John Fred Drew Sr. 1889-1979

DREW, KOOLHOF, THOMPSON, SEYLAR, RAUSCHER, SUSKSTORF

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 5/10/2013 at 23:55:26

Wallingford – John Drew Sr., 89, Wallingford, died Monday, Jan. 1, at Holy Family Hospital, Estherville. Services for Mr. Drew are pending at the Henry and Olson Funeral Home, Estherville. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, January 2, 1979)

John Fred Drew Sr.
1889-1979
Wallingford – John Fred Drew Sr., 89, Wallingford, died Monday, Jan. 1, at Holy Family Hospital, Estherville.

Services for Mr. Drew will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Wallingford Lutheran Church with the Rev. Virgil Anderson officiating. Interment will be in Wallingford Lutheran Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Henry and Olson Funeral Home, Estherville, after 2 p.m. Wednesday until 11:30 a.m. Thursday, when the body will be taken to the church.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Drew, he was born Nov. 20, 1889, at Oxford. He received his education in rural schools and was married to Christina Koolhof on Nov. 23, 1915, at Webster City.

The couple farmed in Nebraska for four years after being married, then moved to the Ledyard-Swea City area to farm for 24 years. They resided in Wallingford for the past 12 years during which time Mr. Drew served as a sexton at Oak Hill Cemetery in Estherville.

He was a member of the Wallingford Lutheran Church.

Mr. Drew is survived by his wife, Christina, Wallingford; four sons, Carl Drew, Tulsa, Okla., Maurice Drew, Swea City, Harm Drew, Minneapolis, Minn., and John Drew Jr., Redlands, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Hervie (Arlene) Thompson, LaPorte city, Mrs. Maurice (Marvel) Seylar, Estherville and Mrs. Joe (Karen) Rauscher, Philadelphia, Pa.; 22 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Karl Suskstorf, North Platte, Neb.; and one brother, Ted Drew, Caro, Neb.

He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and two sisters. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, January 3, 1979)