Melvin Roscoe Druelinger
1917 - 1949 (32 years)-
Name Melvin Roscoe Druelinger Birth 21 May 1917 Rockport, Spencer, IN 
- Indiana Births
Name: Roscoe Drulings
Father: Bert
Mother: Bertha
County: Spencer
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 20 May 1917
Reference: Spencer County, Indiana Index to Birth Records 1882 - 1920 Inclusive Volume 1 Letters A - K Inclusive
Book: R-13
Page: 38
Note: He states his birth place as Rockport, [Spencer], Indiana in his WWII DRC which provides further evidence that that is where he was actually born and not Evansville, Indiana as stated in his obituary.
Gender Male Death Jun 1949 South Bend, St. Joseph, IN - Melvin Druelinger, aged 32, of 1013 Berlin street, Mishawaka, died at 2:30 p. m. Sunday in St. Joseph hospital, Mishawaka, after three days' illness with a heart ailment. He was born in Evansville, Ind., May 21, 1917, and came here 11 years ago from Fort Knox, Ky. He was married in South Bend in 1939 to Lucetta Evans, who servives. He was employed by the C. K. Turk awning company. He leaves also his mother, Mrs. Bertha Druelinger, of Evansville; two children, Melvin Leroy and Patricia Maxine, at home; three brothers, Edward of South Bend and Robert and Edsel of Evansville, and four sisters, Mrs. Ralph Lemmon, Mrs. Jerome Scheffer and Miss Ethel Druelinger of Evansville, and Mrs. Earl Foster of Rainsley, Colo. Friends may call in the Hollis funeral home tonight and until the funeral at 2 p. m. Wednesday in the River Park Gospel Center. Rev. Quentin Everest, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery, Mishawaka.
Burial Mishawaka, St. Joseph, IN - BURIAL Fairview Cemetery
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana
Person ID I17975 Drollinger Genealogy Last Modified 25 May 2024
Father Bert Franklin "Frank" Druelinger, b. 17 Oct 1894, Henderson County, KY d. 2 Jul 1945, Evansville, Vanderburgh, IN (Age 50 years) Mother Bertha Elsie Therber, b. 18 Sep 1895, Luce Twp, Spencer County, IN d. 15 Sep 1982, Evansville, Vanderburgh, IN (Age 86 years) Family ID F6095 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lucetta Maxine "Millie" Thomann, b. 31 Aug 1923, Evansville, Vanderburgh, IN d. 11 Apr 1976, South Bend, St. Joseph, IN (Age 52 years) Marriage 17 Feb 1940 St Joseph County, IN - Ancestry.com
Family Trees
Melvin Roscoe Druelinger
Druelinger-Ford Family Group Sheet Owner: lodesi4359
Marriage Licence
The State of Indiana To Any Person Empowered by Law to Solemnize Marriage, Greetings:
You are hereby authorized to join together as Husband and Wife
Melvin Roscoe Druelinger
and
Lucetta Maxine Thomann
this 17th day of Feb A.D.., 1940
Frank J. Bruggner, Clerk of the St. Joseph Circuit Court
Marriage Certificate
State of Indiana, St. Joseph County,
I, Robert M. (last name undecipherable), Minister
St. Paul's Memorial Methodist Church
Note: Ref Application for Marriage License---Female (document) posted to Lucetta Maxine Thomann's Ancestry.com Family Tree record (Owner: lodesi4359)
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Druelinger-Ford Family Group Sheet Owner: lodesi4359
Melvin Roscoe Druelinger
married to Lucetta Maxine Thomann on 17 Feb 1940 in St. Joseph, Indiana
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Application for Marriage License---Female
(for the) State of Indiana, St. Joseph County
(Excerpts from application)
Application is hereby made for a license for the marriage of: Lucetta Maxine Thomann
Upon the Following Statement Of Facts Relative To Said Parties
1. The full Christian and surname of the woman is: Lucetta Maxine Thomann
3. Where born: Evansville - Ind
4. Present residence: 828 George Ave So Bend Ind
6. Present occupation: none
8. Is this your first marriage? Yes
14. Full Christian and surname of father: George Thomann
16. His birthplace: Evansville Ind
19. Full Christian and surname of mother: Myrtle Gladys Barnes
21. Her occupation: Housewife
22. Her birthplace: Evansville Ind
23. Her residence: So Bend Ind
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 17 day of Feb, 1940
Consent of Parent or Gaurdian
Myrtle Gladys Evans
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 17 day of Feb, 1940
Children 1. Dr. Melvin Leroy "Mel" Druelinger + 2. Patricia Maxine "Patty" "Trish" Druelinger Family ID F6096 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Mar 2016
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Birth - 21 May 1917 - Rockport, Spencer, IN 
Marriage - 17 Feb 1940 - St Joseph County, IN 
Death - Jun 1949 - South Bend, St. Joseph, IN 
Burial - - Mishawaka, St. Joseph, IN = Link to Google Earth
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Marriage Record
WWII DRC
Headstones 
Fairview Cemetery
Mishawaka, St. Joseph, IN
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Notes - 1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Melvin Drewlinger
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1918 [abt 1915]
Birthplace: Indiana
Race: White
Home in 1930: Luce, Spencer, Indiana
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Bert Drewlinger
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Name: Bertha Drewlinger
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana
1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Melvin Druelinger
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1918
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Indiana
Marital Status: Married
Home in 1940: South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana
Street: George
House Number: 828
Inferred Residence in 1935: Rockport, Spencer, Indian Territory
Residence in 1935: Rockport, Spencer, Indian Territory
Sheet Number: 7A
Occupation: laborer furniture factory
residing with Kenneth and Gladys Evans
World War II Draft Registration Cards
Name Melvin Roscoe Druelinger
Birth Date 21 May 1917
Birthplace Rockport, Indiana
Residence Place South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana
Employer Stevenson Mfg Company
Complexion Ruddy
Race White
Height 5 11
Weight 160
Eye Color Brown
Hair Color Brown
Relative's Name Locetta Maxine Druelinger
Relative's Relationship to the Head of the Household Wife
Employer Name Stevenson Mfg Company
Event Type Draft Registration
Event Date 8 March 1941
Event Place South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
U.S. City Directories
Name: Melvin R Druelinger
Residence Year: 1949
Residence Place: Mishawaka, Indiana
Publication Title: Mishawaka, Indiana, City Directory, 1949
- 1930 United States Federal Census