Robert Clarence Drawbaugh

Robert Drawbaugh MUSCATINE, Iowa #45;- Robert Clarence Drawbaugh, 88, Muscatine, died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, at Unity Hospital. Services: 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 14, Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services, 2907 Mulberry Ave. The Rev. Mike Spangler will officiate the services. Casket bearers are Dean Drawbaugh, Gregory Drawbaugh, Terry Drawbaugh, Richard Drawbaugh, Brad Kardux and Christopher Drawbaugh. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery. After the burial, a time of food and fellowship will be held in the Community Room at the funeral home. Visitation: 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, with Masonic services at 5:30 p.m. followed by Moose services, funeral home. A memorial has been established at the funeral home. Mr. Drawbaugh was born Feb. 15, 1917, in Muscatine, the son of Walter and Mary Bishop Drawbaugh. He married Annabel Lee Cox on Nov. 27, 1936, in Muscatine. She preceded him in death in 1962. He later married Loretta Reichert Brown on Nov. 2, 1963, at Musserville Methodist Church, Muscatine. He was a member of Iowa Masonic Lodge No. 2 A.F. amp; A.M. and the Moose Lodge. He retired from International Harvester in September 1978. He an...[more]

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oretta enjoyed traveling cross country throughout the United States. Survivors include his wife, Loretta Brown Drawbaugh; a son, William Drawbaugh of Tucson, Ariz.; two daughters, Beverly Rogers and Roberta Botens, both of Vail, Ariz.; two stepsons, Leslie Brown of Brooklyn Park, Minn. and Donald Brown and wife Pam of Muscatine; two stepdaughters, Janet Kardux and husband Leon of Muscatine and Barbara Harris and husband Ted of Cincinnati, Ohio; grandchildren, Greg Drawbaugh and wife Kay of Vadnais Heights, Minn., Dean Drawbaugh and Christopher Drawbaugh and wife Mary, all of Tucson, Brenda Rogers of Orange, Calif., Jason Botens of San Clemente, Calif., Brad Kardux of Wycombe, Pa., Mark Kardux of Fontana, Calif., Julie Fuhrmeister and husband Andrew of Coralville, Alana Radzom and husband Scott of Andover, Minn., Kevin Brown and wife Shelley of Blue Springs, Mo., Holly Brown of Brooklyn Park, Minn., Theresa Suzanne Meier and husband Roy of Cincinnati, Laura Wehmeyer and husband Jeff of Muscatine and Wendy Brunk and husband Jason of Cambridge; and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Annabel Drawbaugh; two brothers, Paul Drawbaugh and Richard Drawbaugh; and a sister, Bonnie Tutt.