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- Gladys [Celina] DRAKE, 83, of
409 Rogers, Milton, died on Saturday, Jan. 12 at
- Mercy Hospital, Janesville.
- Born on October 8, 1901, in Allentown,
New York, she was the daughter of Horace
- and Irene POST HULETT. She
married Arthur Main DRAKE on September 19, 1927.
- DRAKE
was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church Historical Committee
for
- more than 20 years, serving as its
secretary for many of those years. She served as president
of the Seventh Day Baptist Women's Board from 1968-71, representing
the church at the Baptist World Alliance Congress in Tokyo, Japan
in 1970, and Church Women United and National Council of Churches
of Christ, in 1969, in Detroit. From 1970-73 she was a member
of the Commission of the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference.
- A treasurer of the North Central Association
in 1973, DRAKE also was a member
- of the Board of Trustees of the church
from 1974-78. In 1980 she was a member of the special committee
for the 140th anniversary of the church, plus a member of the
visitation committee in 1979 and 1980.
- A 1924 graduate of Milton College,
DRAKE taught in high schools in Friendship,
- New York, Verona and Milton.
- Survivors include her husband; two
sons, Donald, Milton, and Gordon, Janesville; a
- daughter Janice ROTE, Janesville;
a sister, Ainslee NOTTINGHAM, Milton; 11 grand- children
and seven great-grandchildren.
- Services were held on Tuesday, Jan.
15 at the Seventh Day Baptist Church, Milton,
- with Pastor Herb Saunders and Pastor
Earl Cruzan presiding. Albrecht Funeral Home-Milton was in
charge of the arrangements. [Thursday edition]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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