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Submitted: 11/30/12 • Approved: 10/5/14 • Last Updated: 10/8/14 • R789130-G789130-S3
CORPORAL US Marine Corps
Korea
May 21, 1924 - June 13, 2002
*Obituary
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
Friday June 14, 2002
Marion Drake
FAYETTEVILLE — Marion Drake, 78, of Fayetteville died June 13, 2002, at Fayetteville Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born May 21, 1924, in Lomita, Calif., to Arvil and Daisy Andersen Toney. She was a homemaker and a member of Sequoyah United Methodist Church in Fayetteville. She was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. Her husband, Richard Lem Drake, died May 15, 1997.
Survivors include one son, Mike Drake of Elkins; three brothers, Bob Toney of Elkins, Vol Toney of California and Jim Toney of Kansas; one sister, Peggy King of Fayetteville; three grandchildren; one great-grandson.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Moore's Chapel in Fayetteville. The Rev. Phil Misenheimer will officiate.
Burial will he in McCord Cemetery.
The family will be present for visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Contributed on 11/30/12 by wfields55
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