Violet E. Drake

Mrs. Violet E. Drake, 83, died early Monday at the Meadville Children's Aid Society and Home for the Aged, where she had resided for 12 years.

She was the widow of C. Judd Drake and a daughter of the late Sam and Nancy Winans, former residents of Lyona.  She was a member of the Cambridge Springs Presbyterian Church and a former resident of Cambridge Springs; and the Priscilla Class of First Presbyterian Church, Meadville.   Before retiring, she was a nurse.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Harold Fitch of Harborcreek; a son, Archie of Grand Rapids, MI; a brother, Victor E. Winans in Florida; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Services were held at Waid Funeral Home.

Interment was in Greendale Cemetery.