Elaine Draghu

Elaine Draghu

WAYNE — Funeral Services for Elaine Draghu, 96, Wayne, were Feb. 3 at Our Savior Lutheran Church, Wayne.

Visitation was Saturday at Our Savior Lutheran Church, Wayne.

Arrangements were with Hasemann Funeral Home, Wayne.

Interment was at Greenwood Cemetery Elaine died Jan. 30, 2024, at the Providence Medical Center, Wayne.

Darlene Elaine Draghu was born June 24, 1927, in Laurel, to Raymond and Hannah (Pehrson) Burns. Elaine was a graduate of Laurel High School. She did secretarial work in Sioux City, Iowa, and then worked for the Post Office in Laurel. Elaine married Marvin Draghu May 4, 1947, at the Logan Center United Methodist Church, north of Laurel. The couple farmed between Wayne and Wakefield, before moving to Wayne in 2006.

Elaine was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church, Wayne, where she belonged to the Hannah and Joy Circles, Church Quilters and Bible Study. She was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, the Neighborhood Extension Club and was an assistant 4-H Leader.

Elaine loved to read, embroider and tend to her vegetable and flower gardens. Elaine is survived by her daughters, Cynthia Regnier, Rochester, Minn., and Kathleen (Mark Degenhardt) Collins, Angels Camp, Calif.; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; brother, Duane (Jacqueline) Burns, Grand Island; sister-in-law, Marcille Draghu, Wayne; and nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; 3-year-old sister, Anita; twin sons in 1953; husband, Marvin in 2013; sons-in-law, Thomas Regnier in 2010 and Dixon Collins in 2014; sister-in-law, Arlene Watteyne and brother-in-law, Donald Draghu.

Memorials may be directed to Our Savior Lutheran Church, Wayne