Mrs. Herbert J. "Mary" Drane, died at home, she was the wife of former-Congressman, Herbert J. Drane. Mary died at 5:30 this morning in the home into which they moved 60 years ago at 400 Hillcrest Drive, Lakeland. Mary was 79 years old.
 Mrs. Drane had been in declining health for several years and had been confined to bed for several weeks.
  Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 11 at All Saints Episcopal Church with the Rev. William F.Moses, rector, officiating. Interment will be in Roselawn Cemetery.
  Mrs. Drane was a former president of the Lakeland Women's Club and the Tuesday Music Club, and was regent of the Lakeland Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
  Mary or Mamie as some called her, was also a patroness of the Bertha Cole Artists Music Club and an honorary member of the Sorosis Club.
  Mrs. Drane was the first woman member od All Saints Church and was organist there for 40 years.
   During the 16 years her husband was a member of  the National House of Representatives, Mrs. Drane was active  as a member of the Congressional Club. She accompanied him on voyages which he made to many countries as a member of the Naval Affirs Committee.
  Mrs. Drane was a native of Coles County, Illinoise, but spent most of her childhood in Indiana and Kentucky.
  Mary and Mr. Drane were married in Franklin, Kentucky, on Dec. 31, 1885. Mr. Drane had become a resident of Lakeland in 1883.
   Beside her husband, survivors include two daughters, Mrs. W.S. Moore and Mrs. J.W. Passmoore, both of Lakeland, three grandchildren and one great grandchild. A son Ossian, died in 1922 at the age of 34.

                                 
Lakeland Ledger, Feb. 19, 1946, front page