Newell "Sam" Lowell Draxten

Jody Hane2021-01-09T12:51:37-06:00

Name: Newell "Sam" Lowell Draxten
Location of Birth: Litchfield, Minnesota
Date of Birth: February 13, 1936
Date of Death: September 25, 2001 (65 years old)
Parents: Newtie Draxten and Lucille (Krook) Draxten
High School and Class: 1954 - Greenway High School, Coleraine, Minnesota
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Highest Rank: SP3 (Specialist 3)
Branch: Army
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Sam served in Germany.

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Sam had lived in Litchfield, Detroit, Minneapolis, and Calumet, Minnesota.

Sam and Irene Maney were married June 27, 1959, in Marble, Minnesota.

He had been a foreman for Dukee-Atwood Manufacturing in Minneapolis, Minnesota for 25 years and had worked in sales in Alloy-Hardfacing & Engineering Company of Jordon, Minnesota for 15 years.

Sam was an avid golfer and fisherman.

His parents, Newtie and Lucille Draxten preceded him in death.

Survivors include his wife, Irene; daughters, Greta Berger and Kelly Draxten; three granddaughters; sisters, Lylias (Bud) Hodgson and Bev (Don) Carlson; and several nieces and nephews.

Sam died in Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery at Coleraine, Minnesota.

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