San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Drege, Earl Norman September 26 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Davis-Holman Cis1052@aol.com September 29, 2004, 12:07 pm The Record September 28, 2004 Lodi Earl N. Drege May 29, 1920 - September 26, 2004 Earl Norman Drege, 84, of Lodi, passed away on Sunday, September 26, 2004 in his home after a brief illness. He was born on May 29, 1920 in Rugby, ND. Earl was one of eight children of Sjur and Torborg Drege. Earl moved to Lodi at an early age. In 1954 he began working for his brother-in-law, Ruben and Gertie Bentz, of Associated Tractor in Stockton and worked there for approximately 20 years. Earl was a member of Lodi SIRS, an avid golfer at Micke Grove Golf Course and loved to travel. He also enjoyed having dinners with his nieces and nephews and their families. He also enjoyed meeting with his friends for morning coffee daily. He was preceded in death by his parents, 3 brothers, Casper, Orville and Sam Drege and 3 sisters, Gertie Bentz, Thelma Weigand and Lorraine Drege. He is survived by one sister, Alpha Derr, of Lodi and many nieces and nephews. Friends are invited to attend funeral services Thursday, September 30, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. in the Evergreen Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park. Visitation hours Wednesday, 1:00-8:00 p.m. in the Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home, 831 Industrial Way at Beckman Rd., Lodi. Memorial contributions to Hospice of San Joaquin, 3888 Pacific Ave., Stockton 95204 are preferred. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/ob1524drege.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb