Harry S van Drielen

1902 - 1976  (74 years)

• Name	Harry S van Drielen
  Birth	Tue 7 Jan 1902	Elko, NV (USA)
  Gender	Male
  Death	Fri 9 Jan 1976	Portola, CA (USA)
  Burial	Reno, NV (USA)
  Person ID	I1885	croes
  Last Modified	Wed 3 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Harry van Drielen,   b. Apr 1865, CA (USA) d. 1939 (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Josephine Hale
  Family ID	F684	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Tue 7 Jan 1902 - Elko, NV (USA) Death - Fri 9 Jan 1976 - Portola, CA (USA) Burial - - Reno, NV (USA)  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Nevada Evening Gazette - Harry Van DrielenSunda,1976 January 11 Sunda, January 11, 1976 Harry Van Drielen Harry S. Van Drielen, a retired railroad engineer, died Friday in a Portola hospital after a long illness. He was born in Elko Jan. 7, 1902, and started working for the Western Pacific Railroad at the age of 16. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War I. During the 1930s he was a painting contractor in Berkeley and later worked as a traveling salesman. In 1954 he moved to Portola and ressumed work for the Western Pacific Roalroad. He was a member of the United Transportation Union, Local 800, and belonged to the Rosicrucians. He is survived by his widow, Jane, sons William and Harry Jr. of Reno, Thomas of Redding, Calif., Ralph of Canada, and a stepson, Keith Herrell of Torrance, Calif. Also surviving are daughters Nanette Bradley of Reno, Mary Ann Van Drielen of Berkeley, and stepdaughter Kay Batchelor of Paradise, Calif., a sister, Mary Haliday of Garden Grove, Calif., and 22 grandchildren. A memorial service was held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Community Methodist Church in Portola with inurnment in the Masonic Memorial Gardens in Reno. Manni Funeral Home of Portola was in charge of arrangements.