Grace Violet Carothers ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 7 April 1940. ¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 61-24, Family 62, Roll 4529
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Home rented, $5
Grace V. Drugan..Wife..23..WI..8th grade..Housewife

(Living with husband.)
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• She was buried after 9 January 1996 in the Saint Marys Cemetery in Winona, MN.

Plot: Crypt I--71-72

Find A Grave Memorial #38779885
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• Her obituary was published in the Winona Daily News on 10 January 1996 in Winona, MN.

³ Grace V. Drugan, 78 of Carimona St., died Tuesday (Jan 9, 1996) at Sauer Memorial Home. She was born Jan 26, 1917 in Cascade, WI to Raymond and Ruth (Aitken) Carothers. She married Leo E. Drugan July 22, 1935 in Trempealeau, WI. He died Dec. 3, 1982 in Winona. Grace was employed at Winona Knitting Mills for many years. She was a member of St. John's Church, its Rosary Society and Quilter's Guild, Harvest House and Flower and Garden Club.

Survivors include one daughter, Marsha (Michael) Womble of Winona; two granddaughters, Lisa (Mathew) Schumacher of Perry, IA and Gina Womble of Orange, CA; one brother, Merlin of Minnesota City, MN; and three sisters, Rachel Brion of Eau Claire, Helen Pooler of Lake Nebagamon, WI and Fern Rieck of Alma, WI. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, Charles and Walter and one sister, Charlotte Gifford.

A funeral mass will be held at St. John's Catholic Church with preliminary services at Watkowski Funeral Home. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery. Pallbearers will be LaMoine Brion, Charles, Steve and Mark Carothers and Dennis Rieck and Roger Rieck.

(Source: The Daily News, Winona, MN, Wednesday, 10 Jan 1996, p. 4A )
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Grace married Leo Edmund Drugan, son of Edmund Drugan and Mary A. Frasch, on 22 July 1935 in Trempealeau, WI.¹ (Leo Edmund Drugan was born on 27 March 1907 in Trempealeau, WI,^{1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11} died on 3 December 1982 in La Crosse, WI ^{9 11 12} and was buried on 6 December 1982 in Saint Marys Cemetery, Winona, MN ¹¹.). The cause of his death was Heart Attack / Stroke.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They resided at 268 Carimona Street in Winona, MN.
¹³ Name:Leo E Drugan
Residence Date:01 Nov 1995-01 Jan 2004
Residence Place:Winona, Minnesota, United States
Birth Date:27 Mar 1907
Phone Number:(507) 454-5688
Phone Number Recorded Date:01 Jan 2004

Address:268 Carimona St
Address Continued:Winona, Minnesota 55987

Possible Relatives:Grace V Drugan
Record Number:651564905

Citing this Record:
"United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QJ6Q-SM3K : accessed 02 Nov 2014), Leo E Drugan, Residence, Winona, Minnesota, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 7 April 1940. ¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 3A, Roll 4529, District 61-24, Family 62
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Home rented, $5
Leo E. Drugan..Head..33..WI..12th grade..Village Barber Shop..earned $450 in 1930
Grace V. Drugan..Wife..23..WI..8th grade..Housewife
Harold C. Lunde..Lodger..28..WI..4 years college..Music Teacher, Public School..earned $1100 in 1939
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• They resided at 549 E. Howard in 1941 in Winona, MN.
1941 Winona Directory:
LEO & GRACE DRUGAN
Occupation: Railroad
Residence: 549 E. Howard, Winona, Minnesota.

  Marriage Notes:

Leo and Grace were married in Trempealeau, WI and lived there for about 6 years while he worked as a barber there. In about 1941, they moved to Winona where he took a job as a bridge engineer for the Chicago Burlington Railroad until his retirement in 1972.
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