, of Elmhurst, Ill., and a sister, Miss Marie
Dramm, of Manitowoc, a niece and four nephews. Two brothers, Herman Jr., and John Jr.,
preceded her in death.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, August 24, 1964 P. 5
*******
[d. 08-24-1964/age 71 yrs./bur. on Mrs. John Dramm lot]


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  • Created by: Kent Salomon
  • Added: Aug 11, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95203249/elsa_l-dramm: accessed ), memorial page for Elsa L. Dramm (24 Sep 1893–24 Aug 1964), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95203249, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Kent Salomon (contributor 901).