Edward Drazick

City and State of residence: Casper, WY
Name of deceased: Edward George Drazick
Age of deceased: 93
Place of service: St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Casper,Wyoming
Date of service: Friday, 11-02-2007
Time of service: 10:00 AM
Officiating: Father Keven Koch from St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Name of cemetery: Highland Cemetery in Casper, Wyoming
Viewing: Thursday November 1, 2007 from 5pm until 7pm at the funeral home.
Date of death: 10-25-2007
Place of death: at home
Date of birth: 06-22-1914
Place of birth: Roundup, MT
Parents name: Phillip Drazick and Anne ( Badovinatz ) Drazick - Tomlin

Life History: Funeral services for Edward George Drazick, 93, will be at 10:00 am Friday, November 2, 2007 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church with Father Kevin Koch officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Gardens. A viewing will be held at Newcomer Funeral Home on Thursday, November 1, 2007 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm with a rosary to follow.

He died peacefully in his sleep October 25, 2007 at home.
He was born June 22, 1914 in Roundup, Montana to Phillip Drazick and Anne (Badovinatz) Drazick-Tomlin. His father worked in a coal mine until the family moved to Casper in 1920.
"Eddie" attended Willard School and graduated from Natrona County High School in 1933. He then joined the Navy and served 4 years. In 1937, returning to Wyoming, he attended the University of Wyoming and then went to work for his step-father, Tom Tomlin, operating two trucks hauling crude oil out of Thermopolis, Wyoming.

While in Thermopolis, he met Helen Elizabeth VanPetten who became his wife on May 20, 1943. War broke out shortly after and he was drafted into the Army, serving one year before he was injured and received a disability discharge. He and Helen moved to Casper in 1944 where he went into business for himself, and was responsible for bringing the first Mack truck dealership, the first Nash dealership, the first Volkswagon and Toyota dealerships to Casper. In 2000 the Casper Star Tribune published a special edition highlighting the year 1950 and Eddie was pictured bringing the first baby of the year and his mother home from the hospital in one of his Nash automobiles.

In 1952 he purchased Tomlin Transportation with 7 trucks from his step-father. He operated this company with their familiar yellow and green trucks until 1960 when he sold the entire operation to Consolidated Freightways, Inc.

He loved anything motorized, including cars, trucks, motorcycles, and loved to work on them. He held a private pilot's license and flew his own plane. He also enjoyed boating on Yellowstone Lake and fishing with old buddies. In his later years, he dabbled in real estate and loved being around his granddaughter Kristen and three youngest great-granddaughters Kiya, Brianna and Ashley.

Survivors include: His daughter, Georgia Ann (Edward) St John, two granddaughters, two grandsons, eight great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews, a sister-in-law and daughter-in-law.

He was preceded in death by his father, Phillip Drazick, mother Anne and step-father Tom Tomlin, his wife of 57 years, Helen, sister Ruby Drazick, and son, Ramon Drazick.

Memorials to Central Wyoming Hospice or the Casper Humane Society would be equally appreciated by the family. .

Newcomer Family Funeral Home will be in charge of the service. Contact: Diane McKee 234-0234.