Mildred Henrietta Demelman Bear
(1919-1979)

 

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Robert Harrison Drew

Mildred Henrietta Demelman Bear

  • Born: 6 Sep 1919, Willmington, New Hanover, North Carolina 1 2
  • Marriage: Robert Harrison Drew on 17 May 1942 in San Rafael, Marin, California
  • Died: 10 Jan 1979, Provo, Utah, Utah at age 59 1 2 3
  • Buried: 13 Jan 1979, Provo, Utah, Utah 2 4

bullet   Cause of her death was heart attack.

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bullet  Death Notes:

THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Friday, January 12, 1979

MILDRED B. DREW
Funeral services for Mildred Bear Drew, 59, of 1083 E. 400 S., Provo, who died of a sudden heart attack Wednesday, Jan. 10, 1979, will be Saturday at 11 a.m. in Berg Drawing Room Chapel, Provo.
Mildred was born Sept. 6, 1919 in Wilmington, N.C., a daughter of J. Irving and Mildred Whitehill Bear. She married Robert H. Drew on May 17, 1942 in San Rafael, Calif.
Mildred received her education in Richmond, Va., and then attended junior college in San Francisco. She married Robert H. Drew while he was in the military service. They moved to Provo more than 30 years ago.
Mildred was past matron of Valley Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star; member of Iris Court No. 47, Ladies Oriental Shrine, and past queen of Lybia Temple No. 32, Daughters of the Nile.
Survivors include her husband; one son and one daughter, Jay Harrison Drew, Livermore Calif.; Rhoda (Keith) Stoltenberg, San Jose, Calif., and two grandchildren.
Friends may call at the mortuary tonight from 6 to 8 o'clock or Saturday one hour prior to services. Burial will be in the Provo City Cemetery.
The family suggest contributions to the Convalescent Endowment Fund, Lybia Temple 32, Daughters of the Nile, 650 S. Temple, Salt Lake City 84102, or to the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, Virginia and Fairfax Street, Salt Lake City.

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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 1920, Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina. 5
J. Irving Bear, 35, born in North Carolina. Mildred Bear, 24, wholesale produce dealer, born in Maryland. Mildred H. Bear, 4 month, born in North Carolina.

• Census, 1930, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia. 6
J. Irving Bear, 46, proprietor - contractor, bon in North Carolina, rent $100, married at age 34. Father born in Germany, mother born in Virginia. Mildred W. Bear, 34, born in Maryland, married at age 28. Father born in Maryland, mother born in New York. Mildred D. Bear, 10, born in North Carolina. Lucy Johnson, 38, servant, born in Virginia.

• Social Security Number: 546-18-2362. 7


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Mildred married Robert Harrison Drew, son of Charles Harrison Drew and Elizabeth Rachel Bennett, on 17 May 1942 in San Rafael, Marin, California. (Robert Harrison Drew was born on 26 Apr 1919 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah,8 9 10 11 died on 4 Feb 1988 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah 8 9 11 and was buried on 8 Feb 1988 in Provo, Utah, Utah 9 11 12.) The cause of his death was a heart disease resulting in heart failure.


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Sources


1 Rootsweb.com, Social Security Death Index (<online> http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi), Mildred Drew, no. 546-18-2362.

2 Utah State Historical Society, Utah State Historical Society Burials Database (<http://utstcess.dced.state.ut.us: 8080/NEWBURIALS/SilverStream/Pages/pgStandardSearch.html>
Sexton Records / Grant), Mildred Bear Drew, Provo City Cemetery, Block 5, Lot 51.

3 Provo Daily Herald (Provo, Utah), Mildred B. Drew Obituary - 12 Jan 1979.

4 Utah, Utah, Provo, Provo City Cemetery, "Tombstone data.," Mildred Drew tombstone.

5 North Carolina, New Hanover, Wilmington, 1920 Federal Census (www.ancestry.com).

6 Virginia, Richmond, Richmond, 1930 Federal Census (www.ancestry.com).

7 Rootsweb.com, Social Security Death Index (<online> http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi).

8 Ibid, Robert Drew, no. 528-18-7418.

9 Utah State Historical Society, Utah State Historical Society Burials Database (<http://utstcess.dced.state.ut.us: 8080/NEWBURIALS/SilverStream/Pages/pgStandardSearch.html>
Sexton Records / Grant), Robert H. Drew, Provo City , Cemetery, Block 5 Lot 51, WWII Veteran.

10 National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005).

11 Utah State Historical Society, Utah Cemetery Inventory ([database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000).

12 Utah, Utah, Provo, Provo City Cemetery, "Tombstone data.," Robert Drew tombstone.

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