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Laura Eleanor Draftz
Feb. 25, 1914-Feb. 2, 2003

FLAT ROCK — Services
have been set for Laura
Eleanor Drafiz, 88, of Flat
Rock, who died Sunday at St.
Joseph Hospital, Phoenix,
Ariz.

Friends may call from 2 to 9
p.m. Friday and from 11 a.m.
until services at 1 p.m.
Saturday at Arthur Bobcean
Funeral Home’s Flat Rock loca-
tion. The Rev. Vern Hinz, pastor
of St. John Lutheran Church,
Walitz, will officiate. Burial will
be in Michigan Memorial

- Park, Huron Township.

Born Feb. 25, 1914, in Huron

' Township, she was the daugh-

ter of Zara and Elizabeth

(Martin) Felt. She married -

John Draftz May 18, 1940, at St.
John’s Lutheran Church,
Waltz. He died in 1995.

A bookkeeper, she worked
for Heier Block Co. for 20 years,
retiring in 1982. She also
worked for several years for
former Flat Rock Attorney
Fred Hill.

Mrs. Draftz, a Flat Rock area
resident for more than 60
years, graduated from Flat
Rock High School. She was a
member of St. John Lutheran
Church and its Ladies
Auxiliary, for which she sewed
cancer pads. She also served
as treasurer for the St. John
chapter of Aid Association for
Lutherans.

Surviving are two sons, John
Z. (Wanda) of Phoenix and
Melvin of Flat Rock; a daugh-
ter, Nadine Fritz of Novi; a
brother, Erwin of San Diego;
five grandchildren, and four ‘
great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband,
she was preceded in death by
three brothers, Francis,
Lemuel and Clarence, and a
sister, Larena Robson.

Memorials may be made to
St. John Lutheran Church,
Waltz; Martin Luther School
in Phoenix, Ariz., or the char-
ity of the donor’s choice.