GERALD ‘JERRY’ D. DRUMM
Gerald "Jerry" D. Drumm, age 78, of Manitowoc, died early Friday morning,
May 26, 2006, at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milawukee.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 30, 2006, at Bethany
Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3209 Meadow Lane, Manitowoc. The Revs. Robert
Kujawski and Waldemar Loescher will officiate with burial to follow at
Evergreen Cemetery with military graveside honors accorded by Otto Oas VFW
Post #659.
Jerry was born Oct. 23, 1927, in Manitowoc, son of the late Elmer and Mabel
Raatz Drumm. He was a 1945 graduate of Manitowoc Lincoln High School. Jerry
was enlisted into the United States Army Air Corps, serving from 1946 until
1947, stationed in Japan. On May 3, 1952, he was married to the former Elaine
C. Kraemer at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church at Haven.
Jerry began farming and logging after high school, and in 1960 he started
Jerry’s Sportsmans Lodge Tavern in Northeim. He also worked for the AH Stock
company from 1962 until 1964 and worked at Silver Creek Nursery along with
running his own custom crop spraying business. In 1980, he began working for
the Manitowoc County Highway Department, retiring in 1993.
Jerry loved to spend time at his Lakewood cottage, gardening, fishing, hunting
and watching the Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee Brewers. He was a dedicated
caretaker of the Richard Drumm Memorial Forest in the town of Gibson that was
dedicated to the memory of his late brother. Jerry was a member of Bethany
Evangelical Lutheran Church, current secretary of the Manitowoc Chapter #138
of the IWLA-Izaak Walton League of America of which he received the Judge Tobin
award and the Rahr Diamond award for his conservation practices, charter member
of the Manitowoc Gun Club, lifetime member of the Manitowoc Expo, Otto Oas VFW
Post #659 of Manitowoc, National Rifle Association, Shoto Conservation Club,
Conservation Education Inc., and current vice-president of Manitowoc Mortgage
Holding.
Survivors include his wife, his five children, their spouses and their children,
step-great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, nieces, nephews, other relatives and
friends survive. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant sister: Marilyn
Drumm; two brothers: Richard Drumm and William Drumm; and his father-in-law and
mother-in-law: Louis and Hildegard Kraemer.
Relatives and friends may call at the Reinbold & Pfeffer Family Funeral Home of
Manitowoc on Monday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Tuesday at the church from 10 a.m.
until the time of services. In lieu of flowers, memorials would be appreciated for
the Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church or the charity of your choice.
The Drumm family would like to thank Pastors Kujawski, Melso, Loescher and
Ellenberger, the dedicated nurses and staff of St. Luke’s CVICU, Drs. and nurse
Carol for all their special attention and concern shown to Jerry and our family
the past two months.
Herald Times Reporter, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Sunday, May 28, 2006
Gerald "Jerry" D. Drumm, age 78, of Manitowoc, died early Friday morning,
May 26, 2006, at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milawukee.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 30, 2006, at Bethany
Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3209 Meadow Lane, Manitowoc. The Revs. Robert
Kujawski and Waldemar Loescher will officiate with burial to follow at
Evergreen Cemetery with military graveside honors accorded by Otto Oas VFW
Post #659.
Jerry was born Oct. 23, 1927, in Manitowoc, son of the late Elmer and Mabel
Raatz Drumm. He was a 1945 graduate of Manitowoc Lincoln High School. Jerry
was enlisted into the United States Army Air Corps, serving from 1946 until
1947, stationed in Japan. On May 3, 1952, he was married to the former Elaine
C. Kraemer at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church at Haven.
Jerry began farming and logging after high school, and in 1960 he started
Jerry’s Sportsmans Lodge Tavern in Northeim. He also worked for the AH Stock
company from 1962 until 1964 and worked at Silver Creek Nursery along with
running his own custom crop spraying business. In 1980, he began working for
the Manitowoc County Highway Department, retiring in 1993.
Jerry loved to spend time at his Lakewood cottage, gardening, fishing, hunting
and watching the Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee Brewers. He was a dedicated
caretaker of the Richard Drumm Memorial Forest in the town of Gibson that was
dedicated to the memory of his late brother. Jerry was a member of Bethany
Evangelical Lutheran Church, current secretary of the Manitowoc Chapter #138
of the IWLA-Izaak Walton League of America of which he received the Judge Tobin
award and the Rahr Diamond award for his conservation practices, charter member
of the Manitowoc Gun Club, lifetime member of the Manitowoc Expo, Otto Oas VFW
Post #659 of Manitowoc, National Rifle Association, Shoto Conservation Club,
Conservation Education Inc., and current vice-president of Manitowoc Mortgage
Holding.
Survivors include his wife, his five children, their spouses and their children,
step-great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, nieces, nephews, other relatives and
friends survive. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant sister: Marilyn
Drumm; two brothers: Richard Drumm and William Drumm; and his father-in-law and
mother-in-law: Louis and Hildegard Kraemer.
Relatives and friends may call at the Reinbold & Pfeffer Family Funeral Home of
Manitowoc on Monday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Tuesday at the church from 10 a.m.
until the time of services. In lieu of flowers, memorials would be appreciated for
the Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church or the charity of your choice.
The Drumm family would like to thank Pastors Kujawski, Melso, Loescher and
Ellenberger, the dedicated nurses and staff of St. Luke’s CVICU, Drs. and nurse
Carol for all their special attention and concern shown to Jerry and our family
the past two months.
Herald Times Reporter, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Sunday, May 28, 2006
GERALD ‘JERRY’ D. DRUMM
Gerald "Jerry" D. Drumm, age 78, of Manitowoc, died early Friday morning,
May 26, 2006, at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milawukee.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 30, 2006, at Bethany
Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3209 Meadow Lane, Manitowoc. The Revs. Robert
Kujawski and Waldemar Loescher will officiate with burial to follow at
Evergreen Cemetery with military graveside honors accorded by Otto Oas VFW
Post #659.
Jerry was born Oct. 23, 1927, in Manitowoc, son of the late Elmer and Mabel
Raatz Drumm. He was a 1945 graduate of Manitowoc Lincoln High School. Jerry
was enlisted into the United States Army Air Corps, serving from 1946 until
1947, stationed in Japan. On May 3, 1952, he was married to the former Elaine
C. Kraemer at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church at Haven.
Jerry began farming and logging after high school, and in 1960 he started
Jerry’s Sportsmans Lodge Tavern in Northeim. He also worked for the AH Stock
company from 1962 until 1964 and worked at Silver Creek Nursery along with
running his own custom crop spraying business. In 1980, he began working for
the Manitowoc County Highway Department, retiring in 1993.
Jerry loved to spend time at his Lakewood cottage, gardening, fishing, hunting
and watching the Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee Brewers. He was a dedicated
caretaker of the Richard Drumm Memorial Forest in the town of Gibson that was
dedicated to the memory of his late brother. Jerry was a member of Bethany
Evangelical Lutheran Church, current secretary of the Manitowoc Chapter #138
of the IWLA-Izaak Walton League of America of which he received the Judge Tobin
award and the Rahr Diamond award for his conservation practices, charter member
of the Manitowoc Gun Club, lifetime member of the Manitowoc Expo, Otto Oas VFW
Post #659 of Manitowoc, National Rifle Association, Shoto Conservation Club,
Conservation Education Inc., and current vice-president of Manitowoc Mortgage
Holding.
Survivors include his wife, his five children, their spouses and their children,
step-great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, nieces, nephews, other relatives and
friends survive. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant sister: Marilyn
Drumm; two brothers: Richard Drumm and William Drumm; and his father-in-law and
mother-in-law: Louis and Hildegard Kraemer.
Relatives and friends may call at the Reinbold & Pfeffer Family Funeral Home of
Manitowoc on Monday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Tuesday at the church from 10 a.m.
until the time of services. In lieu of flowers, memorials would be appreciated for
the Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church or the charity of your choice.
The Drumm family would like to thank Pastors Kujawski, Melso, Loescher and
Ellenberger, the dedicated nurses and staff of St. Luke’s CVICU, Drs. and nurse
Carol for all their special attention and concern shown to Jerry and our family
the past two months.
Herald Times Reporter, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Sunday, May 28, 2006
Gerald "Jerry" D. Drumm, age 78, of Manitowoc, died early Friday morning,
May 26, 2006, at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milawukee.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 30, 2006, at Bethany
Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3209 Meadow Lane, Manitowoc. The Revs. Robert
Kujawski and Waldemar Loescher will officiate with burial to follow at
Evergreen Cemetery with military graveside honors accorded by Otto Oas VFW
Post #659.
Jerry was born Oct. 23, 1927, in Manitowoc, son of the late Elmer and Mabel
Raatz Drumm. He was a 1945 graduate of Manitowoc Lincoln High School. Jerry
was enlisted into the United States Army Air Corps, serving from 1946 until
1947, stationed in Japan. On May 3, 1952, he was married to the former Elaine
C. Kraemer at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church at Haven.
Jerry began farming and logging after high school, and in 1960 he started
Jerry’s Sportsmans Lodge Tavern in Northeim. He also worked for the AH Stock
company from 1962 until 1964 and worked at Silver Creek Nursery along with
running his own custom crop spraying business. In 1980, he began working for
the Manitowoc County Highway Department, retiring in 1993.
Jerry loved to spend time at his Lakewood cottage, gardening, fishing, hunting
and watching the Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee Brewers. He was a dedicated
caretaker of the Richard Drumm Memorial Forest in the town of Gibson that was
dedicated to the memory of his late brother. Jerry was a member of Bethany
Evangelical Lutheran Church, current secretary of the Manitowoc Chapter #138
of the IWLA-Izaak Walton League of America of which he received the Judge Tobin
award and the Rahr Diamond award for his conservation practices, charter member
of the Manitowoc Gun Club, lifetime member of the Manitowoc Expo, Otto Oas VFW
Post #659 of Manitowoc, National Rifle Association, Shoto Conservation Club,
Conservation Education Inc., and current vice-president of Manitowoc Mortgage
Holding.
Survivors include his wife, his five children, their spouses and their children,
step-great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, nieces, nephews, other relatives and
friends survive. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant sister: Marilyn
Drumm; two brothers: Richard Drumm and William Drumm; and his father-in-law and
mother-in-law: Louis and Hildegard Kraemer.
Relatives and friends may call at the Reinbold & Pfeffer Family Funeral Home of
Manitowoc on Monday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Tuesday at the church from 10 a.m.
until the time of services. In lieu of flowers, memorials would be appreciated for
the Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church or the charity of your choice.
The Drumm family would like to thank Pastors Kujawski, Melso, Loescher and
Ellenberger, the dedicated nurses and staff of St. Luke’s CVICU, Drs. and nurse
Carol for all their special attention and concern shown to Jerry and our family
the past two months.
Herald Times Reporter, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Sunday, May 28, 2006
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