August Drazkowski, Rev.

Rev. Drazkowski began his study for the priesthood at the Jesuit seminary, Sacred Heart of Mary (later Campion High School), in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Transferred in 1892 to Saint Francis Seminary in Milwaukee. Ordained a priest for the Diocese of Milwaukee in 1893; offered his first Holy Mass on 20 August 1893 at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Little Falls, Minnesota (where his parents had moved from Winona). Appointed upon ordination as assistant to Rev. Hipolit Gorski at Saint Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Parish in Milwaukee.

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Winona Daily Republican, November 23, 1894

Death of a Young Prlest, Formerly a Wlnonlan, at Milwaukee. A telegram was received to-day announcing the death at Milwaukee of Rev. Aug. Drowskowski, but giving no particulars. The deceased was 24 years of age, the son of Mr. Frank Drowskowski, formerly a well known resident of Winona and proprietor of the first grocery store in the Fourth Ward. but who now resides at Little Fails.

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Winona Daily Republican, November 24, 1894

In regard to the decease of Rev. Aug. Drowskowski, yesterday 's Kuryer Polski of Milwaukee says that the death was a surprise to all who knew the priest. He was well and sound on Sunday. On Monday he felt unwell, but was not alarmed until Tuesday, when he summoned a physician. On "Wednesday at 5 p. m. he died. It is claimed " that the sickness was a sudden attack of internal small pox, causing an internal hemorrhage. The health authorities here were to-day notified that the death was due to small pox and that the body could not be shipped from that city.

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