Edwin Clare Drier, Jr.

1932 - 2008  (75 years)

• Name	Edwin Clare Drier
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	1 Jun 1932	, Emmet Co, Michigan, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 May 2008	McKinley, Emmet Co, Michigan, USA
  Person ID	I20509	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	Edwin Clare Drier, Sr.,   b. 7 Jan 1912, Mackinaw City, Cheboygan Co, Michigan, USA
  Mother	Eva Hoar,   b. 2 Oct 1913, Center, Emmet Co, Michigan, USA ,   d. 23 Aug 1968,  (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F1008	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  [[ Obituary: Petoskey News-Review (MI) - May 21, 2008 Deceased Name: Edwin Clare Drier Jr., 75 Edwin Clare Drier Jr., 75, of Pellston, died May 20, 2008, in McKinley Township. The funeral service will be 2 p.m. Friday, May 23, at Stone Funeral Home in Petoskey with Don Wiertella officiating. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until the time of service. Ed was born June 1, 1932, in Emmet County, the son of Edwin Clare and Eva I. (Hoar) Drier Sr., and was raised in Levering. He served his country in both the U.S. Navy and the Naval Reserves. On May 16, 1953, Ed married Imogene M. Vesely-Cook in Detroit, and she survives. Ed worked for 25 years in the Muskegon area and later the Traverse City area as a sheet metal journeyman, retiring after 50 years. He was also co-owner of Mr. Ed's Bar in Pellston. Ed was a wonderful man who loved his family with all of his heart; he will be missed. He enjoyed deer hunting, fishing, playing cribbage and was a member of the Pellston Masonic Lodge No. 441 for 38 years. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Imogene; three daughters, Linda (Mark) Maass of Pellston, Maureen (Don) Wiertella of Vicksburg, Mich., and Gwen Miller of Las Vegas, Nev.; a son, George Cook, of Ocala, Fla.; adopted son, Warren (Melba) Fosmore; a brother, Harold (Shirley) Drier, of Levering; two aunts, Mary Hoar and Doris Drier; sister and brother-in-law, Betty and Bill Diot, of Pellston; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; and by a sister, Dorothy Drier. Memorial donations may be made to the Pellston Masonic Lodge No. 440 F&AM, in care of Kurt Nathan, secretary, P.O. Box 112, Pellston, Mich. 49769.