Verena Dries

1923 - 2011  (87 years)

• Name	Verena Dries
  Born	2 May 1923	Hoyleton, Washington County, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	15 Jan 2011	Memorial Hospital, Belleville, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Buried	19 Jan 2011	St. John Lutheran Cemetery, New Minden, Washington County, Illinois, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I199567	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Gustav Fred Dries,   b. 15 Nov 1891, Hoyleton, Washington County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 0Sep 1977, Hoyleton, Washington County, Illinois, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Emma Nolte,   b. 0Jan 1899, Washington County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 0Apr 1960, Hoyleton, Washington County, Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Family ID	F75018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	LeRoy John Sprehe,   b. 5 Jun 1917, Washington County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 4 May 2003, Belleville, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	3 Dec 1940	Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA
  Children	1. Wayne Sprehe,   b. 1941, Belleville, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 0Aug 1960, Belleville, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA  (Age 19 years)   2. Shelby Sprehe   3. Maxine Sprehe
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F75023	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] 1930 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Verena Dries Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1924 Birthplace: Illinois Race: White Home in 1930: Hoyleton, Washington, Illinois View Map Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's Name: Gustav Dries Father's Birthplace: Illinois Mother's Name: Emma Dries Mother's Birthplace: Illinois [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Verena Sprehe Last Residence: 62220 Belleville, Saint Clair, Illinois Born: 2 May 1923 Died: 15 Jan 2011 State (Year) SSN issued: Missouri (1973) [S927] Obituary. Verena Sprehe, nee Dries, 87, of Belleville, IL, born May 2, 1923, in Hoyleton, IL, died Saturday, January 15, 2011, at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, IL. Mrs. Sprehe was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Belleville, IL. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, LeRoy J. Sprehe, whom she married December 3, 1940, in Paducah, KY, and who died May 4, 2003; her parents, Gustav and Emma, nee Nolte, Dries; a son, Wayne Sprehe; and two sisters, Annette ?Nettie? Reinkensmeyer and Marilyn Spenner. Surviving are two daughters, Shelby (Robert) Mehrtens of Smithton, IL, and Maxine (Jim) Edwards of Belleville, IL; her former son-in-law, Dwight Michael of St. Louis, MO; five grandchildren, Bradley Michael, Tina (Ryan) Miller, Kristi Edwards, Kimberly (Oscar) Slater, and James Edwards (fiancee Jessica Carr); a great-grandson, Jacob Slater; a sister, Marlene (Norman) Kahre of Hoyleton, IL; two brothers, Eugene (Connie) Dries of Hoyleton, IL, and Allen Dries of Asheville, NC; and nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran Church or to the American Cancer Society. Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.rennerfh.com. Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at George Renner & Sons Funeral Home, Belleville, IL, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at Zion Lutheran Church, Belleville, IL. Funeral: Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at Zion Lutheran Church, Belleville, IL, with Pastor Gary Byers officiating. Burial will be in St. John Lutheran Cemetery, New Minden, IL.