Mary E Campbell Drake Obituary

Mary E Campbell Drake attended Mt Lebanon High School in Pittsburgh, PA. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Mary E Campbell Drake.

Graduation Year	Class of 1939
Date of Passing	May 29, 2009
About	Mary E Campbell Drake, a proud member of the January 1939 class, died on May 29, 2009, at the Sherwood Oaks Retirement Community after a series of strokes. Mary was the oldest of five Campbell family members to graduate from Mt Lebanon HIgh School, and the mother of alums Mary Sue Drake Murphy, Class of 1964 and Peggy Drake, Class of 1968. She and husband Hobie Drake, Perry High School, class of January 1939, met at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University) where they took courses while still in high school. They married after Hobie returned from a 5 year stint in the US Army during World War Ii, and moved to Mt Lebanon in 1955. Mary insisted that "her girls" attend Mt Lebanon schools. Mary was an active volunteer at Mt Lebanon UP Church where at the time of her death she was cited as having the longest tenure as a member, and belonged to several other volunteer organizations including the Howe School PTA, the Girl Scouts, Daughters of the Nile, and the Salvation Army Auxillary. She was also a graduate of the Duff Business School, which later became Point Park University, and was on the staff of Fisher Scientific Corporation up to the time of her marriage. Her husband, daughters and their families, two sisters and a brother survive her. Her youngest sister and fellow Mt Lebanon alum, Clare Campbell O'Donnell, is deceased. Her Memorial Service will be held on Saturday June 13th at the Sherwood Oaks Retirement Community in Cranberry Township PA. Her obituary is posted at the Glenn-Kildoo Funeral Home website and on websites for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and the Butler Eagle, where you can leave comments for her family.