BLACK EARTH: Glen Drake, 32, Black Earth, was found dead Tuesday in the office of the Black Earth feed mill, where he was employed. He had been working with his employer, William Parrell, in repair work on the roof of the building, and came down to answer the telephone.

Mr. Drake, a veteran of the Korean War, had no previously known heart condition. And autopsy was ordered by Dane County Coroner Michael Malloy to determine cause of death.

Besides working at the mill, Mr. Drake drove a bus for the Black Earth School.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; a son, William, also at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs Floyd Drake, Black Earth; and two sisters, Mrs. Clayton Harrison, 106 N. Blount St., Madison, and Mrs. Laverne Kast, Los Angeles, Calif.

The body is at the Schanel funeral home, Black Earth.

--Unknown newspaper from around April 18, 1961