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Irene E. "Polly" (Nelson) Drabek

5/16/1928 - 6/18/1999


Obituary


Irene E. "Polly" Drabek, 71, passed away Friday, June 18, 1999, at North Iowa Mercy Health Center in Mason City, Iowa.

Polly, the daughter of Albert A. and Josephine (Monson) Nelson, was born at their home south and west of Britt, Iowa on May 16, 1928.  Her father Albert Nelson died when she was two years of age and she was raised by her second father Harvey Nelson.  She received her education in the Erin township country schools and graduated from Britt High School in 1944.  She spent her entire life in Britt except for nine months spend in Estherville, Iowa.  She was baptized into the Catholic faith early in 1947 and was confirmed in 1948.  She was united in marriage with Raymond L. Drabek on September 10, 1947 at St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Spring Valley, Minnesota.  The couple made their home in Britt.

Polly was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Britt.  Her interests centered around her family, her grandchildren and her many friends.  She enjoyed playing Bingo.

She was the mother of seven children: Shari and husband Loren Frank of Woden, Connie and Linda Drabek of Britt, Randy and wife Mary of Britt, Larry and wife Jan of Britt, Paul and wife Dee of Britt, Lori and husband Dave Lomholt of Britt; 16 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; two sisters: Marie Vavrik of Britt and Edythe Huisinga and husband, Paul of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; two brothers: Bill and wife Heddy of Coconut Creek, Florida and Jim and wife Joann Nelson of Grand Junction, Colorado; a sister-in-law Nancy Nelson of Britt.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her father that raised her, husband Raymond, who died April 4, 1986, an infant brother and a brother Harvey.