It is with a sad heart that I report the death of 70-year-old Delores Lee Webb Druck, who died Wednesday, 13 May 2009, at her home in Brogue, York County, Pennsylvania.
Delores was a delightful lady, who I met in the summer of 2006. Prior to that time we had communicated via e-mail, after she learned that I was gathering information for a Druck family history. Dee had been a patient of my nephew, a hand therapist, who told her of my interest in genealogy. She, too, was a dedicated genealogist and had gathered much information about her husband’s branch of the Druck family tree. She willingly shared this information, without which my family history book would not be nearly as complete. Her obituary in the 15 May 2009 York Daily Record reported that Delores “enjoyed discovering family history, touring historical locations, and was a Civil War buff.”
- Delores Webb Druck, right, with Sharon Nickol Swope, left, and Barbara Druck Kehr in the summer of 2006.
Delores and Bob Druck Celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary
Dee and her husband, Robert Eugene “Bob” Druck, a descendant of William Aaron Druck and Priscilla J. Kreidler, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on 27 September 2007. They were the parents of two sons, Todd Eugene Druck and Troy Lee Druck. At the time of her death, Delores also had four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Delores Webb and Bob Druck on their Wedding Day
When we met for lunch in the summer of 2006, Delores graciously volunteered to drive my sister and I, along with another genealogist cousin, Sharon Swope, to the New Harmony Presbyterian Church Cemetery, and to Bethlehem (Stonepile) Cemetery, the resting places of several Druck ancestors. Delores will join them, when she is also buried in the New Harmony Cemetery, following her funeral service on Monday 18 May 2009.
New Harmony Presbyterian Church
Delores Druck, a family history buff, at the Stonepile Cemetery, summer 2006.
The last time I spoke with Dee was in October of 2008, when I called to tell her of the completion of The George Druck Family Chronicle, 1741-2008, and of my book-signing event on the 25th. Dee said she wouldn’t be able to make it. She had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June. I sent her a copy of the book, and Dee wrote later to say how much she enjoyed it. In the Christmas card she sent, Dee wrote that she “especially enjoyed the history” I had included. I’m so glad she had the opportunity to read the book before she was called home.
Sincere sympathy is extended to Delores’s entire family. She will be greatly missed, I am sure. May she rest in peace.
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He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces;. . .
(Isaiah 25:8)
