Obituary of Olive L. Drake

REXVILLE/FAIRPORT: Olive L. Drake, 100, formerly of Rexville, passed away Monday morning, November 27, 2017 at the Fairport Baptist Home in Fairport where she had resided since 2014.

Olive was born August 18, 1917 in Canisteo to Louis and Julia (Paul) Loper.

On June 29, 1935 in South Canisteo, she married Bernard B. Drake, Sr. who predeceased her in November of 1988. She was also predeceased by two sons Dale Drake and Bernard B. Drake, Jr., a daughter Shirley Jo VanHoven, and a sister Helen Russell.

Olive lived the better part of her life in the Canisteo/Rexville area where she and her husband raised their family. For several years she was a nurse's aide at the former Bethesda Hospital in North Hornell. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Canisteo where she was a member of the Stephens/Gray Class and the Bell Choir Committee. The past ten years of her life were spent in the Rochester/Fairport area near her son, Art.

Olive is survived by a son, Arthur (Joyce) Drake of Fairport, two daughters, Linda (Richard) Mullen of Rexville and Sharon Griffith of Tulsa, OK. 11 grandchildren and several great grandchildren and great, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 4-6 pm Thursday, November 30 at the H.P. Smith & Son, Inc. Funeral Home, 29 East Main St. in Canisteo, where funeral and committal services will take place immediately following calling hours at 6:00 pm. with Rev. Beverly Welch officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Canisteo.

Memorial contributions in Olive's name may be made to either the Fairport Baptist Home, 4646 Nine Point Rd. Fairport, NY 14450 or to the First United Methodist Church, 37 Greenwood St. Canisteo, NY 14823.