Bernice Catherine Drugan ^{3 4 5 6 7 8}

   Cause of her death was Lung, Bone, and Liver Cancer.³

  General Notes:

Some records indicate that her true given names was "Catherine Bernice" instead of "Bernice Catherine" which would mean that she always went by her middle name of "Bernice" instead of Catherine.
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Little Bernice Drugan celebrated her sixth birthday Wednesday afternoon by entertaining a few of her friends. The following were guests: Gertrude, Florence, Raymond and Bernard Jennison; Florence, Leonard and Marcella DuBois; Rose Losinski, Margaret Behrens, and David and Margaret Drugan. The hostess was the recipient of many pretty gifts from her little friends.

(Source: Winona Daily Republican; Winona, MN, Jan 27, 1921; Page Number: 2)
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  Birth Notes:

Name: Bernice Catherine Drugan
Name Note: first child of mother
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 26 Jan 1915
Event Place: Winona, Minnesota, United States
Event Place (Original): Winona Co., Minn
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: American
Race: white
Father's Name: David G. Drugan
Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Father's Age: 25
Father's Birth Year (Estimated): 1890
Mother's Name: Lena L. Hanson
Mother's Birthplace: U.S
Mother's Age: 20
Mother's Birth Year (Estimated): 1895

Citing this Record
"Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDQT-9JR : 5 February 2020), David G. Drugan in entry for Bernice Catherine Drugan, 1915.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She worked as a Factory Worker. ¹

• She worked as a Kitchen Worker. ¹

• She worked as a Marina / Hotel Owner. ¹

• She worked as a Waitress. ¹

• She was described as blue eyes, auburn hair. ¹

• Photo: 1916, Winona, MN.

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Winona, MN on 28 January 1920. ⁵

1920 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 207, Family 80, Roll 865
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota
467 East Fourth Street; house rented
Bernice Drugan..Daughter..4y 11m..MN

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Winona, MN on 14 April 1930. ⁶

1930 US Census
Sheet 15A, District 29, Family 355, Roll 1135
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota
552 West 4th Street; Rent $25
Bernice Drugan..Daughter..15..MN

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Winona, MN on 9 April 1940. ⁷

1940 US Census
Sheet 8B, Roll 1969, District 85-30A, Family 170
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota
618 West Howard Street; house rented $18
same place in 1935
Bernice Drugan..Daughter..25..MN..11th grade..Sales Clerk, Retail Store..worked 8 hours in previous week..worked 52 weeks last year..earned $780 in 1939

(Living with step-father and mother.)
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• She was buried after 30 November 1999 in the Fair View Cemetery in Middletown, NJ.

PLOT Section 15A Grave 48
Find a Grave Memorial 225168697
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• Her obituary was published in the Unknown newspaper after 30 November 1999.

Bernice C. Petrasek, 84, of Highlands, died Tuesday at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was co-owner of the Montauk Boat Basin. Later she worked as a food handler for Doris and Ed's Restaurant, Highlands. Born in Winona, Minnesota, she lived there before moving to Highlands 45 years ago.

Surviving are her husband, Bill, three daughters, Linda Lundin, Middletown, Kathy McGowan, Keansburg, and Laurie Whitfield, Highlands; three brothers, David Drugan, Minnesota, Jack Drugan, Michigan, and Billy Drugan, Georgia; two sisters, Ruth Gilpin, Illinois, and Martha Drugan-Westphal, California; six grandchildren, Steve and Terry Horniacek, Jimmy Devine, Meghan McGowan, and Heather, Ryan, and Kelly Whitfield; and eight great-grandchildren, Jason, Katie, and Kristin Wombough, Anthony Morrell, Anthony, Jenna and Nicky Horniacek and Donnie Pfirman.

Visitation will be 2 to 4 PM and 7 to 9 PM Friday at John P. Condon Funeral Home, 804 Route 36, Leonardo. A funeral service will be 8 PM Friday at the funeral home. Cremation services will be private.

(Source: Unknown newspaper)
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Bernice married Paul Bobko on 17 September 1941 in Chicago, IL.¹ The marriage ended in annulment in 1941. (Paul Bobko was born on 29 July 1919 in Cook County, IL and died on 19 July 1975 in Illinois.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Annulled: 1941. ¹

• They resided at 2018 West Schiller Street in September 1941 in Chicago, IL.

  Marriage Notes:

BERNICE DRUGAN WED IN CHICAGO

Mrs. Vinson Rice, 253 Olmsted street, announces the marriage of her daughter, Bernice Drugan, to Paul Bobko, Chicago.The marriage took place at 8 a.m. September 17 at St. Vincent's Catholic Church, Chicago. Attending the couple were Mrs. Frank Lightfoot, Chicago, sister of the bride, and Warren Bobko, Chicago, brother of the bridegroom. After a southern wedding trip they will be home at 2018 West Schiller street, Chicago. Mr. Bobko is associated with his father in the Bobko Transfer Lines. The bride is a former Winonan having attended schools here. For the past three years she has been in Chicago, employed at the Raye Garment Company.

(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, Winona, Minnesota, 1 Oct 1941, page 10)
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Marriage Record:
DRUGAN, BERNICE and BOBKO, PAUL
Event Type: Marriage
File Number 1700360
Event Date 9/17/1941
Cook County Clerk's Office, Chicago, IL
https://genealogy.cookcountyclerk.com/Search.aspx
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Bernice next married William Andrew Petrasek, son of Joseph Petrasek and Christina Screwik, on 25 July 1942 in San Diego, CA.³ (William Andrew Petrasek was born on 3 December 1917 in Garfield, NJ,^{3 9 10 11 12} died on 8 May 2007 in Manchester Township, Ocean, NJ ^{12 13} and was buried after 8 May 2007 in Fair View Cemetery, Middletown, NJ ¹².)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They resided in Clifton, NJ in July 1947.
A newspaper article in Winona, MN mentioned the family visiting Lena Rice and stated that they were from Clifton, NJ.