From The Chicago Tribune, 14 January 1946: Mary C. Drnek, née Loome, of 5816 S. Trumbull avenue, beloved wife of John, fond mother of Francis and the late Beatrice Hodges, stepmother of six children, daughter of Catherine and the late Patrick Loome, sister of Patrick Edward, Thomas, Joseph, Mrs. Loretta Burke, and the late Charles Loome, mother-in-law of George Hodges and Matilda Barnum, grandmother of Pvt. Francis, U. S. M. C. [overseas], Robert and Marie Barnum, Beatrice, and Rose Marie Hodges. Funeral Wednesday, 9 a.m., from chapel, 5908 S. Kedzie avenue, to St. Gall's church. Interment Holy Sepulchre.