This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XY.2ADE/514 Message Board Post: NOTE-I am not related to this family Loveland Reporter Herald (Loveland, Larimer, Colorado) Friday April 4, 2003 page B-5 Henry R. Drieth, 77, of Longmont died April 1, 2003, at Sierra Vista Health Care Facility in Loveland after a long battle with cancer. He was born Oct. 5, 1925, in Longmont to Henry Drieth Sr. and Anna Burback Drieth. He was raised in Longmont and spent most of his life there. Mr. Drieth was retired from Great Western Sugar Co. and was a farmer for several years. He was named among the "Top Ten Sugar Beet Growers" in 1958. After retirement, he was very active in his lawn care service and loved gardening and fishing. He is survived by two sons, Doug and John Drieth, both of Loveland; a daughter, Vickie Lynn Mahrling and husband Clifford of Loveland; brothers Dan Drieth and wife Rachel, Rheuben Drieth and wife Mary, Walter Drieth and wife Cindy, Isaac Drieth and wife Dorothy, and Abraham Drieth and wife Delores; sister Ann Houder; sisters-in-law Helen Hardwick and Jean Drieth; several grandchildren; and numerous nephews, nieces and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his second wife, Nancy, in October 1985; son Leroy Drieth in 1968; brothers Joe and Reinhold Drieth; and sister Rose Biesel. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Lewellen Longmont Memorial Chapel, 503 Terry St. Interment will follow in Longmont Mountain View Cemetery. Visitation will be 2-6 p.m. Sunday at Lewellen Longmont Memorial Chapel.