Elizabeth Ellen Drugan ^{1 2 3 4}

  Death Notes:

Name: Elizabeth E Hammond
Given Name: Elizabeth E
Surname: Hammond
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 18 Feb 2011
Event Place: Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Event Place (Original): Trempealeau, Wisconsin
Age: 96
Birth Date: 09 Oct 1915

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VS4G-9PT : 4 December 2020), Elizabeth E Hammond, 18 Feb 2011; 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 8 January 1920. ²

1920 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 219, Family 131, Roll 2018
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
129 Main Street; Owns Home
Elizabeth Drugan..Daughter..4y 2m..WI

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Trempealeau, WI on 3 May 1930. ³

1930 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 24, Family 131, Roll 2614
Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Home owned, $1500
Elizabeth Drugan..Daughter..14..WI

(Living with parents.)
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• She resided in Galesville, WI in September 1949.
In the September 1949 obituary for Hubert Drugan, it mentioned that Elizabeth and Robert were from Galesville, Wisconsin.
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• She resided in Galesville, WI in 2003.

• Her obituary was published in the La Crosse Tribune on 21 February 2011 in La Crosse, WI.

⁵ Elizabeth E. Hammond, 95, of rural Galesville passed away Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse.

Elizabeth was born Oct. 9, 1915, to Hubert and Olive (Perkins) Drugan in Trempealeau. She married J. Robert "Bob" Hammond on Oct. 26, 1938, and they lived on the Hammond family farm in Little Tamarack, Wis., all of their married lives. Her husband preceded her in death on Aug. 10, 1990.

Elizabeth is survived by three sons, Gary (Sharon) and Bob (Donna), all of Galesville, and Rolland (Leann) of Pasadena, Texas; four daughters, Beverly Schaller of Galesville, Fay (Ron) Mitchell and Leone (Ritchie) Berger, all of Ettrick, and Lois (Dave) Anderson of Trempealeau; 24 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren. Also surviving are one brother, Hubie (Helen) Drugan; and four sisters, Gen Rogness, Dorothy (Brookes) Smith, Evelyn Jessessky and Loretta (Duane) Johnson.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Don; her parents; a brother, Jim; and several brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Galesville. Father Edmund Doerre will officiate. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Centerville. Friends and family may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, at Zwickey Funeral Home in Galesville and from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church.

Zwickey Funeral Homes, Galesville Chapel, assisted the family with arrangements.

(Source: La Crosse Tribune, La Crosse, WI, 21 Feb 2011)
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• She was buried on 23 February 2011 in the Evergreen Cemetery in Centerville, WI.

Elizabeth married John Robert Hammond, son of John Hammond and Ruby E. Van Vleet, on 26 October 1938 in Trempealeau, WI. (John Robert Hammond was born on 21 July 1911 in Wisconsin,^{6 7} died on 10 August 1990 in Centerville, WI ⁷ and was buried after 10 August 1990 in Evergreen Cemetery, Centerville, WI.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They resided in Galesville, WI in September 1949.
In the September 1949 obituary for Hubert Drugan, it mentioned that Elizabeth and Robert were from Galesville, Wisconsin.
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  Marriage Notes:

ELIZABETH DRUGAN, TREMPEALEAU, BRIDE OF ROBERT HAMMOND
Trempealeau, Wis. -- (Special to the Republican-Herald) -- The marriage of Miss Elizabeth Drugan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Drugan of Trempealeau, and Robert Hammond, son of Mrs. Ruby Hammond of Galesville, was solemnized by the Rev. John Murphy at St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church here at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The bride wore a floor length ivory satin gown with lace puffed sleeves. The gown was made on princess lines and cut low at the neckline. Her necklace was a string of pearls. Her slippers were of white satin and her long tulle veil was edged in Chantilly lace and held in place with a coronet, fastened with seed pearls and orange blossoms. The bride carried an arm bouquet of Talisman roses and pompons tied with a white satin ribbon.

The bridal couple was attended by Margaret Hammond, sister of the bride groom, and Hubert Drugan, Jr., brother of the bride. Mrs. Lloyd Cowan played the nuptial music.

Miss Hammond's gown was of blue taffeta with a long red sash and accessories to match. Her shoulder bouquet was of pink roses.

A three-course wedding dinner was served in the dining room of the church to relatives and friends. Tables were decorated in fall flowers. The color scheme was in pink and green.

Afterward the couple went on a wedding trip by automobile which will take them to the Wisconsin Dells and Madison, Wis., Freeport, Ill., Chicago and other points. For traveling the bride wore a green velvet dress trimmed in a lighter shade of green and with accessories to match.

When they return they will make their home in Little Tamarack where a new home is being built for them on the bridegroom's mother's farm which he has leased.

On November 5 a wedding dance will be given at the Acorn Night Club in their honor.

Guests at the dinner included Mr. and Mrs. John Van Vleet of Galesville, grandparents of the bridegroom, Mrs. Ruby Hammond, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Greeno and daughter of Blair, Bette Watson of Centerville, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hovell and son of Big Tamarack, Mrs. Ella Schmitz and son Joseph, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Drugan and daughters Evelyn, Dorothy, and Loretta. Mrs. Lloyd Cowan and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Hammond. Those who assisted in serving were the Misses Lillian Grover, Mary Perkins, Ruth Lucas and Mamie Shrake.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, MN, 27 Oct 1938, page 6)
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