Willie Greek Riley

Female 1910 - 1995  (85 years)


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  • Name Willie Greek Riley 
    Birth 23 Jul 1910  Monmouth, Polk, OR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 16 Sep 1995  Springfield, Lane, OR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • A memorial service will be held Sept 18 for Greek Drullinger of Junction City, who died Sept. 16. She was 85.

      She was born July 23, 1910 to Paul and Devotee Riley. She married Lowell E. Drullinger on March 12, 1934, in Portland. He died in 1969.

      She attended Oregon Normal School in Monmouth and lived in Lorane before moving to Junction City. She was a homemaker and her interests included sewing, cooking and reading. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Junction City.

      Survivors include three sons, David of Astoria and Charles and Bob of Lorane; two daughters, Susan Brabham of Waldport and Kay Hill of Clovis, Calif.; a sister, Madeline Addison of Arcadia, Calif.; and 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

      Today's service is at 1 p.m. at Rest Lawn Memorial park in Junction City. Memorial contributions may be made to the Oregon Heart Association and the Emanuel School of Religion scholarship fund. Musgrove Family Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
      The Register-Guard, Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon; Monday, September 18, 1995 Page 5C

      Social Security Death Index
      Name: Greek Drullinger
      SSN: 541-54-9900
      Last Residence: 97477 Springfield, Lane, Oregon, United States of America
      Born: 23 Jul 1910
      Died: 16 Sep 1995
      State (Year) SSN issued: Oregon (1963)

      Oregon, Death Index
      Name: Willie Greek Drullinger
      Age: 85
      Birth Date: 23 Jul 1910
      Death Date: 16 Sep 1995
      Death Place: Lane
      Spouse: Lowell
      Certificate: 95-18903

      United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files
      Name Greek Drullinger
      Name Note Name and form dates: Application: GREEK DRULLINGER (Jul 1963), Death: GREEK DRULLINGER (16 Sep 1995)
      Alias Greek Riley
      Sex Female
      Birth Date 10 Jul 1910
      Birthplace Monmouth, Polk, Oregon, United States
      Social Program Application Date Jul 1963
      Previous Residence Springfield, Lane, Oregon, United States
      Previous Residence Postal Code 97477-1329
      Death Date 16 Sep 1995
      Race White
      Father's Name Paul Riley
      Father's Sex Male
      Mother's Name Devotee L Smith
      Mother's Sex Female
    Burial Junction City, Lane, OR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Burial: Rest Lawn Memorial Park
      Junction City, Lane County, Oregon, USA

      Inscription: In Loving Memory Greek Drullinger 1910-1995
    Person ID I19785  Drollinger Genealogy
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2024 

    Family Lowell Emmer (Elmer) Drullinger,   b. 4 Mar 1911, Hartford, Van Buren, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1969, Lane County, OR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 12 Mar 1934  Seattle, King, WA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Charles Lee "Charley" "Chuck" Drullinger,   b. 23 Dec 1937, Eugene, Lane, OR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 2020, Lane County, OR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +2. Robert Paul "Bob" Drullinger,   b. 21 Nov 1939, Eugene, Lane, OR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 2022, Lorane, Lane, OR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     3. Donald Dean Drullinger,   b. May 1944, Eugene, Lane, OR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1965, Lane County, OR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 21 years)
     4. Kay Anne Drullinger
     5. John David "Dave" Drullinger
     6. Suzan Gaye "Suzie" Drullinger
    Family ID F6813  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Jul 1910 - Monmouth, Polk, OR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Mar 1934 - Seattle, King, WA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Sep 1995 - Springfield, Lane, OR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Junction City, Lane, OR Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones

    Rest Lawn Memorial Park
    Junction City, Lane, OR

  • Notes 
    • Lowell Elmer Drullinger married to Willie Greek Riley (Bob not sure of Willie's name spelling) and lived in Michigan per my telephone conversation with Robert Paul "Bob" Drullinger on 28 Dec 2011. Bob said that Lowell and Willie had a total of six children. He also said his mother hated her first name and went by her middle name of Greek.
      (David H. Drollinger 28 Dec 2011)

      U.S. Public Records Index
      Name: Greek Drullinger
      Birth Date: 23 Jul 1910
      Address: 2815 Wayside Ln, Springfield, OR, 97477-1335 (1995)
      [350 Pearl St # 1704, Eugene, OR, 97401-2303 (1993)]
      [790 Vine St, Junction City, OR, 97448-1024]