WALTER O. DREWS
Walter O. Drews, 74, of 914 S. 35th St., Manitowoc, died Tuesday evening at
Memorial Hospital, Manitowoc. He had been in ill health a year.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Mittnacht Funeral Home,
Manitowoc. The Rev. O.J. Hanson of Calvary Assembly of God Church will officiate
and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Drews was born Jan. 27, 1888, son of the late Richard and Amy Kahrs Drews,
in the Town of Gibson. He attended grade school at Cooperstown and at the age
of 17 enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving eight years. From 1923 to 1950 he was
farm foreman at Manitowoc County Hospital and since had been employed as a part
time maintenance man.
He married Clara Chapman Jan. 11, 1917, at Crosby, N.D., and the couple resided
at Fortuna, N.D., several years before coming to Manitowoc in 1912. He was a
member of Manitowoc Eagles Aerie 706.
Surviving are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. M. Franklin Marshek of Chula Vista,
Calif.; four sisters, Mrs. Nora de Neveu, Mrs. Oscar Kleinbauer, Mrs. Luella
Nelson and Mrs. Ione Madenwald of Manitowoc and three grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, August 8, 1962 P.17
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[d. 08-07-1962/age 74 yrs.]
WALTER O. DREWS
Walter O. Drews, 74, of 914 S. 35th St., Manitowoc, died Tuesday evening at
Memorial Hospital, Manitowoc. He had been in ill health a year.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Mittnacht Funeral Home,
Manitowoc. The Rev. O.J. Hanson of Calvary Assembly of God Church will officiate
and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Drews was born Jan. 27, 1888, son of the late Richard and Amy Kahrs Drews,
in the Town of Gibson. He attended grade school at Cooperstown and at the age
of 17 enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving eight years. From 1923 to 1950 he was
farm foreman at Manitowoc County Hospital and since had been employed as a part
time maintenance man.
He married Clara Chapman Jan. 11, 1917, at Crosby, N.D., and the couple resided
at Fortuna, N.D., several years before coming to Manitowoc in 1912. He was a
member of Manitowoc Eagles Aerie 706.
Surviving are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. M. Franklin Marshek of Chula Vista,
Calif.; four sisters, Mrs. Nora de Neveu, Mrs. Oscar Kleinbauer, Mrs. Luella
Nelson and Mrs. Ione Madenwald of Manitowoc and three grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, August 8, 1962 P.17
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[d. 08-07-1962/age 74 yrs.]
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