Mildred B. Drudge

Drudge, Mildred B. Shoemaker, 79, Goshen, Ind. Born: Sept. 12, 1917, Dakota, III., to Arthur and Lucy Engel Shoemaker. Died: July 10, 1997, Goshen, Ind., after suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease for 6 years. Survivors-husband: Dr. WaIter Drudge; daughters: Carolyn Strand, Myrna DeAgostino, Judy Engel; brothers: Eugene, Donald, and Kenneth Shoemaker. Funeral: July 14, College Mennonite Church, by Nancy Kauffmann and Ellis Croyle. Burial: Violet Cemetery. Mildred graduated from La Junta (Colo.) Mennonite School of Nursing in 1945. She served as nurse in India 1946 - 1949, then 2 years at Goshen College assisting in establishing the Collegiate Nursing Program. (Mennobits - Photo: Nightingale Yearbook, La Junta 1944)