DENNIS -- Tanja Drumm, 55, of Dennis died at 12:30 a.m. Monday Jan. 12, 2009, at Labette Health. She had been in her usual health and death was not expected.

She was born May 27, 1953, in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, to Hans Karl and Jeannine (DeDobbelaere) Ernst.

She grew up in Canada. She earned an associate degree in Reno, Nev.

She married Stanley Drumm on Feb. 22, 2002, in Miami, Okla. He survives of the home.

Survivors also include her parents, Hans and Jeannine Ernst of Reno, Nev.; three sons, Toby Calafetti of Parsons, Frank Calafetti of Salt Lake City and Keegan Drumm of Dennis; two daughters, Jodi Drumm of Dennis and Angella Virtue of Parsons; two stepsons, Robert Calafetti and Ronald Calafetti, both of Salt Lake City; 18 grandchildren; and three sisters, Suzie Thompson, Sonja Williams and Tammy Frazier, all of Reno, Nev.

The service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at United Methodist Church in Dennis. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Parsons.

Memorials are suggested to the United Methodist Church in Dennis and may be left at or sent to the funeral home, P.O. Box 374, Parsons, 67357.