Casper Star-Tribune
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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Edward George Drazick
Casper - Funeral services for Edward George Drazick, 93, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, 2007, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church with Father Kevin Koch officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Park Cemetery.
Viewing will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at Newcomer Funeral Home, with a rosary to follow.
He died peacefully in his sleep Oct. 25, 2007, at his home.
He was born June 22, 1914, in Roundup, Mont., to Phillip Drazick and Anne (Badovinatz) Drazick-Tomlin. His father worked in a coal mine until the family moved to Casper in 1920. "Eddie" attended Willard School and graduated from Natrona County High School in 1933. He then joined the Navy and served four years. Returning to Wyoming in 1937, he attended the University of Wyoming and then went to work for his stepfather, Tom Tomlin, operating two trucks hauling crude oil out of Thermpolis.
There he met Helen Elizabeth VanPetten, who became his wife on May 20, 1943. When war broke out he was drafted into the Army, serving one year before he was injured and received a disability discharge.
The couple moved to Casper in 1944, where he went into business for himself and was responsible for bringing the first Mack truck dealership, the first Nash dealership, the first Volkswagen and Toyota dealerships to Casper. In 1952 he purchased Tomlin Transpiration with seven trucks from his stepfather. He operated this company, with their familiar yellow and green trucks, until 1960, when he sold the entire operation to Consolidated Freightways Inc.
He loved anything motorized. He held a private pilot's license and flew his own plane. He also enjoyed boating on Yellowstone lake and fishing with old buddies. In later years he dabbled in real estate, and loved being around his granddaughter and great-granddaughters.
Survivors include his daughter and her husband, two granddaughters; two grandsons; eight great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; a sister-in-law and a daughter-in-law.
He was preceded in death by his father, his mother and stepfather, his wife of 57 years, Helen; a sister, Ruby Drazick; and a son, Ramon Drazick.
Memorials may be made to Central Wyoming Hospice or the Casper Humane Society.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Page B3
Edward George Drazick
Casper - Funeral services for Edward George Drazick, 93, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, 2007, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church with Father Kevin Koch officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Park Cemetery.
Viewing will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at Newcomer Funeral Home, with a rosary to follow.
He died peacefully in his sleep Oct. 25, 2007, at his home.
He was born June 22, 1914, in Roundup, Mont., to Phillip Drazick and Anne (Badovinatz) Drazick-Tomlin. His father worked in a coal mine until the family moved to Casper in 1920. "Eddie" attended Willard School and graduated from Natrona County High School in 1933. He then joined the Navy and served four years. Returning to Wyoming in 1937, he attended the University of Wyoming and then went to work for his stepfather, Tom Tomlin, operating two trucks hauling crude oil out of Thermpolis.
There he met Helen Elizabeth VanPetten, who became his wife on May 20, 1943. When war broke out he was drafted into the Army, serving one year before he was injured and received a disability discharge.
The couple moved to Casper in 1944, where he went into business for himself and was responsible for bringing the first Mack truck dealership, the first Nash dealership, the first Volkswagen and Toyota dealerships to Casper. In 1952 he purchased Tomlin Transpiration with seven trucks from his stepfather. He operated this company, with their familiar yellow and green trucks, until 1960, when he sold the entire operation to Consolidated Freightways Inc.
He loved anything motorized. He held a private pilot's license and flew his own plane. He also enjoyed boating on Yellowstone lake and fishing with old buddies. In later years he dabbled in real estate, and loved being around his granddaughter and great-granddaughters.
Survivors include his daughter and her husband, two granddaughters; two grandsons; eight great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; a sister-in-law and a daughter-in-law.
He was preceded in death by his father, his mother and stepfather, his wife of 57 years, Helen; a sister, Ruby Drazick; and a son, Ramon Drazick.
Memorials may be made to Central Wyoming Hospice or the Casper Humane Society.
Casper Star-Tribune
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Page B3
Edward George Drazick
Casper - Funeral services for Edward George Drazick, 93, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, 2007, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church with Father Kevin Koch officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Park Cemetery.
Viewing will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at Newcomer Funeral Home, with a rosary to follow.
He died peacefully in his sleep Oct. 25, 2007, at his home.
He was born June 22, 1914, in Roundup, Mont., to Phillip Drazick and Anne (Badovinatz) Drazick-Tomlin. His father worked in a coal mine until the family moved to Casper in 1920. "Eddie" attended Willard School and graduated from Natrona County High School in 1933. He then joined the Navy and served four years. Returning to Wyoming in 1937, he attended the University of Wyoming and then went to work for his stepfather, Tom Tomlin, operating two trucks hauling crude oil out of Thermpolis.
There he met Helen Elizabeth VanPetten, who became his wife on May 20, 1943. When war broke out he was drafted into the Army, serving one year before he was injured and received a disability discharge.
The couple moved to Casper in 1944, where he went into business for himself and was responsible for bringing the first Mack truck dealership, the first Nash dealership, the first Volkswagen and Toyota dealerships to Casper. In 1952 he purchased Tomlin Transpiration with seven trucks from his stepfather. He operated this company, with their familiar yellow and green trucks, until 1960, when he sold the entire operation to Consolidated Freightways Inc.
He loved anything motorized. He held a private pilot's license and flew his own plane. He also enjoyed boating on Yellowstone lake and fishing with old buddies. In later years he dabbled in real estate, and loved being around his granddaughter and great-granddaughters.
Survivors include his daughter and her husband, two granddaughters; two grandsons; eight great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; a sister-in-law and a daughter-in-law.
He was preceded in death by his father, his mother and stepfather, his wife of 57 years, Helen; a sister, Ruby Drazick; and a son, Ramon Drazick.
Memorials may be made to Central Wyoming Hospice or the Casper Humane Society.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Page B3
Edward George Drazick
Casper - Funeral services for Edward George Drazick, 93, will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, 2007, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church with Father Kevin Koch officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Park Cemetery.
Viewing will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at Newcomer Funeral Home, with a rosary to follow.
He died peacefully in his sleep Oct. 25, 2007, at his home.
He was born June 22, 1914, in Roundup, Mont., to Phillip Drazick and Anne (Badovinatz) Drazick-Tomlin. His father worked in a coal mine until the family moved to Casper in 1920. "Eddie" attended Willard School and graduated from Natrona County High School in 1933. He then joined the Navy and served four years. Returning to Wyoming in 1937, he attended the University of Wyoming and then went to work for his stepfather, Tom Tomlin, operating two trucks hauling crude oil out of Thermpolis.
There he met Helen Elizabeth VanPetten, who became his wife on May 20, 1943. When war broke out he was drafted into the Army, serving one year before he was injured and received a disability discharge.
The couple moved to Casper in 1944, where he went into business for himself and was responsible for bringing the first Mack truck dealership, the first Nash dealership, the first Volkswagen and Toyota dealerships to Casper. In 1952 he purchased Tomlin Transpiration with seven trucks from his stepfather. He operated this company, with their familiar yellow and green trucks, until 1960, when he sold the entire operation to Consolidated Freightways Inc.
He loved anything motorized. He held a private pilot's license and flew his own plane. He also enjoyed boating on Yellowstone lake and fishing with old buddies. In later years he dabbled in real estate, and loved being around his granddaughter and great-granddaughters.
Survivors include his daughter and her husband, two granddaughters; two grandsons; eight great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; a sister-in-law and a daughter-in-law.
He was preceded in death by his father, his mother and stepfather, his wife of 57 years, Helen; a sister, Ruby Drazick; and a son, Ramon Drazick.
Memorials may be made to Central Wyoming Hospice or the Casper Humane Society.
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