HENRY J. DRENDEL FAMILY

Joseph I. and Magdalen Drendel were the parents of Henry J. Drendel who was born in Milton Township. In 1905 he married Ottilia Sittler who worked the McDowell farm on River Road, which is across the road from McDowell Forest Preserve. In 1919 Henry bought a farm on Chicago Avenue which is now Huntington subdivision. This was the family home until 1965.

All family members still live in the area except son Henry E., who lives in Arizona. The other children are: Clara Lenert, Elmer, Henrietta Herman, Oliver, Raymond (deceased), Dorothy Hatch (deceased), Reverend Berthold (deceased), Ethel (deceased) and Edith Bangert.