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Author: MargieRoopPearce
Surnames: Drake, Gephart, Harker, Myers, Lillich
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Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana, Saturday, January 31, 1976
Gladys G. Drake, 79, 636 North Seventh St., died at 7:15 p.m. Friday at the Decatur
Community Care Center following an extended illness.
She was a member of the Union Chapel United Methodist Church.
Born in Wren, Oho, on September 15, 1896, she was the daughter of John and Amanda
Harker Gephart and was united in marriage on January 23, 1915, to Clarence F. Drake, Sr.,
who died July 18, 1965.
Survivors include three sons; Robert E Drake, Decatur, Donald E. Drake, Bryan, Ohio,
Clarence F. Drake, Jr., Van Wert, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Bryan (Ireta) Myers, Wren, Ohio,
Mrs. Arthur (Lucille) Lillich, New Haven; four brothers, Forest Gephart, Culver City,
Calif., Edward Gephart, Fort Wayne, Owen Gephart, Ohio city, Ohio; Basil Gephart,
Willshire, Ohio; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Two brothers, two
sisters and one grandchild preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m Monday at the Winteregg-Linn &
Haggard Funeral Home, with Rev. Kenneth Swan officiating. Burial will be in Decatur
Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m.
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