Obit of Samuel G. Drake (d620) - Delaware County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Harold Grisso   2 Apr 2003
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::Eagle Point National Cemetery--Eagle Point OR

Surnames: DRAKE, Welch, Fahnholz, Smith, Adams, Wilson 

From the Medford (OR) Mail Tribune 04-02-2003

Samuel G. Drake

The graveside service for Samuel G. Drake will be at 1 p.m. Thursday 
at Eagle Point National Cemetery.

Mr. Drake, 81, of Grants Pass, died Saturday (March 29, 2003) at his 
home.

He was born Aug. 24, 1921, in Delaware County, Okla. On Sept. 28, 
1946, in Reno, Nev., he married Louise Welch, who survives.

Mr. Drake was an engineer at Hercules Inc., until his retirement in 
1975. He moved to Selma in 1975 from Hercules, Calif., and to Grants 
Pass in 2000.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

Mr. Drake was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a life 
member of OCAW International Union Martinez Local 1-5, and the 
Southern Oregon Indian Center.

He enjoyed woodcrafts, bird watching and feeding, traveling and 
camping, gardening and flowers, helping people and spending time 
with his family.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, include four daughters, Sheila 
Fahnholz, Kelseyville, Calif., Denise Smith, Vacaville, Calif., 
Myrtle Adams, Folsom, Calif., and Wauhilla Wilson, Grants Pass; a 
brother, Clarence Drake, Pryor, Okla.; six grandchildren; and six 
great-grandchildren.

Arrangements: Lundberg's L.B. Hall Funeral Home, Grants Pass.
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