Droelle, Robert Ralph

Graveside services for Robert Ralph Droelle, 63, of Kilgore, will be held at 2 p.m. 
Friday, November 2, 2007, at Rosewood Park Cemetery, with the Reverend Bruce Wells 
officiating. Interment will follow in Rosewood Park.

Mr. Droelle passed away on Saturday, October 27, 2007, in Longview.

He was born November 16, 1943, in Detroit, Michigan, to Ralph and Carmen Droelle. 
He had lived in the Longview/ Kilgore area since 1968, and was a retired crane 
operator from LeTourneau Manufacturing Co. after 35 years of service. Mr. Droelle 
also served our country during the Vietnam War, having served in the U.S. Army.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Joan VanIttersum, Jackie LaForest 
and Carol Krellwitz; and brother, Tom Droelle.

Mr. Droelle is survived by his children, Kent Droelle of New Mexico, Kevin Droelle 
of Longview, Kersti Nicholson of Longview, and Shannon Roberson of Kilgore; sisters, 
Nancy Hunley of Michigan, and Patricia Aguanno of Michigan; and brother, Frank 
"Bill" Droelle of Florida.

A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 11/1/2007.