George M. Von Drashek II

It has been 13 years since coach V. passed away. I ran into him at Dick's Sporting goods in Woodbury in 2011 and he had no idea who I was. His wife, Dorothy was there and kept telling him: "George, it's Jon Campbell! He still had no clue. We walked outside and conversed about his time at the baseball coach and how Coach Strelow "begged" him to be the coach for our senior year. I tried to convince him that we needed him to be our coach for our final year in baseball but he was so kind and...

I am very sorry for your lose. He was a really great teacher. I will always remember him. God Bless.

Sorry to hear about him,he was a real good person!

Mr. V was a martinet in typing class with his staccato floor tapping, but it has served me well all my life in keyboarding skills. And, then, to top it off, he was a wonderful teacher and very pleasant, humorous guy. My deep condolences to his family and close friends. You must miss him extremely.

Dear Dorothy, Boys & Families,
He was my mentor, my typing and steno teacher, my school newspaper advisor, my summer softball coach, and my friend. As with the many other MHS students who signed this guestbook before me, he was incredibly generous to me, even securing a scholarship for me along with a part-time job at Winona State, his alma mater. I also loved babysitting for Mike and Patric during my high school years! Mr. V changed my life in many ways, and his sense of humor has...

He taught me to trust myself to type without having to see the words.....What a discovery....He was a guys, guy...all the jocks tried to call him George: so he corrected them all and said "MR. Raeburn or Mr. Guenera or Miss Stegmeier...He respected kids! Don't know how he raised his kids BUT, He was PEACHY KEEN my condolences Sheila Kolb Mitchell Class of 1964

I will always remember my introduction to typing due to Mr. VonDashek's great attention getting methods and keeping us on track. The skill of typing has been invaluable, but even more so the life lessons he imparted. My sincere sympathy to Mrs. Von Drashek and family on your loss.

Barbara Goulard (Hall) Auburn, CA

Mrs. VonDrashek & Family: My deepest sympathies for your loss. My prayers are with you. I have many great memories of being in his classes (Gen. Business, Typing, Steno I & II) plus summer softball. He tried to teach me to throw windmill style; it was many years later in amateur fastpitch that it became a reality! He would be glad to know that later in my softball career I was named a first team All American pitcher at one of the Natl. ASA tournaments. I, and a lot of my classmates...