Elvira N. Munkeby ^{1 2 3 4}

  Death Notes:

Name: Elvira Drugan
Given Name: Elvira
Surname: Drugan
Event Type: Death
Event Date: Oct 1979
Event Place: Holmen, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Event Place (Original): Holmen, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Age: 66
Birth Date: 15 Oct 1913

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J57Z-F2J : 4 December 2020), Elvira Drugan, Oct 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 20 April 1940. ²

1940 US Census
Sheet 4B, Roll 4529, District 61-24, Family 97
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Home Rented, $5
Elvira Drugan..Wife..25..WI..3 years college..Housewife, own home
(Living with husband and son.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 15 Oct 1913, then her age should have been 26 instead of 25.
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• She was buried after 2 October 1979 in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Trempealeau, WI.

Find A Grave Memorial #95033420
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Elvira married Kenneth Roy Drugan, son of William John Drugan and Helena M. Zimmerman, on 13 June 1936 in Holmen, WI.^{1 2} (Kenneth Roy Drugan was born on 3 October 1914 in Trempealeau, WI,^{2 6 7 8} died on 7 October 1978 in Trempealeau, WI ^{8 9} and was buried after 7 October 1978 in Holy Cross Cemetery, Trempealeau, WI.). The cause of his death was Heart Attack.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 20 April 1940. ²

1940 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 61-24, Family 97, Roll 4529
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Home Rented, $5
Kenneth Drugan..Head..25..WI..12th grade..Bridgeman, Railroad..earned $1300 in 1939
Elvira Drugan..Wife..25..WI..3 years college..Housewife, own home
Kent Drugan..Son..1..WI
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  Marriage Notes:

A "Tom Thumb" wedding was enjoyed Saturday at the Methodist Church dining room here by friends and relatives of Miss Elvira Munkeby who is to be married to Kenneth Drugan of Trempealeau at the Trinity Lutheran Church, La Crosse, Wis., the evening of June 13. While the assembled guests a waited the entrance of the little minister, Billy Smith, six, they were entertained by a vocal selection "At Dawning" by Mrs. Clarence Petersen. Other participants in the wedding ceremony were Kenneth Hovel, bridegroom; William Osley, best man; Theresa Knapper and Neva Oyer, flower girls; Dale Campbell, ring bearer; Robbie Lou Campbell, Jean Trowbridge, Charlotte Wachter, Betty Slocum, Loretta Drugan, and Joyce Swartling bridesmaids; Ruthie Winslow, maid of honor, and Nancy Putnam, bride.

Nancy was attired in a white satin dress with train. A waist length veil framed her face. Her bouquet was of pink tea roses. Kenneth wore a black swallow tail coat and gray striped trousers. Ruthie Winslow was dressed in green organdy over green satin and carried a bouquet of lilacs. She wore a green poke bonnet. The bridesmaids wore pale blue, pink, and yellow organdy with poke bonnets to match, and carried lilies of the valley.

Dale Campbell was dressed in a white satin suit and carried the ring on a small satin pillow. The wedding party proceeded to the altar during the playing of the wedding march by Mrs. Peterson. "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" and Mendelssohn's wedding march provided additional music.

Tommy Kinney, dressed in a red cape and beret, heralded in four small girls, Beverly Liebbaacken, Rose and Lorraine Davis and Margaret Jessessky who carried a huge May basket, decorated in green and white, containing the gifts. As they carried the basket they sang "Dear Teacher" composed by Mrs. Mack Winslow. Miss Munkeby received the gifts in a garden lattice bower, trimmed with climbing roses.

Miss Munkeby is the first grade teacher at the Healy Memorial School.

Out of town guests were Mrs. N. B. Munkeby, Mrs. C. O. Swennes and daughter Myrtle and Miss Agnes Graf of La Crosse, Wis., Mrs. Michael Sonsolla, Mrs. Joseph Hamernik and daughter Geraldine of Winona, and Mrs. Ole Peterson of Hastings, Minn. Refreshments were served.

(Source: Winona Republican Herald, Winona, Minnesota, 21 May 1936, page 14.)
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