"March 6, 1879" on William Drahn's gravestone is incorrect. He was born March 7, 1880. Known as William Charles Drahn, but called "Will," his baptismal record at Zion Lutheran Church, Clayton Center, Iowa, reveals him as "Wilhelm Johann Carl Drahn." One of his baptismal sponsors was "Wilhelm J. Meyer," who was actually Heinrich Wilhelm Johanningmeier, 1851-1907, husband of Will's aunt, Maria (Drahn) Johanningmeier, 1836-1911. Will was confirmed on October 8, 1894, record at St.Peter Lutheran Church, Garnavillo, Clayton County, Iowa.
An abbreviated obituary is as follows:
REV. DRAHN FUNERAL HELD
Funeral services for Rev. William Charles Drahn, 77, of Savannah, Ga. were held Sunday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock from the Schultz Funeral home to St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran church at 2 o'clock with Rev. R. C. Schlueter officiating.
Burial was in the Lutheran cemetery.
Rev. Drahn died Sunday, July 7, at Savannah, Ga.
He was born a son of Henry and Caroline, nee Aulerich, Drahn in Farmersburg township, March 7, 1880. His boyhood years were spent near his home. In 1897 he attended business college at Fayette and the next year took a preparatory course for the ministry at Wartburg college at Clinton.
He studied four years at Wartburg seminary in Dubuque and took a post-graduate course at Chicago, Ill., from 1904 to 1906. Thereupon he was ordained to the ministry. From 1922 to 1929 he served at Oshkosh, Wis., and from 1929 to 1933 at Denver, Colo.
From 1934 until his retirement in 1955, he was a field man for the Minister's Casualty Insurance company of Minneapolis, Minn. Upon retirement he moved to Savannah, Ga.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Henry, and two sisters, Mrs. Ollie Larson and Mrs. William Vullgraf.
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NOTE: Rev. Drahn's second wife was Lucy Dillard Brown.
∼He and Cornelia (Kregel) Drahn were later divorced.
An abbreviated obituary is as follows:
REV. DRAHN FUNERAL HELD
Funeral services for Rev. William Charles Drahn, 77, of Savannah, Ga. were held Sunday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock from the Schultz Funeral home to St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran church at 2 o'clock with Rev. R. C. Schlueter officiating.
Burial was in the Lutheran cemetery.
Rev. Drahn died Sunday, July 7, at Savannah, Ga.
He was born a son of Henry and Caroline, nee Aulerich, Drahn in Farmersburg township, March 7, 1880. His boyhood years were spent near his home. In 1897 he attended business college at Fayette and the next year took a preparatory course for the ministry at Wartburg college at Clinton.
He studied four years at Wartburg seminary in Dubuque and took a post-graduate course at Chicago, Ill., from 1904 to 1906. Thereupon he was ordained to the ministry. From 1922 to 1929 he served at Oshkosh, Wis., and from 1929 to 1933 at Denver, Colo.
From 1934 until his retirement in 1955, he was a field man for the Minister's Casualty Insurance company of Minneapolis, Minn. Upon retirement he moved to Savannah, Ga.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Henry, and two sisters, Mrs. Ollie Larson and Mrs. William Vullgraf.
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NOTE: Rev. Drahn's second wife was Lucy Dillard Brown.
∼He and Cornelia (Kregel) Drahn were later divorced.
"March 6, 1879" on William Drahn's gravestone is incorrect. He was born March 7, 1880. Known as William Charles Drahn, but called "Will," his baptismal record at Zion Lutheran Church, Clayton Center, Iowa, reveals him as "Wilhelm Johann Carl Drahn." One of his baptismal sponsors was "Wilhelm J. Meyer," who was actually Heinrich Wilhelm Johanningmeier, 1851-1907, husband of Will's aunt, Maria (Drahn) Johanningmeier, 1836-1911. Will was confirmed on October 8, 1894, record at St.Peter Lutheran Church, Garnavillo, Clayton County, Iowa.
An abbreviated obituary is as follows:
REV. DRAHN FUNERAL HELD
Funeral services for Rev. William Charles Drahn, 77, of Savannah, Ga. were held Sunday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock from the Schultz Funeral home to St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran church at 2 o'clock with Rev. R. C. Schlueter officiating.
Burial was in the Lutheran cemetery.
Rev. Drahn died Sunday, July 7, at Savannah, Ga.
He was born a son of Henry and Caroline, nee Aulerich, Drahn in Farmersburg township, March 7, 1880. His boyhood years were spent near his home. In 1897 he attended business college at Fayette and the next year took a preparatory course for the ministry at Wartburg college at Clinton.
He studied four years at Wartburg seminary in Dubuque and took a post-graduate course at Chicago, Ill., from 1904 to 1906. Thereupon he was ordained to the ministry. From 1922 to 1929 he served at Oshkosh, Wis., and from 1929 to 1933 at Denver, Colo.
From 1934 until his retirement in 1955, he was a field man for the Minister's Casualty Insurance company of Minneapolis, Minn. Upon retirement he moved to Savannah, Ga.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Henry, and two sisters, Mrs. Ollie Larson and Mrs. William Vullgraf.
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NOTE: Rev. Drahn's second wife was Lucy Dillard Brown.
∼He and Cornelia (Kregel) Drahn were later divorced.
An abbreviated obituary is as follows:
REV. DRAHN FUNERAL HELD
Funeral services for Rev. William Charles Drahn, 77, of Savannah, Ga. were held Sunday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock from the Schultz Funeral home to St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran church at 2 o'clock with Rev. R. C. Schlueter officiating.
Burial was in the Lutheran cemetery.
Rev. Drahn died Sunday, July 7, at Savannah, Ga.
He was born a son of Henry and Caroline, nee Aulerich, Drahn in Farmersburg township, March 7, 1880. His boyhood years were spent near his home. In 1897 he attended business college at Fayette and the next year took a preparatory course for the ministry at Wartburg college at Clinton.
He studied four years at Wartburg seminary in Dubuque and took a post-graduate course at Chicago, Ill., from 1904 to 1906. Thereupon he was ordained to the ministry. From 1922 to 1929 he served at Oshkosh, Wis., and from 1929 to 1933 at Denver, Colo.
From 1934 until his retirement in 1955, he was a field man for the Minister's Casualty Insurance company of Minneapolis, Minn. Upon retirement he moved to Savannah, Ga.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Henry, and two sisters, Mrs. Ollie Larson and Mrs. William Vullgraf.
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NOTE: Rev. Drahn's second wife was Lucy Dillard Brown.
∼He and Cornelia (Kregel) Drahn were later divorced.
Family Members
Parents
Siblings
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Anna Marie Katharine Drahn
1867–1874
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Marie Dorothea Elise "Mary" Drahn Vullgraf
1869–1952
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Heinrich Wilhelm "Henry William" Drahn
1871–1949
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Carolina Sophia (Lena) Drahn Larson
1873–1957
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Frederick Karl George "Fred" Drahn
1876–1966
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Bertha Drahn Kaiser
1878–1928
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Emma Ida Alwine Friederike Drahn Krahn
1881–1969
