Obit of Harvey F. Drake, Sr. (d620) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 6 Aug 2002 ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ====================================================================== Funeral services were scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, April 9, 1994, at the First Southern Baptist Church of Lamar, for Harvey F. Drake, Sr., 76. He died Tuesday, April 5, 1994 at the Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center in La Junta, following a lengthy illness. Rev. Larry Maxwell and Rev. Kenneth Lyles will co-officiate at the services and full military grave side honors were given by the St. George S. Creaghe, Jr., Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #3621 of Lamar. Interment was at Fairmont Cemetery under the direction of Valley Memorial Funeral Chapel, Lamar. Mr. Drake was born November 12, 1917, at Grimes, Oklahoma. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Kathryn Louise Drake of the family home in Lamar; by one son, Harvey F. (Dixie) Drake Jr., of Garden City, Kansas; by three daughters, Roberta Francis (Charles) Roach of Chelsea, Oklahoma, Sandra Kaye (Gerald) Slagle of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Sheri Lynn (John) Stafford of Pueblo; seven grandchildren; five great grandchildren, and numerous other relatives and a host of friends. He was preceded in death by his father, Oscar Drake of Cheyenne, Oklahoma; by his mother, Julia Drake of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; by two sisters, Edna Young of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Alma Bradley of Bethesda, Maryland; and by three brothers, Oran Drake of Colorado Springs, Elton Drake of Berlin, Oklahoma and Paul Drake of Las Animas. He is a former Cheyenne, Oklahoma resident. He graduated from Cheyenne High School in 1937. He was active in sports. He served in World War II with the U.S. Army and Thunderbirds and in Sicily, Italy, France and Germany. He was employed by BEZ Public Schools in Lamar, Colorado and Lamar Community College. He owned his cleaning business in Manhattan, Kansas and had formerly done dredging in California. He has resided in Lamar for 25 years. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 29-Dec-1994