Donald Lloyd Drake passed away on March 4, 2013 at the VA Central Iowa Health Care Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of 84. He was born on December 4, 1928 in Burchard, Nebraska.

Don moved to Shenandoah when he was 15, graduating with the class of 1947. He was united in marriage to Marian Eloise Rohrig on December 10, 1950. To this union three children were born, Steven Lloyd Drake, Eloise Joann Drake and Debra Ann Drake. He served in the Korean War in the U.S. Army with distinction earning the Korean service medal with three bronze service stars and United Nations service medal. Aside from the time Don spent in the army he spent most of this life working for either the beef packing industry or the railroad. His favorite activities included loving and caring for his dogs, splitting and cutting wood, snowmobiling and watching football. Don also enjoyed attending his father's family reunions.

He was preceded in death by his parents Ralph Graydon Drake and Ruth Hillis (Hawk) Drake, brothers Leland Ralph Drake and wife Dorothy and Roger Neil Drake. Those left to cherish his memory are his son: Steven L. Drake and wife Linda Kay of Livingston, Montana and their three children Steven Lloyd Drake, Jr., Sean David Drake, and Traci Ann Tyler, daughters: Eloise Joann Drake of Bellevue, Nebraska and Debra Ann Brown and husband Greg of Dow City, Iowa and their three children Johanna, Elsa, and Ian, ex-wives Marian Eloise Drake and Shirley Bertram Drake. Also surviving are his younger brothers D. Hugh Drake and wife Rosemary of West Des Moines, Iowa and David Joe Drake and wife Toni Ann of rural Essex, Iowa, aunt Hazel Hawk McBride of Paradise, California. His special friends include Alice Erftmier of the Doberman Rescue and Anne Moore his long time neighbor.