Who Was Who II of Hanover, IL - Grant Home

Missouri. They lived in Hanover for a time when he worked at the Savanna Army
Depot. They moved to Freeport where Gerald worked at Kelly-Springfield. Gerald died
September 2, 1980 and is buried in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Freeport.
Drake, Mabel (Krum) was born March 11, 1921 in Forreston, Illinois and was the
daughter of Henry and Nancy (Buskhol) Krum. She married Gerald F. Drake on
October 11, 1941 in Missouri. They lived in Hanover for a few years before they moved
to Freeport. Mabel worked at Spurgeon’s and W. T. Grant Department Stores in
Freeport. Mabel died December 16, 2008 in Freeport and is buried in Chapel Hill
Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Freeport.
Droegmiller, Dorothy M. (Breed) was born March 22, 1911 in Illinois and was the
daughter of James Scott and Hattie E. (Block) Breed. She graduated from Freeport High
School in 1929 and later attended Illinois College in Jacksonville. Dorothy had been a
schoolteacher, first teaching one year in Pearl City, five years in Elizabeth and 15 years
in Hanover. She later was a bookkeeper for 16 years at the Schwirtz Chevrolet
dealership in Elizabeth. She married Glenn H. Droegmiller on August 23, 1939 in
Guilford Township. Glen died on January 10, 1988 and Dorothy died March 23, 2006.
They are both buried in St. John’s Cemetery near Scales Mound.
Duffy, Bernadine Marie (Honerbaum) was born July 9, 1917 in Cascade, Iowa and
was the daughter of Bernard “Barney” Henry and Josephine Caroline (Leytem)
Honerbaum. She married Bernard “Barney” H. Duffy in Cascade and four children
were born to this union: James “Jim” Bernard Duffy, Merlin Patrick “Pat” Duffy,
Josephine Anne “Joanna” (Duffy) Thulen, and Robert “Butch” Lawrence Duffy. They
moved to Hanover in the mid-1940s. Her husband died in 1960 and she later moved to
Savanna. Bernadine worked at the Savanna Army Depot from 1944 until 1955, Burgess
Battery in Freeport from 1955 until 1963 and Eaton Corporation in Savanna from 1963
until 1987 and later at the Upper Deck in Savanna. Bernadine died December 14, 2004
and is buried in St. John Catholic Cemetery, Savanna.
Duffy, James “Jim” Bernard was born October 27, 1937 in Cascade, Iowa and was the
son of Bernard “Barney” H. and Bernadine Marie (Honerbaum) Duffy. The family
moved to Hanover in the mid-1940s. Jim graduated from Hanover High School in 1955
and served in the military. He married Harlene (Secoy) Garcia on December 2, 1966 in
Princeton and two children were born to this union: Michael Duffy and Kathleen
(Duffy) Groves. Jim worked as a construction laborer until 1967, when he joined the
Plasterers’ and Cement Union and became the business agent of Local 587 until he
retired in 1996. Jim died September 18, 2006 and is buried in St. John Catholic
Cemetery, Savanna.
Duffy, John Robert was born April 4, 1922 in Dubuque, Iowa and was the son of
William A. and Lena (Reisch) Duffy. He attended Loras Academy in Dubuque. John
was a World War II U.S. Army Veteran and was a founding member of the Hanover
VFW. John married Marcella Dorothy Miller on February 26, 1944 in Hanover and two
daughters were born to this union: Sharon Lynn Duffy who died in infancy in 1944 and
Marcia Jean (Duffy) Hanson. He was a mechanic at Adams Garage for 51 years and
then at Wilson Brothers for one year, both in Hanover. John was a volunteer fireman for
more then 50 years for the Hanover Fire Department and served as the fire chief from
1967 until 1977. John died January 13, 1997 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
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