San Joaquin-Sacramento County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Dragoo , Gerald  April 16, 2005
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Lodi News-Sentinel  Apr 19, 2005
Gerald Dragoo 
Gerald Edward Dragoo, 76, of Sacramento and formerly of Lodi, died April 16 in 
Sacramento. He was born Nov. 15, 1929, in Lodi, where he was raised and 
graduated from Lodi High School in 1945.

Mr. Dragoo was employed as a fire fighter for the California Division of 
Forestry for a few years in Amador County. He married Helen Marie Walker in 
1952 in Carson City, Nev. He and his wife made their home in Lodi before moving 
to Sacramento, where they lived for 50 years. He served in the Navy on the 
destroyer, USS Henry Tucker from 1952 until his discharge in 1956. Following 
his discharge, he was employed by Pacific Gas and Electric, California Division 
of Forestry, Photo Lab, and United Courier in Sacramento until his retirement 
in 1991. He was a member of the Sacramento Jazz Society, was a historian of 
jazz, editor of the Jazz Paper and was an emcee for the local jazz bands in 
Sacramento. He formed and was the leader of Explorer Post No. 28 in Sacramento, 
and was active in Boy Scouts. He enjoyed puzzles, woodworking, jazz, fly 
fishing, camping and traveling. 

He is survived by his wife, Helen M. Dragoo, of Sacramento; son, Richard L. 
Dragoo, of Pullman, Wash.; sister, Martha Ann Harvey, of Portola; brothers, 
Vern and Robert Dragoo; and two grandchildren.

A funeral will be held at noon Wednesday at Lodi Funeral home with Pastor Jack 
Wright of South Pointe Christian Center, Sacramento officiating. A graveside 
service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at San Joaquin National Cemetery in 
Gustine. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, and from 8 a.m. 
to noon Wednesday at the funeral home.

Lodi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 




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