JOSEPH DRIDA
Joseph Drida of 1013 N. 12th St., Manitowoc, former musician and dance orchestra
leader for many years, died Thursday afternoon at Manitowoc County Hospital after
an illness of three years’ duration. He was 83.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Mittnacht Funeral Home,
Manitowoc. The Rev. Theophil Uetzmann will officiate and burial will be in
Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Drida was born in Bohemia on Oct, 4, 1873(sic), and came to the United States
at 14. He settled at St. Louis, Mo., and came to Manitowoc in 1923. He became a
musician at an early age and for many years played with dance orchestras and for
a number of years conducted his own orchestra. Mr. Drida was a pit orchestra
performer for the Winninger Brothers Shows for a period of five years. He retired
from active musical engagements in 1948.
In 1901 he married the former Lena Hennig of Wausau. She survives him along with
four daughters, Mrs. James Ourada of Luxemburg, Wis., Mrs. Isadore Duveneck, Mrs.
Louis Rugowski and Miss Roth Drida of Manitowoc; seven sons, Edward of Coleman,
James, Lawrence, Joseph Jr., George and Clarence of Manitowoc and Stanley of
Milwaukee; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 o’clock this Friday evening.
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 30, 1956 P. 15
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[d. 03-29-1956/age 83 yrs./cause: arteriosclerosis]
Joseph Drida of 1013 N. 12th St., Manitowoc, former musician and dance orchestra
leader for many years, died Thursday afternoon at Manitowoc County Hospital after
an illness of three years’ duration. He was 83.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Mittnacht Funeral Home,
Manitowoc. The Rev. Theophil Uetzmann will officiate and burial will be in
Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Drida was born in Bohemia on Oct, 4, 1873(sic), and came to the United States
at 14. He settled at St. Louis, Mo., and came to Manitowoc in 1923. He became a
musician at an early age and for many years played with dance orchestras and for
a number of years conducted his own orchestra. Mr. Drida was a pit orchestra
performer for the Winninger Brothers Shows for a period of five years. He retired
from active musical engagements in 1948.
In 1901 he married the former Lena Hennig of Wausau. She survives him along with
four daughters, Mrs. James Ourada of Luxemburg, Wis., Mrs. Isadore Duveneck, Mrs.
Louis Rugowski and Miss Roth Drida of Manitowoc; seven sons, Edward of Coleman,
James, Lawrence, Joseph Jr., George and Clarence of Manitowoc and Stanley of
Milwaukee; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 o’clock this Friday evening.
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 30, 1956 P. 15
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[d. 03-29-1956/age 83 yrs./cause: arteriosclerosis]
JOSEPH DRIDA
Joseph Drida of 1013 N. 12th St., Manitowoc, former musician and dance orchestra
leader for many years, died Thursday afternoon at Manitowoc County Hospital after
an illness of three years’ duration. He was 83.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Mittnacht Funeral Home,
Manitowoc. The Rev. Theophil Uetzmann will officiate and burial will be in
Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Drida was born in Bohemia on Oct, 4, 1873(sic), and came to the United States
at 14. He settled at St. Louis, Mo., and came to Manitowoc in 1923. He became a
musician at an early age and for many years played with dance orchestras and for
a number of years conducted his own orchestra. Mr. Drida was a pit orchestra
performer for the Winninger Brothers Shows for a period of five years. He retired
from active musical engagements in 1948.
In 1901 he married the former Lena Hennig of Wausau. She survives him along with
four daughters, Mrs. James Ourada of Luxemburg, Wis., Mrs. Isadore Duveneck, Mrs.
Louis Rugowski and Miss Roth Drida of Manitowoc; seven sons, Edward of Coleman,
James, Lawrence, Joseph Jr., George and Clarence of Manitowoc and Stanley of
Milwaukee; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 o’clock this Friday evening.
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 30, 1956 P. 15
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[d. 03-29-1956/age 83 yrs./cause: arteriosclerosis]
Joseph Drida of 1013 N. 12th St., Manitowoc, former musician and dance orchestra
leader for many years, died Thursday afternoon at Manitowoc County Hospital after
an illness of three years’ duration. He was 83.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Mittnacht Funeral Home,
Manitowoc. The Rev. Theophil Uetzmann will officiate and burial will be in
Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Drida was born in Bohemia on Oct, 4, 1873(sic), and came to the United States
at 14. He settled at St. Louis, Mo., and came to Manitowoc in 1923. He became a
musician at an early age and for many years played with dance orchestras and for
a number of years conducted his own orchestra. Mr. Drida was a pit orchestra
performer for the Winninger Brothers Shows for a period of five years. He retired
from active musical engagements in 1948.
In 1901 he married the former Lena Hennig of Wausau. She survives him along with
four daughters, Mrs. James Ourada of Luxemburg, Wis., Mrs. Isadore Duveneck, Mrs.
Louis Rugowski and Miss Roth Drida of Manitowoc; seven sons, Edward of Coleman,
James, Lawrence, Joseph Jr., George and Clarence of Manitowoc and Stanley of
Milwaukee; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 o’clock this Friday evening.
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 30, 1956 P. 15
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[d. 03-29-1956/age 83 yrs./cause: arteriosclerosis]
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