Reta E. Drew

 

(April 23, 1895-January 16, 1982)

 

NORWOOD--Funeral services for Reta E. Drew, 86, of 3 Morgan St., Norwood, will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Buck funeral Home in Norwood, the Rev. Garrie Stevens officiating. Spring burial will be at the Riverside Cemetery in Norwood.

Calling hours will be today from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mrs. Drew was pronounced dead on arrival Saturday evening, Jan. 16, 1982, at the Canton-Potsdam Hospital.

She is survived by cousins.

Mrs. Drew was born in Ogdensburg on April 23, 1895, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Alfred Emery.

She married Earl Drew on April 20, 1916. He died Dec. 10, 1974.

The couple established the Drew Insurance Agency in Norwood in 1915, which continues to operate today.

Mrs. Drew was a member of the Norwood United Methodist Church, Order of the Eastern Star, and the American Legion Auxiliary.

 

(From the Pauline Deshaies collection, original source unknown).

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