Hal Lester Drake 1888-1969  
Categories: Deacon / Deaconess, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 187, No 19, p 14, Nov. 24, 1969.
  Hal L. Drake, son of Seth and Kate Jones Drake, was born April 26, 1888, at Sharon Center, Pa., and died Sept. 15, 1969, at the Cole Memorial Hospital of Coudersport, Pa.
  Mr. Drake was a farmer, spending nearly all of his life in the vicinity of Shinglehouse, Pa.   As a young man he was converted to Christ and the Sabbath.   He has been a devoted church supporter and worker since that time.   He became a member of the Richburg Seventh Day Baptist Church and was ordained a deacon on May 18, 1929.   In July, 1969 he was honored, along with three others ordained at the same time, for serving as deacon for forty years.
  He is survived by his widow, the former Mrs. Bertha Burdick, whom he married in 1959.   Also surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Eugene (Lina) Burdick of Wellsville, N. Y., Mrs. Lloyd (Alice) Bauman of Fairview, Pa., and Mrs. Terry (Faith) Young of London, England; and a son, Leon of Shinglehouse, Pa.; a brother, Ern of Shinglehouse, and several grandchildren.
  The funeral service was conducted by his pastor, the Rev. C. Harmon Dickinson and burial was in the Sharon Center Cemetery.     C. H. D.