Enlistment July 1, 1952
Discharge May 19, 1954

Born April 19, 1931 Carroll, Iowa
Died April 30, 1975 Veterans Administration Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa.
Mass of the Resurrection Saturday, May 3, 1975 10:30 A.M. Sacred Heart Church Manning, Iowa
Celebrant Rev. Fr. Norbert Weber, MSC
Interment Sacred Heart Cemetery Manning, Iowa
Casketbearers: LEROY HALBUR, LEROY ALBERTSEN, DON VONNAHME, ED SEXTRO, ROGER EISCHEID, ALVAN HANSEN
MILITARY HONORS Manning, Iowa
VFW Post No. 3517
American Legion Post No. 22

Mass of the resurrection will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Sacred Heart Church here by the Rev. Norbert Weber, M.S.C. Burial will be in the parish cemetery, with military honors. Friends may call at the Ohde Funeral Home in Manning after 1 p.m. Friday. The rosary will be recited Friday at 8 p.m., followed by a Bible service at 8:30.

Mr. Drees, a farmer, was born at Carroll April 19, 1931, a son of Edward and Viola (Eischeid) Drees. He attended rural school near Manning and served in the Korean War. His marriage to Rose Mary Higgins took place at Dunlap February 19, 1955, and they have farmed near Manning.

Survivors include his wife and six children, Gary, Anna, Mark, Mary, Madonna, and Matthew, all at home; his mother, Mrs. Viola Drees of Exira, and mother-in-law, Mrs. Helen Higgins of Manning; and six sisters and brothers, Mrs. Gerald (Margene) Rule of Cedar Rapids, Merlin, Lyle, and Larry of Exira, Mrs. Dean (Janice) Andersen of Missouri Valley, and Mrs. David (Donna) Faga of Adair.

Mr. Drees was a member of the American Legion and V.F.W. Posts of Manning.