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Mable Victoria <I>Drake</I> York

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Mable Victoria Drake York

Birth
England
Death
20 Dec 1939 (aged 52)
Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA
Burial
Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Her husband died of cancer in 1932. Mrs. York was a past president of the Spanish War Veterans auxiliary and was active in the group, as well as in the VFW auxiliary. She was a Drake and her husband was connected with York and Drake, auto salvage firm. Surviving are two sons, Herbert and Wesley; four brothers and a sister. Rites will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in Pipkin and Brulin chapel. She will be buried in a Beaumont cemetery.

Mrs. Mabel Victoria York, 51-year-old Beaumont woman who ended her life in a burning automobile here Wednesday, was buried in Magnolia cemetery this morning after the Rev. Harry Hodge had conducted final rites in Pipkin and Brulin chapel. Pallbearers, all United Spanish War vetersns, were R.J. Perry, Pete McGillis, E.B. Hammel, P.H. Sunningham, J.A. Allen and S.E. Weaver. Mrs. York was an active member of the United Spanish War Veterans' Auxiliary and of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary. She had lived here 40 years.

Father: Harry Drake, b. England
Mother: Helena Furby, b. England
Her husband died of cancer in 1932. Mrs. York was a past president of the Spanish War Veterans auxiliary and was active in the group, as well as in the VFW auxiliary. She was a Drake and her husband was connected with York and Drake, auto salvage firm. Surviving are two sons, Herbert and Wesley; four brothers and a sister. Rites will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in Pipkin and Brulin chapel. She will be buried in a Beaumont cemetery.

Mrs. Mabel Victoria York, 51-year-old Beaumont woman who ended her life in a burning automobile here Wednesday, was buried in Magnolia cemetery this morning after the Rev. Harry Hodge had conducted final rites in Pipkin and Brulin chapel. Pallbearers, all United Spanish War vetersns, were R.J. Perry, Pete McGillis, E.B. Hammel, P.H. Sunningham, J.A. Allen and S.E. Weaver. Mrs. York was an active member of the United Spanish War Veterans' Auxiliary and of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary. She had lived here 40 years.

Father: Harry Drake, b. England
Mother: Helena Furby, b. England


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