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Sorry to post a new "topic", and I hope this is acceptable: Pulled from Mlive.com (an online presence of various Michigan Newspapers)
http://www.legacy.com/kalamazoo/Lega...sonId=17269617
Thomas L. Drake
DRAKE, Thomas L.
Age 58
Michigan Avenue, Paw Paw
Passed away suddenly Monday March 27, 2006. Tom was born March 19, 1948 in Paw Paw, MI the son of the late Bernard and Donna J. (Westphal) Drake. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War serving 2years on a riverboat. He was a member of the Decatur Veterans of Foreign Wars Celery City Post # 6248. Tom loved woodworking and was a member of the Woodworking Forum of America. He loved his companion "Maggie" and most of all his grandchildren. On June 8, 1968 in Decatur, Michigan Tom was united in marriage to Jeanne Ann Buck who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Theresa (Rick) Walters of Paw Paw; son, Thomas (Amy) Drake of Sturgis, MI; 3 grandchildren, Kyle and Katie Walters and Zachary Drake; sister, Carmen (Rolla) Williams of Los Angeles, CA; 2 uncles, Jerry Drake of South Bend, IN and Phil Drake of Texas.. Family will receive friends Wednesday 608 p.m. at the Adams Funeral Home, Paw Paw where funeral services will be held Thursday, 1 p.m. with Rev. Tom Abbott of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment will follow in Wildey Cemetery, Paw Paw with military honors by the Decatur V.F.W. Post #6248. Memorial contributions may be directed to the family. Share a memory or condolence on line at: www.timeformemory.com/adams
Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 3/29/2006.
http://www.legacy.com/kalamazoo/Lega...sonId=17269617
Thomas L. Drake
DRAKE, Thomas L.
Age 58
Michigan Avenue, Paw Paw
Passed away suddenly Monday March 27, 2006. Tom was born March 19, 1948 in Paw Paw, MI the son of the late Bernard and Donna J. (Westphal) Drake. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War serving 2years on a riverboat. He was a member of the Decatur Veterans of Foreign Wars Celery City Post # 6248. Tom loved woodworking and was a member of the Woodworking Forum of America. He loved his companion "Maggie" and most of all his grandchildren. On June 8, 1968 in Decatur, Michigan Tom was united in marriage to Jeanne Ann Buck who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Theresa (Rick) Walters of Paw Paw; son, Thomas (Amy) Drake of Sturgis, MI; 3 grandchildren, Kyle and Katie Walters and Zachary Drake; sister, Carmen (Rolla) Williams of Los Angeles, CA; 2 uncles, Jerry Drake of South Bend, IN and Phil Drake of Texas.. Family will receive friends Wednesday 608 p.m. at the Adams Funeral Home, Paw Paw where funeral services will be held Thursday, 1 p.m. with Rev. Tom Abbott of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment will follow in Wildey Cemetery, Paw Paw with military honors by the Decatur V.F.W. Post #6248. Memorial contributions may be directed to the family. Share a memory or condolence on line at: www.timeformemory.com/adams
Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 3/29/2006.
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