MUSCATINE, Iowa - George John Draper, 91, of Muscatine, died Thursday, June 2, 2005, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.

Funeral Service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 7, 2005, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Pastor John Brown of the Fruitland Baptist Church will officiate the service. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, June 6, 2005, at the funeral home.

George was born on November 3, 1913, in Seymour, the son of Frank and Belle Draper. He married Josephine Carr on April 5, 1957 in Davenport, Iowa.

He grew up on a farm in rural Seymour. He worked as a coal miner in Guthrie Center. He worked as a ranch hand in Idaho and did some mining in Oregon. He returned to Iowa and retired from Dewey Portland Cement Company after 17 years of employment.

Survivors include Josephine Draper of Muscatine; one son, Frank Draper and wife, Wynna; two grandsons, Alex and Grant Draper of Muscatine; one nephew, Larry Draper and wife, Jackie, of Neosho, Missouri; and one niece, Kathy Leopard and husband, Arnold, of Fruitland.

George was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, one sister, one step-son, Charlie DeVore, and one step-daughter, Ruth DeVore