This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dreher, Rozell, Gentry Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5563 Message Board Post: THE BAY CITY TRIBUNE Wednesday, October 23, 2002 Matagorda County, Texas DREHER William Hiram “Jack” Dreher, 79, of Bay City, passed away Sunday, October 20, 2002. He was born October 26, 1922, in Rockdale, Texas, to Jerome J, Dreher and Myrtle Rozell Dreher. He was a lifelong resident of Bay City, he was a renowned and avid fisherman, a retired paint contractor, a member of the Masonic Lodge, a member of the Shriners, and a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force. He is survived by his wife, Flossie Gentry Dreher of Bay City; by his daughter, Denise Gentry Phillips of Houston; by his son, Robert W. Gentry of Houston; by his sisters, Vera H. Robinson of Houston, Estelle Muston, Jeraldine J. Hosek, Peggy L. Hosek, Marilin Orsak and Johnnie Sue Roberts, all of Rockdale; and by his grandsons, Ryne Genty Christesen and Preston Russell Christesen of Houston. He was preceded in death by his parents. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 23, 2002 at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home, with the Rev. Chester Sassman officiating. Interment will follow at Cedarvale Cemetery in Bay City. Veterans’ graveside honors will be provided by P.H. Parker VFW Post 2438 of Bay City. Pallbearers will be Charles Hahn, Chuck Hahn, Jerry West, Wayne Bruening, Pete Hale and George Clements, Jr. Arrangements are with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home, Bay City.