It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Shirley E. Drake of Waterville, New York, born in Rome, New York, who passed away at the age of 75, on August 10, 2022. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Shirley E. Drake to show support.

She was predeceased by : her parents, James Lyke and Gertrude Storms Lyke; her stepson William Allen Jr.; and her siblings, Sandra Finch, James "Jimmy Boy" Lyke, Eddie Cutler and Harvey Adsit.

She is survived by : her husband William Drake of Point Rock; her daughters, Patricia Cullop, Diana (Marty), Lee Scott (Tony Testa) and Kelly Keene; her stepdaughter Tessa Drake; her son Roger "Digger" Russell (Maggie); her siblings, Florence Aikens, Beverly Garofalo, Karen Lyke and Ronald; her sister-in-law Sandra Lyke; and her close friend Shirley O'Neil. She is also survived by many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Strong-Burns & Sprock Funeral Home