Marvin Christz Draeger, 85, of Chetopa, died at 6:15 a.m., Monday, December 9, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.
He was born December 12, 1927 to Christz and Myrle (Ball) Draeger on a farm near Sherwin, Kansas. As a young boy, he attended Globe Rural School and was a 1945 graduate of Columbus High School.
On March 6, 1950, he married Bettie Sexton in Bentonville, Arkansas. He was a self-employed farmer/rancher and in earlier years had worked part-time as a mason's tender.
At the age of 83, he was baptized at the First Christian Church in Chetopa. He enjoyed hunting coyotes and coons and had various hunting dogs through the years.
Survivors include:
Wife – Bettie Draeger of the home, Chetopa, KS
Two Daughters – Connie Beecham and husband, Ron Columbus, KS
Martha Tilton Carthage, MO
Three Grandchildren
Four Great-Grandchildren
One Stepbrother – Wesley Ball and wife, Karen Colwich, KS
He was preceded in death by one brother, one stepsister and one grandson.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, December 12, 2013 at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa. Burial will be at Greenlawn Cemetery near Columbus. The family will receive friends from 7-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Marvin Christz Draeger, please visit our flower store.
He was born December 12, 1927 to Christz and Myrle (Ball) Draeger on a farm near Sherwin, Kansas. As a young boy, he attended Globe Rural School and was a 1945 graduate of Columbus High School.
On March 6, 1950, he married Bettie Sexton in Bentonville, Arkansas. He was a self-employed farmer/rancher and in earlier years had worked part-time as a mason's tender.
At the age of 83, he was baptized at the First Christian Church in Chetopa. He enjoyed hunting coyotes and coons and had various hunting dogs through the years.
Survivors include:
Wife – Bettie Draeger of the home, Chetopa, KS
Two Daughters – Connie Beecham and husband, Ron Columbus, KS
Martha Tilton Carthage, MO
Three Grandchildren
Four Great-Grandchildren
One Stepbrother – Wesley Ball and wife, Karen Colwich, KS
He was preceded in death by one brother, one stepsister and one grandson.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, December 12, 2013 at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa. Burial will be at Greenlawn Cemetery near Columbus. The family will receive friends from 7-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Marvin Christz Draeger, please visit our flower store.
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