Effingham County IL Archives Obituaries.....Draves, Louis Johann October 2, 1976 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deborah Zellers ddzellers @fairpoint.net December 14, 2008, 9:47 pm unknown Louis Draves, 79, of Champaign, a Dieterich native, died Saturday, Oct. 2, 1976, at his home. He was born in Dieterich on April 12, 1897, the youngest child of Charles and Elizabeth Wands Draves. He married Golda Mackey November 8, 1922 at Monticello, who survives. Also surviving is a sister, Mrs. Eva Hoelscher of Champaign; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Cora Draves of Dieterich. Preceding him in death was a daughter, Lucille, who died April 25, 1937 in Seymour, IL; two sisters, Edythe Gust and Martha Schroeder; and one brother, Edward Draves. The funeral was held Tuesday at Owens funeral home in Champaign, with burial in Mackey cemetery, White Heath. Those attending the funeral from the Dieterich area were Mrs. Ruth Smith of Effingham, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Draves and Mrs. Cora Draves of Dieterich. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/effingham/obits/d/draves841nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb