DREYER, Mrs Raymond (Molly Eileen nee Travers-Drapes, 1920-2012)

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph and Times 25 October 2012:

DREYER - Molly Eileen (née Travers-Drapes). Peacefully at Westacre, Winchester on October 19th, aged 92. Devoted wife of the late Raymond, loving mother and mother in law of Martin and Ellie, Jane and Richard Hoole, Julie and the late By Barnes, Jonathan and Sheryn. Adored grandmother of 9 and great grandmother of 9. Cremation private. Service of Thanksgiving at St Catherine's Church, Littleton, November 2nd at 3 p.m. Family flowers only, but donations to The Stroke Association would be welcomed c/o Richard Steel and Partners, 12 - 14 City Road, Winchester, SO23 8SG.

She was d of Ernest Higginson Ardagh TRAVERS-DRAPES of Yercand, S. India. She m Lt-Cdr Raymond Garnier DREYER MBE RN (1919-?), scion of that English (formerly Danish) gentry family. They had 2 sons and 2 daus.

For more information on the DREYERs, see the posting in 2009, which sets out the late Lt-Col Rupert Thorneloe's maternal descent from that family: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/peerage-news/dreyer/peerage-news/iIoUUFHZrcc/yVqFH3Xa-EMJ