Robert S. Dragan

Robert S. Dragan, 86, Elkton, Md., died Oct. 23, 2007, at home.

He was the husband of Reeble Sue Dragan, Elkton, Md.

Born in Reading on Oct. 10, 1921, he was a son of the late Stephen and the late Naomi (Zieber) Dragan.

He was a retired bridge construction worker.

He served during World War II as a staff sergeant in the Army.

Mr. Dragan was a 1940 graduate of Oley Valley High School and attended Mercy Missionary Baptist Church, Bay View, Md.

He was a member of the Rising Sun CB Club.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by three daughters: Barbara A. Shaaber and her husband, Tom, Wernersville; Janet E. Erb and her husband, Mike, Boyertown; and Sandra J. Dragan, Elkton, Md.; and a stepdaughter, Pam West.

Other survivors include a brother, Donald D. Dragan, Onancock, Va.

There are also two grandchildren, Daniel Erb Jr., Boyertown, and Lauren Sallade, Sinking Spring; nine stepgrandchildren, a great-granddaughter, Mikaela D. Sallade, Sinking Spring; 15 stepgreat-grandchildren and two stepgreat-great-grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, he was also predeceased by his first wife, Josephine J. Dragan, in 1999; three brothers: Franklin, James Henry and Kenneth Dragan; and a sister, Ethel Thompson.

Memorial services will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in Bethany Evangelical Congregational Church, 38 Covered Bridge Road, Pleasantville. Burial will follow in Bertolet’s Union Cemetery, Oley.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in memory of Mr. Dragan to Mercy Missionary Baptist Church, 2403 Theodore Road, North East, MD 21901. Crouch Funeral Home, North East, Md., is in charge of arrangements. For condolences, visit www.crouchfuneralhome.com.