Gerald
Dragoo
Gerald Edward Dragoo, 76, of Sacramento and formerly of Lod=
i,
died April 16 in Sacramento.
He was born Nov. 15, 1929, in Lodi, where =
he was
raised and graduated from Lodi
High School in 1945=
.
Mr. Dragoo was employed as a fire fighter fo=
r the
California Division of Forestry for a few years in <=
st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">Amador County.
He married Helen Marie Walker in 1952 in Carson
City, Nev. He a=
nd his
wife made their home in Lodi before moving=
to Sacramento, where=
they
lived for 50 years. He served in the Navy on the destroyer, USS Henry Tucker
from 1952 until his discharge in 1956. Following his discharge, he was empl=
oyed
by Pacific Gas and Electric, California Division of Forestry, Photo Lab, and
United Courier in Sacramento
until his retirement in 1991. He was a member of the Sacramento Jazz Societ=
y,
was a historian of jazz, editor of the Jazz Paper and was an emcee for the
local jazz bands in Sacramento=
.
He formed and was the leader of Explorer Post No. 28 in Sacramento, and was active in Boy Scout=
s. He
enjoyed puzzles, woodworking, jazz, fly fishing, camping and traveling.
He is survived by his wife, Helen M. Dragoo,=
of Sacramento; son, Richard L. Dragoo, of Pullman, Wash.;
sister, Martha Ann Harvey, of Portola; brothers, Vern and Robert Dragoo; and
two grandchildren.
A funeral will be held at noon Wednesday at =
Lodi
Funeral home with Pastor Jack Wright of South Pointe Christian Center,
Sacramento officiating. A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thur=
sday
at San Joaquin National Cemetery
in Gustine. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, and from 8
a.m. to noon Wednesday at the funeral home.
Lodi Funeral Home is in charge of arrangemen=
ts.