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graveside service will be at 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 1, at Mount Pulaski
Cemetery. A celebration of life service
will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Zion
Lutheran Church in Chestnut. The Rev. Joel
Dietrich will officiate.
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Mount Pulaski is in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Drake was a housewife and became
chairman of the board of the Bank of
Chestnut when her husband died in 1983.
She was born May 8, 1916, in Elkhart to
William and Hattie Cherry Schilling. She
married Michael Warren Drake in
Springfield on Feb 19, 1936. He preceded
her in death on Jan. 18, 1983.
She is survived by one son, John Drake
(and Rebecca) of Chestnut; two daughters,
Betty Koenig Montgomery (and Larry Fox) of
Chestnut and Beverly Ann Voss (and Al) of
Monticello; a daughter-in-law, Pansy Drake
of Colliersville, Tenn.; nine
grandchildren; and nine
great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one
son, Michael L. Drake; four brothers; and
two sisters.
She was a member of Zion Lutheran
Church in Chestnut.
She was an avid fan of the Cardinals, a
card player and an honorary member of the
Chestnut Men's Club.
She graduated from Beason High School.
Memorials may be made to Chestnut Zion
Lutheran Church or Hospice Care of
Illinois.
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