NEW    HAMPTON -

Raymond J. Drewelow, age 24, New Hampton died March 5, 1944 after his plane went down over New Guinea.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, October 6 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, New Hampton with Rev. Carl Schmitt celebrating the Mass.

Visitation will be an hour prior to the service at the church. Hugeback Funeral Home, New Hampton is in charge of the arrangements.

Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, New Hampton with military rites by tne Fae Stine American Legion Post #38. Members of the Legion Post will serve as pallbearers.

Raymond was born March 6, 1919 on a farm near Fredericksburg, the son of Andrew and Mary (Coleman) Drewelow. He attended school in Fredericksburg and then was a 1936 graduate of the New Hampton High School. He worked on the family farm until the fall of 1939 when he enrolled at the University of Iowa, Iowa City. In March 1941, Raymond enlisted in the Army where he served with the 113th Calvary, Fort Bowie, TX until he transferred to the Army Air Corps. On March 24, 1943 he received his wings and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in Lubbock, TX. In May 1943 Raymond married Freda Hindman at Little Rock, AR. She died in 1999 before the DNA results were known. Raymond was shipped overseas December 10,1943 and was reported missing over New Guinea on March 5, 1944. He remained on "Missing in Action" status until January, 1946 when the Drewelow family was notified by the Army that, according to regulations and passage of time, "a presumption of death must be assumed." That was the last official communication from the government until the DNA request was received in March 1999. They later received word that a match had been made.

At the time of his death, survivors included his wife, Freda; his parents, Andrew and Mary (Coleman) Drewelow; two brothers, Robert (Loretta) Drewelow, Waterloo and Roland Drewelow; five sisters, Rita Troyna, New Hampton, Ruth Bussard of Vancouver, WA, Ramona (John) Cambell, Vancouver, WA, Rosemary Aubin, Scottsdale, AZ and Rosella Hopkins.

Currently deceased are his wife Freda in 1999, his parents, his brother Roland Drewelow and sister, Rosella Hopkins.

Source: New Hampton Tribune; Oct. 2, 2001 Page 4
from Elma library collection assembled by Marian (Marr) McGee
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