CHARLES LAVERNE DRAKE

Dateline/Murdock

Charles LaVerne Drake, 77, died Nov. 12, 2023 in Wichita.

He was born July 18, 1946, at Chanute, Kansas the son of Charles L. and H. Lucille Pittser Drake.

A longtime resident of Murdock, he was a former employee of Kraus Implement, the Don Dye Co., Chance Industries and the Goddard school district.

On April 8, 1967, he married Marilyn Taber in Hutchinson; she died Oct.23, 2016.  Survivors include a daughter Joyce Hall; adopted son Charles Frank Oakman; brother Larry; sisters Donna Agoitia and her husband Gary, Pat Bailey and Maggie Groves; and granddaughter Sam Hall.  He was also preceded in death by a son LaVerne Drake.

Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 17, 2023 at the Livingston Funeral Home, Kingman.  The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home.  Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery, Belmont.

Memorials may be made with the Kingman County Core Community in care of the funeral home.