In Memory
Melvin Wallace Drews
- Birth
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McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA
- Death
- 17 Feb 2015 (aged 85)
Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA
- Burial
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Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA
Melvin Drews went home to be with Jesus on February 17, 2015.
Parents: August and Ruth Drews
Siblings: 2 sisters and 3 brothers preceding him in death
Schooling: McCook, NE and Northern Central Bible College, getting a degree in Theology.
School activities: Football for McCook High School Bison. Stat champions in 1946, and were inducted into the Nebraska High Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.
Spouse: B. Berndt, September 7, 1951. Married 63 years.
Children: daughters; C. Holms, C. Glanzer, A. McKnight and son; A. Drews
9 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren
Work history: several Assembly of God churches, construction career started in California, including the Church at Hawthorne, CA, went on many construction trips in AZ, Africa, El Salvador and Panama, and purchasing the Deadwood KOA in 1977, retiring in 1995 and moving to Sturgis, SD.
Hobbies and activities: woodworking, model trains, and
watching the Nebraska Cornhusker's play.
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