Irene Veronica Drugan ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

A second year as president of the Sorrowful Mother and St. Anne's Societies of St. John's Catholic Church has been started by Mrs. S.W. Newfeldt.

Mrs. Newfeldt came to Winona from Trempealeau, Wis., 24 years ago. She is a graduate of Trempealeau High School. She is a member of Winnebago Council 11, Degree of Pocahontas, Riverside-Magnolias Camp, RNW, and the St. Rose of Lima Guild.

She is employed part time at the Broadway Dress Shoppe. Her husband and she reside at 559 E. 5th St. He is a bridge engineer for the CB&Q Rd.

(Source: Winona Republican Herald, Winona, Minnesota, 15 Feb 1957, page 8)
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  Death Notes:

Name: Irene Newfeldt
Given Name: Irene
Surname: Newfeldt
Event Type: Death
Event Date: Jan 1981
Age: 70
Birth Date: 13 Jan 1911

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYY9-Q3L : 4 December 2020), Irene Newfeldt, Jan 1981; 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 1920 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 9 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 5B, Roll 2018, District 219, Family 145
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Grove Street
Irene B. Drugan..Daughter..8..WI
(Living with parents.)
.

• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 30 April 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 2B, Roll 2614, District 24, Family 51
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, $2000
Irene Drugan..Daughter..19..WI
(Living with parents.)
.

• Death Image: 16 January 1981, in Rochester, MN. ⁴

• She was buried after 16 January 1981 in the Saint Marys Cemetery in Winona, MN.

Find A Grave Memorial #55702885
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Irene married Sven Waldemar Newfeldt on 18 June 1935 in Trempealeau, WI.¹ (Sven Waldemar Newfeldt was born on 13 February 1906 in Långsele, Västernorrland, SWEDEN,⁷ died on 19 December 1968 in Winona, MN ⁷ and was buried after 19 December 1968 in Saint Marys Cemetery, Winona, MN ⁷.)

  Marriage Notes:

Miss Irene Drugan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Drugan of Trempealeau, became the bride of S.W. Newfeldt at St. Bartholomew Catholic church here Tuesday morning. The single ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. F. E. Wallace.

The bridal party entered the church while the wedding march was played by Mrs. Martin Soppa of Arcadia, Wis. The bride wore a white satin gown, floor length. Her long trailing veil was arranged in cap effect with orange blossoms and she carried an arm bouquet of roses.

The bride chose Miss Pauline Coyle and Miss Elaine Newfeldt as bridesmaids. Miss Coyle wore a gown of yellow crepe with white accessories and a corsage of pink roses and baby's breath and Miss Newfeldt, sister of the bridegroom, wore a gown of pink crepe with white accessories and a corsage of pink roses and baby's breath. The bridegroom was attended by Leo and Kenneth Drugan, the former a brother of the bride and the latter a cousin of the bride.

Forty guests attended a wedding dinner at the home of the bride's parents at 12 o'clock. Large baskets of peonies, red, white, and pink, decorated the home. The church altar's also were banked with flowers.

Out-of-town guests to attend the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. Martin Soppa and children, Arcadia; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Frasch, La Moille; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Salsman, Elroy, Wis.; Mrs. Thomas Walski and daughter, Esther, Galesville; Mr. and Mrs. Kozalka, Winona; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crivits, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Olson and Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Alvarez, Galesville; Mrs. Alfred Newfeldt, Ellsworth, Wis., and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hamernik and children, Winona.

(Source: Winona Republican Herald, Winona, Minnesota, 19 Jun 1935, page 6)
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"Swede (Swen) and Irene adopted a baby boy at birth. The birth-mother took the little boy back when he was 7 years old. Swede (Swen) and Irene were emotionally crushed. They lived on the East end of Winona, 559 E . Fifth Street."

(Source: Martha Drugan Westphal, 2004.)
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