John Ponsford Dreher
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3 D Obituary - March 1, 2015
John, the second son of
Gene R. and Louise Dreher,
was born in Grand Junction,
Colorado and died in his sleep
at his home near Los Alamos,
New Mexico.
John graduated from the
University of California at
Irvine with a degree in
Engineering. He had a long
and varied career doing a
variety of engineering projects for a wide range of companies as
both an employee and a consultant. At the time of his death,
John was also teaching Engineering at the Indian School in
Santa Fe.
John created silver jewelry and delighted in giving the pieces
away to people. As a gourmet cook, he loved to prepare fancy
dinners. As a minster of the Church of Christ, John assisted at a
number of churches and nursing homes in the Santa Fe area.
He is survived by his mother; father; brother, Gene H; brother,
Dan B; Dan’s wife, Laurie; many friends, and his bull terrier,
Sadie.
A memorial service for John will be held at St. John’s United
Methodist Church, Santa Fe, NM, at 2:00 p.m. on March 8. A
family service was held at the Orchard Mesa Cemetery where he
was interred.
