John Hubert 'Herb' Drone
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[John Hubert "Herb" Drone, 66, of 146 S. Van Buren St., Equality, passed away at his residence at 6:08 a.m. Friday, Oct. 10, 2008.
Herb was named after his dad, John and his uncle, Hubert Muenstermann, who was killed in World War II. He was born in Equality to John and Lucy (Muenstermann) Drone on March 25, 1942. Herb married Linda Carol Baldwin on June 4, 1971.
He retired after 20 years in 2005 from the Saline Valley Conservancy District at the Equality Water Plant. He was an Army veteran from the Vietnam War era, Herb served in Germany with the Third Battalion of the 84th Artillery.
He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Equality. Herb loved to go motorcycle riding, camping, hunting, fishing, gardening and foremost, his loving family, grandchildren and friends.
He is survived by his loving wife, Linda; his two daughters, Michelle Drone and Larry Sisco and Nicole Drone and Chuck Hardy, all of Equality; three sisters, Dorothy and Jim Spahr of Equality, Marti and Mike Storto of Equality and Dolores Schmitt of Ridgway; his brother, Cletus Drone of Ridgway; two grandchildren, Hannah Sisco and Nathan Sisco; sister-in-law, June Drone of Ridgway; brother-in-law, Leonard and Mary Ann Baldwin of Eldorado; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by parents; brother, Charles F. Drone, two sisters-in-law, Patsy Drone and Betty Jo Cook; two brothers-in-law, Roy Cook Jr. and Jim Schmitt and special friend, Ronnie Wargel.
Visitation for Herb will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, with prayer service at 4 p.m. and will be held at Vickery Funeral Chapel in Equality. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Equality with Father Mark Stec officiating. Burial will follow the service at St. Joseph Cemetery near Equality.
In lieu of flowers donations in Herb's memory may be made to Equality St. Joseph Church Building fund or Equality St. Joseph Cemetery fund. Internet condolences may be made at the Internet site www.vickeryfuneralchapel.com.