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Visitation:
4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mondaym November 16, at the Beason
United Methodist Church
Service:
10 a.m. Tuesday November 17 at the church
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Mount Pulaski
Obituary
Mary Elizabeth Drake, 90, of Beason, passed away at
8:55 p.m. Thursday November 12, 2015 at the
Christian Nursing Home in Lincoln.
Mary was born on June 8, 1925, in Kewanee, to
Godfrey and Mabel Carlson Jacobson. She married
Robert E. Drake on July 18, 1948 in Galva. He
preceded her in death on August 27, 2013.
Surviving are four daughters, Margaret (David) St.
Clair of Alexandria, VA, Nancy (Dennis) Uphoff of
Beason, Sarah (Dan) Starkey of Cincinnati, OH, and
Tina (Bruce) Gumbel of Marietta, GA. Also surviving
are eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
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Mary was an elementary teacher at the Beason Grade
School for 20 years. She was a member of the Beason
United Methodist Church, White Shrine and a 4-H
leader.
Services for Mary will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday
November 17, 2015 at the Beason United Methodist
Church with Rev. Darrell Howard officiating.
Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Monday
evening at Beason United Methodist Church. Burial
will be in Harmony Cemetery, rural Beason. Memorials
may be made to the Beason United Methodist Church,
Land of Lincoln Honor Flight, or American Diabetes
Association. Services were entrusted to
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln.
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