Graveside services for Otto Henry Dreher, 99, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Oak Hill Cemetery, with the Rev. J. Edward Nelson officiating.
Mr. Dreher died Saturday, July 25, 1992, at Sterling Heights Nursing Home.
He was born March 26, 1893, in the Twin Mound community. He moved to Lone Star, where he attended school. He later moved to a farm south of Lawrence in the Fairview community.
Mr. Dreher was a farmer, and had worked at the Sunflower Army Amunition Plant during World War II. He was a night watchman at Kansas University for 15 years until he retired in the early 1970s.
Mr. Dreher also operated Dreher's Trailer Court on his farm from 1954 until May 1988.
He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Mr. Dreher married Mildred Louise Curd on Oct. 20, 1915, in Lawrence. She died Oct. 3, 1929. He married Lena Agnes Edmonds on Aug. 24, 1933, in Olathe. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include a son, Donald E. Dreher, Omaha, Neb.; two daughters, Helen Dreher, Lawrence, and Betty James, Lincoln, Ark.; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Monday, July 27, 1992 ljworld
Mr. Dreher died Saturday, July 25, 1992, at Sterling Heights Nursing Home.
He was born March 26, 1893, in the Twin Mound community. He moved to Lone Star, where he attended school. He later moved to a farm south of Lawrence in the Fairview community.
Mr. Dreher was a farmer, and had worked at the Sunflower Army Amunition Plant during World War II. He was a night watchman at Kansas University for 15 years until he retired in the early 1970s.
Mr. Dreher also operated Dreher's Trailer Court on his farm from 1954 until May 1988.
He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Mr. Dreher married Mildred Louise Curd on Oct. 20, 1915, in Lawrence. She died Oct. 3, 1929. He married Lena Agnes Edmonds on Aug. 24, 1933, in Olathe. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include a son, Donald E. Dreher, Omaha, Neb.; two daughters, Helen Dreher, Lawrence, and Betty James, Lincoln, Ark.; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Monday, July 27, 1992 ljworld
Graveside services for Otto Henry Dreher, 99, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Oak Hill Cemetery, with the Rev. J. Edward Nelson officiating.
Mr. Dreher died Saturday, July 25, 1992, at Sterling Heights Nursing Home.
He was born March 26, 1893, in the Twin Mound community. He moved to Lone Star, where he attended school. He later moved to a farm south of Lawrence in the Fairview community.
Mr. Dreher was a farmer, and had worked at the Sunflower Army Amunition Plant during World War II. He was a night watchman at Kansas University for 15 years until he retired in the early 1970s.
Mr. Dreher also operated Dreher's Trailer Court on his farm from 1954 until May 1988.
He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Mr. Dreher married Mildred Louise Curd on Oct. 20, 1915, in Lawrence. She died Oct. 3, 1929. He married Lena Agnes Edmonds on Aug. 24, 1933, in Olathe. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include a son, Donald E. Dreher, Omaha, Neb.; two daughters, Helen Dreher, Lawrence, and Betty James, Lincoln, Ark.; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Monday, July 27, 1992 ljworld
Mr. Dreher died Saturday, July 25, 1992, at Sterling Heights Nursing Home.
He was born March 26, 1893, in the Twin Mound community. He moved to Lone Star, where he attended school. He later moved to a farm south of Lawrence in the Fairview community.
Mr. Dreher was a farmer, and had worked at the Sunflower Army Amunition Plant during World War II. He was a night watchman at Kansas University for 15 years until he retired in the early 1970s.
Mr. Dreher also operated Dreher's Trailer Court on his farm from 1954 until May 1988.
He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Mr. Dreher married Mildred Louise Curd on Oct. 20, 1915, in Lawrence. She died Oct. 3, 1929. He married Lena Agnes Edmonds on Aug. 24, 1933, in Olathe. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include a son, Donald E. Dreher, Omaha, Neb.; two daughters, Helen Dreher, Lawrence, and Betty James, Lincoln, Ark.; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Monday, July 27, 1992 ljworld
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