ELMER DRUMM (d. 1960)

Elmer Drumm Dies; President of Metal Ware
Head of Firm Since 1932; Dies at Age of 61.
Elmer E. Drumm, 61, president of Metal Ware Corp. of Two Rivers and long active
in Masonic circles, died late Wednesday where he had been a patient a day.
Mr. Drumm resided at 1116 N. Sixth St.
He had been president and general manager of the Two Rivers corporation since he
founded it in 1932. The corporation manufactures planters, houseware electric
merchandise and toys.
Mr. Drumm, a 32nd Degree Mason, was a past commander of Manitowoc Commandery No.
45, Knights Templar, a post to which he was elected in 1956. He also was a past
president of Two Rivers Shrine Club, serving in that capacity in 1953.
Ceremonial Chairman
His memberships in Masonic organizations included Manitowoc Lodge No. 65, Free
and Accepted Masons; Chapter No. 16, Royal Arch Masons; Council, No. 18, Royal
and Select Masters; Tripoli Temple, Milwaukee; Wisconsin Consistory; and Royal
Order of Jesters, Court No. 101, Milwaukee.
Twice Mr. Drumm served as Tripoli summer ceremonial general chairman when the
event was conducted at Manitowoc in 1950 and at Two Rivers in 1958. He had been
regional ambassador for Tripoli Temple.
A member of First Presbyterian Church, Mr. Drumm at one.. (Cont. on Page T-5)
Elmer Drum (Cont. from Page 1) ..time served as trustee of the church board.
He was a past president of the Rotary Club of Two Rivers and was a member of
Lodge 687, Manitowoc Elks.
A native of Manitowoc, Mr. Drumm was born March 14, 1899, son of the late Charles
and Catherine Schnell Drumm. He attended public schools in the city and was grad-
uated from West Side High School in 1916. That year he began to work for Wisconsin
Public Service Corp, joining Mirro Aluminum Co. in 1919 and remaining with that
firm until 1931.
Funeral Saturday
He married Ruth Linder at Manitowoc July 27, 1921. She survives along with a son,
(private), a daughter, (private), a brother, Allen, and seven grandchildren of
the city. A brother, Charles, preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church. The Rev.
Gervase Zanotti will officiate and burial will be in Knollwood Memorial Gardens,
Town of Kossuth. Graveside rites will be conducted by the Blue Lodge.
Friends may call at Jens Funeral Home after 3 p.m. Friday until 11 a.m. Saturday
when the casket will be moved to the church where the body will lie in state
until the hour of service.
Memorial gifts may be made to Tripoli Shrine Hospital, the memorial fund of First
Presbyterian Church or the building fund of Memorial Hospital.
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 31, 1960 pp. 1, 16
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[d. 03-30-1960/age 61 yrs./removal from Knollwood reburied 07-28-1967/
bur. on Mrs. Ruth L. Drumm lot (Mrs. Elmer)]