A funeral service was held April 8 at Saints Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Jersey City, for Michael D. Drake, 81, P.E., Captain U.S. Army Ret. He died April 3 at University Hospital in Newark. He attended the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1954, retiring from the Army after 20 years of service. He attended Columbia University on the GI Bill and received a Masters of Science in Civil Engineering from Stevens Institute in 1968. He was the Director of Structural Engineering at URS Consultants in New York City until he retired in 1996. He showed his love and compassion for his friends, humanity and animals through his dedication to Saints Peter and Paul Church in Jersey City and St. Vladimir Seminary in Yonkers, and as a volunteer at the People for Animals clinic in Hillside. He was the brother of Stephen D. Drake and the late William Drahushak, Andrew D. Drake, Harry D. Drake, John D. Drake, and Anne DiPaolo and was the uncle of 21 nieces and nephews and many great and great-great nieces and nephews. Services arranged by the Bromirski Funeral Home, Jersey City.
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