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April 30, 1990
Sapulpa Herald
Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma

Charles H. Drake, 68, 106 E. Cleveland, died Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa.

Rosary is set for 7 pm Tuesday at Sacred Heat Catholic Church.

Funeral services will be 10 am Wednesday at Sacred Heart with the Rev. Daniel Keohane officiating.

Burial will be at Green Hills Memorial Gardens under the direction of Smith Funeral Home.

He was born Sep 25, 1921, in Mounds, and lived in the Sapulpa area all of his life.

Mr. Drake was a retired service station operator and a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Survivors include brothers Bill Drake of Sapulpa and Herb Drake of Galveston, Texas; and sisters Ida Mae Lear of Sapulpa and Betty Cellan of Oklahoma City.

The family will headquarter at the Bill Drake residence south of Sapulpa


May 2, 1990
Sapulpa Herald

CHARLES H. DRAKE

Funeral mass of Charles Henry Drake was today at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Daniel Keohane officiating.

Burial was at Green Hills Memorial Gardens under the direction of Smith Funeral Home.

Casket bearers were Dave Salmon, Joe Rothermil, Marvin Lawson, Steve Mauch, Bob Kreizinger and Lewis Kopp.

Mr. Drake, a lifelong Sapulpa area resident, died Sunday at Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa.