Native of Mayfield and Resident of Sycamore Since 1899
Succumbs to Lingering Illness Sunday Afternoon. Services to Be Wednesday.

Expressions of sympathy are again being tendered the Drake family in the second bereavement in that family in less than a week's time. the mother, Mrs. Lucy Camp Drake, having passed away on Sunday afternoon at one o'clock at her home on Dekalb avenue. Her demise, following so closely on the death of the son, Clayton, Wednesday and his burial on Saturday makes the grief of relatives and friends more poignant.

While Mrs. Drake was naturally a frail type, yet she had been confined to her home but a short time, when she passed away as quietly and serenely as she had lived, into that Greater Sleep. Having attained the advanced age of 81 years at the time of her death, the decedent had lent her span of over four score years to those attributes of character, so inherent in the lives of early pioneer settlers. The heritage of her fine New England ancestry found its best expression of service to the higher ideals of life in her longevity from the prairie years to the present time.

To those privileged to know Mrs. Drake best. she was admired for a marked gentleness of spirit which modestly asserted itself in her pleasant kindly personality. She loved her home and ever sought to bring about the most sympathetic and understanding attitude in regard to the problems of every day living. Retention of her kindliness and friendly individuality will linger as an inspiration to cherish through the years to come by her many friends and relatives.

Lucy Maria Camp, daughter of Eliza B. (Dow) and Franklin Camp, natives of Hanover. N. H. was born in Mayfield township Nov. 4. 1854 and departed this earthly life Sunday. May 10, 1936 at the advanced age of 81 years and six months. Her parents had removed to Illinois from New England in 1848, settling in Mayfield township, where the family later became one of the most prominent and influential of that community. The decedent attended the Coltonville and Five Points schools of early Dekalb County tradition, afterward learning the milliner's trade in Sycamore under Miss Ainley.

On June 28, 1877 she was married to Edward J. Drake, a prominent farmer of Mayfield township. Mr. and Mrs. Drake settled on the original Drake homestead, taken over from the government in the pioneer days of the country. This farmstead, located about one mile west of Five Points on the old State road. was still in the possession of Mrs. Drake at the time of her death. In August of 1899 Mr. and Mrs. Drake moved to Sycamore, the family later purchasing the present home site on Dekalb Avenue. Mr. Drake was deceased in October of 1899. The only son. Clayton, whose death occurred last week, occupied this home farm at the time of his death.

Mrs. Drake is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Harms of Sycamore and Mrs. Cecile Walbert of Ridott, also four grandchildren; Donald Harms and Clement James, and Juneve Walbert. The oldest sister of the family, Mrs. Esther Camp Joiner, a resident of South Cross street in this city, remains to mourn the loss of the decedent, besides numerous nieces and nephews.

The deceased, early in life, became a member of the First Baptist. church of Sycamore, continually manifesting her interest and loyal affiliations to the church of her faith throughout her entire life. Final tribute will be extended to this worthy lady and lifelong resident at the funeral rites to be conducted from the late home on Dekalb Avenue, Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock and from the Baptist church at 2 o'clock. Rev. J. W. Gillespie officiating. Interment will be in the family lot in Elmwood cemetery.