She was born May 13, 1917, on a farm northeast of Axtell the daughter of Louis and Susanna Dalsing Hasenkamp. She grew up there, attended Clear Creek School, and helped on the family farm. She did domestic work and helped care for newborn babies in the homes.
On February 22, 1938, she married Francis J. Droge at St. Michael's Church at Axtell. They lived and farmed northeast of Axtell and west of Axtell and moved to a farm north of Beattie in 1958. After her children left home, she worked as a nurses aid at the Marshall County Care Home and then at Mary Marshall Manor in Marysville. She also worked at Twin Valley and retired in 1974. Her husband died November 4, 1982. In 1995 she moved to Topeka and did babysitting for her grandchildren. Her daughter Julie cared for her mother in the final years of her life.
She was a member of St. Mathew's Church in Topeka and a former member of St. Malachy's. She was an excellent seamstress and also enjoyed quilting and crocheting.
She was preceded in death by her brothers, Leo, Urban, Henry, Alfred, Fred, Raymond and Virgil and three sisters, Mildred Holthaus, Melinda Lierz and Amanda Brucken.
Survivors are two sons, Louis Droge, Topeka and August Droge, Walton, KS; a daughter, Julie Ann Droge, Topeka; two grandsons; and two great-grandchildren.
The Mass of Christian burial will be 10:30 A.M., Saturday, December 28, 2013 at St. Malachy's Church, Beattie. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
She was born May 13, 1917, on a farm northeast of Axtell the daughter of Louis and Susanna Dalsing Hasenkamp. She grew up there, attended Clear Creek School, and helped on the family farm. She did domestic work and helped care for newborn babies in the homes.
On February 22, 1938, she married Francis J. Droge at St. Michael's Church at Axtell. They lived and farmed northeast of Axtell and west of Axtell and moved to a farm north of Beattie in 1958. After her children left home, she worked as a nurses aid at the Marshall County Care Home and then at Mary Marshall Manor in Marysville. She also worked at Twin Valley and retired in 1974. Her husband died November 4, 1982. In 1995 she moved to Topeka and did babysitting for her grandchildren. Her daughter Julie cared for her mother in the final years of her life.
She was a member of St. Mathew's Church in Topeka and a former member of St. Malachy's. She was an excellent seamstress and also enjoyed quilting and crocheting.
She was preceded in death by her brothers, Leo, Urban, Henry, Alfred, Fred, Raymond and Virgil and three sisters, Mildred Holthaus, Melinda Lierz and Amanda Brucken.
Survivors are two sons, Louis Droge, Topeka and August Droge, Walton, KS; a daughter, Julie Ann Droge, Topeka; two grandsons; and two great-grandchildren.
The Mass of Christian burial will be 10:30 A.M., Saturday, December 28, 2013 at St. Malachy's Church, Beattie. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Family Members
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Edward John Hasenkamp
1906–1988
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Melinda B. Hasenkamp Lierz
1908–1977
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Fredrick Joseph Hasenkamp
1909–1973
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Alfred B. Hasenkamp
1911–1977
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Amanda Mary Hasenkamp Brucken
1913–1974
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Mildred L. Hasenkamp Holthaus
1915–1993
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Raymond A. Hasenkamp
1919–1981
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Leo L Hasenkamp
1921–1997
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Virgil John Hasenkamp
1923–1982
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Urban August Hasenkamp
1925–2010
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Agatha R. Hasenkamp Brucken
1928–1993
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