Karl Heinz DRESCHER was born in 1938 to Marie and Franz DRESCHER in Hannover, Germany. In May of 1953 the DRESCHER family immigrated to Lethbridge, Alberta where Karl attended McNally High School and worked on a dairy farm on the side. Karl and his family moved to Chilliwack in 1956 where Karl worked for Better Value Furniture repairing radios and televisions and eventually became a manager of their repair shop.
In 1971 Karl joined the Chilliwack School District where he spent 27 happy working years as a tradesman in the field of electronics, heating & refrigeration repair, and eventually became a section head manager of the department. During Karl’s life he enjoyed fishing, gardening and travel.
Karl is survived by two daughters, Susan SOUL (Jeff) and Heather WHITNEY (Alan), six grandchildren, Leah, Matthew, Rebecca, Katrina, Jenna and Kyle. Karl was predeceased by his son, David DRESCHER, father and mother, Franz and Marie DRESCHER and his brother Horst DRESCHER.
Many thanks to the staff at Eden Care home who took very good care of him this past year.
A viewing will take place on Wednesday, April 27th, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Woodlawn Funeral Home, 45865 Hocking Ave., Chilliwack. Funeral Service in his memory will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church 8909 Mary St., Chilliwack on Thursday, April 28th at 11:00 a.m.
Arrangements under the direction of Woodlawn Mt. Cheam Funeral Home, Chilliwack, BC.
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