DREW, Richard Edward "Dick" was born April 2, 1918 in Detroit, Michigan. His parents were Percy Drew, a teacher at Detroit's Eastern High School, and Maude Drew, an accomplished musician and singer. Dick attended public school in Detroit and went on to receive his bachelor's degree in teaching at Michigan State University. It was at MSU that Dick met the love of his life, Jean Dodge of Ann Arbor. Dick and Jean celebrated 62 years of marriage before Jean's death separated them four years ago. The couple married after graduation when World War II called Dick to active duty in the U.S. Army. Following brief training stints in California and Oklahoma, where their first child Sharon, was born, Dick was shipped overseas to engage in combat in the European Theatre. For a brief time the young soldier was missing in action. Although wounded and highly decorated, he was returned safely home having achieved the rank of Major. Dick was most proud of the fact that he never lost a man under his command during the war. The next thirty years would be spent as a body design engineer at the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn. The family had also grown to include another daughter, Wendy, and a son, Richard. Weekends were always for family. They were often spent at the beloved family "farm" near Lake Orion which was built by Dick's father and uncles during the depression years of the early 1930's. A lifelong sailing enthusiast, Dick was a charter member and Past Commodore of the Ford Yacht Club. He later became a member of the Crescent Sail Yacht Club for over fifty years and sailed his Lightning Class sailboat well into his seventies. Dick is survived by his three children, Sharon Smith of Brighton, Wendy Wallace of Chelsea, and Richard Drew of Rochester Hills; his sister Mary Arnett of Westland, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the Dearborn Chapel of the Howe-Peterson Funeral Home, 22546 Michigan Ave. on Friday 3-8 pm. Private family burial at Forest Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Dick's favorite charity: World Medical Relief, 11745 Rosa Parks Blvd., Detroit, MI 48206.