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Edward "Ed" Drobny

19 Apr 1911 – 16 Nov 2003

Birth	19 Apr 1911
Death	16 Nov 2003
Cemetery	Evergreen Cemetery Fairfield , Jefferson County , Iowa , USA
Added by	Richard K Thompson on 16 Feb 2012
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85049922

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Ed Drobny November 17, 2003 Ed Drobny, 92, of 3000 Madison Ave. died at 12:10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003, at Jefferson County Hospital. The funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Jan Burns-Hintze officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Masonic rites will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Raymond Funeral Home, with visitation following from 6:30-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church Scholarship Fund, the Clinton Masonic Lodge No. 15 of Iowa or a charity of the donor's choice. Mr. Drobny was born April 19, 1911, the son of John J. and Marie Drobny. He married Ruth Emley Jan. 19, 1935, in Martin, S.D. Mr. Drobny grew up on a farm near Comstock, Neb. He received his elementary education in a one-room school and graduated from Comstock High School in 1927. He then entered the University of Nebraska Engineering College and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering during the Depression. He worked for John Deere in Ottumwa until 1941, when they moved to Fairfield and he worked at Louden Machinery Company. During his lifetime, he operated Drobnys Rapid Gas Service in Tama, owned a Gambles Hardware Store in Washington, Iowa, and operated a Dairy Queen and was a manager of a low-income housing development, both in Pella. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Lions Club, Masonic Lodge and the Howard Johnson Coffee Club. His pastimes included fishing and golf. Survivors include his wife; three sons, Robert Drobny and wife Phyllis of Cedar Rapids, Don Drobny and wife Susie of Hilton Head Island, S.C., and Charles Drobny and wife Terri of Fairfield; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

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Family

Parents

• John J. Drobny 1867–1949
• Marie Visek Drobny 1876–1949

Spouse

• Ruth Emley Drobny 1914–2011 FaG

Siblings

• Ladislav "Lad" Drobny 1898–1984
• Joseph F. Drobny 1900–1967
• Rosie Drobney Tvrdik 1901–1953
• Louis Drobny 1904–1958
• Oldrich Drobny 1906–1965
• Oldrick Drobney 1906–1965
• Emma Drobny Zabloudil 1908–1988

Children

• Richard Lee Drobny 1938–1939 FaG

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