tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post6732891910448313524..comments2023-08-24T12:06:12.087-04:00Comments on In Loving Memory of Michael Jeffrey "Doc" Drake, MD: Dr. Michael we will miss you....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-32152125926284376192023-08-24T12:06:12.087-04:002023-08-24T12:06:12.087-04:00Thinking of you on your birthday. I miss you broth...Thinking of you on your birthday. I miss you brother!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-28936679948034153962014-03-29T09:40:01.020-04:002014-03-29T09:40:01.020-04:00I was thinking of you today and i decided to check...I was thinking of you today and i decided to check your website. Time has passed by so quickly since your death. Kimmy had a little boy. She named him Logan Michael. He reminds of you. I love him for both of us. Renee Drakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-29565549052724578862012-11-12T22:39:47.860-05:002012-11-12T22:39:47.860-05:00I was searching for a current phone number for Dr....I was searching for a current phone number for Dr. Drake and came across this page. I am shocked and saddened to learn of his passing. It almost doesn't seem possible. I was a patient of his while he was on Glades and then for a bit when he moved. He was like no one I had ever met. I looked forward to my appointments and enjoyed every minute with him. He was so funny and I loved to make him laugh too! When I first time I met him I thought he was so full of himself (in a good way) but then realized that all this trivia he spewed out was actually true! Someone else said that it was a shame he was never on Jeopardy and I agree. I found him to be very sweet and caring underneath all the humor and stories. I think it is a trajedy that he is no longer with us, this man who was larger than life and contributed positively to everyone he met. What a waste. My thoughts go out to his family, I am truly sorry for your loss. He was a special person. <br />Karlan Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-38921871640225679032012-11-08T14:24:32.970-05:002012-11-08T14:24:32.970-05:00Looking up Michael, as I retire in Fl, saddened to...Looking up Michael, as I retire in Fl, saddened to learn of his passing.<br /><br />L<br />retiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05228518692957640415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-17942902799694222392011-08-24T12:20:49.570-04:002011-08-24T12:20:49.570-04:00Happy birthday, Michael. I think about you often a...Happy birthday, Michael. I think about you often and the empty space left behind in all of our lives when we lost you far too soon. But the memory of the way you lived and the way you loved those around you lives on in each of us. Your kid brother - CaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-87230373747058377102011-07-01T21:58:08.230-04:002011-07-01T21:58:08.230-04:00Hi Kim & Renee
My sincerest condolence on the...Hi Kim & Renee<br /><br />My sincerest condolence on the loss of your dad. My name is Randy Jennings from Myrtle Beach SC and I was a friend of your Dad and his Dad back in the 60's. My Father had a few night clubs in Myrtle Beach SC and Allan and Michael came down the summer of 62 and Michael and I became acquainted, I visited New York and met your Mom (Renee) that same summer and Michael took me to the World's Fair.<br /><br />I stayed in touch with Allan until his death in 1986, and got to see him in Miami, Las Vegas and at the house in Tarzana when I would visit California during the 70's & 80's, Allan would keep me up-to-date during that time, but Michael was always in school or living somewhere else. I tried a couple of time to get in touch when he came back from Spain and was at the Jamaica Hospital in Queens, I spoke with Michael one time but I don’t think he remember me or was busy and did not have time to talk.<br /><br />I am sorry that I found out a year too late to get reacquainted. I did a Google search and found the Memorial page. I would love to talk to you and Renee, if you don’t mind my numbers and email is below. My wife and I still live in Myrtle Beach.<br /><br />I hope this gets through to you and I hear back. It has been a very long time.<br /><br />Randy Jennings<br />rjennings2553@gmail.com<br />843-450-5800Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-77563767333547269332011-06-23T09:45:52.259-04:002011-06-23T09:45:52.259-04:00Harold I was surprised to see your posting. Michae...Harold I was surprised to see your posting. Michael would have loved to hear from you. We talked about June and your dad frequently. If you can contact me on face book I would love to speak with you and your mom and catch you up on everything.Reneenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-761518406630745732011-05-04T11:15:25.026-04:002011-05-04T11:15:25.026-04:00I am shocked to see the passing of Michael, leavin...I am shocked to see the passing of Michael, leaving wonderful children and grandchildren. I was searching for Michael as a request of June his Grandmother, now 86, she had a feeling something was wrong so I did a search for her. I see Michael died on his grandfathers birthday, my dad, Harold F Hansen, he died at 96 years. I guess we could have shared alot over the years, but, not sure of issues. Guess we will never know. Harold C Hansen911turbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394556949578841186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-35595802412332977392011-03-16T13:30:23.861-04:002011-03-16T13:30:23.861-04:00I knew you for 10 plus years. I wish we had known...I knew you for 10 plus years. I wish we had known each other when we were both young. It is soooo... painful growing up. You made me laugh, again and again. I think of you often. I wish you could have stayed a while longer. At least we made it through the Bush years together. I couldn't have done it without you. I love you and will see you in the stars. Shirlee KnottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-83830274434887835632010-11-25T10:43:16.931-05:002010-11-25T10:43:16.931-05:00Well sweetheart, it's Thanksgiving again. It w...Well sweetheart, it's Thanksgiving again. It was only one year ago that we had dinner with my sisters at bonnye's house. It was so good to have the family together again. I am truly glad they had the opportunity to spend time with you.<br />I think of you all the time and especially around the holidays. I'll be with Kim, Marc, and the grandkids. We all miss you!<br />Love ReReneenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-74901879143331855912010-10-05T21:48:08.156-04:002010-10-05T21:48:08.156-04:00Wow Cary, I have been trying to find you on the co...Wow Cary, I have been trying to find you on the computer. My dad always spoke so highly of you. I would love to talk to you. You are the only living relative of my dad besides me. I do hope we can get in touch with one another. kkmk44@comcast.net. KimmyKimmynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-21102558425184132232010-10-05T12:29:31.212-04:002010-10-05T12:29:31.212-04:00Michael, I’m so truly heartbroken to discover you’...Michael, I’m so truly heartbroken to discover you’re gone and deeply saddened to learn of your passing by chance like this. It seems there was always too much distance between us, and far too little time we were given to spend together. I know life has a habit of getting in the way of things that really matter, always so much to do and so little time to spare. I guess the history and wreckage of each of our lives made it too hard for us to stay connected. But I wish we could have found a way and regret that I never had the opportunity to tell you just how proud I have always been to call you my brother.<br /><br />Dad always held you up to me as an example to follow…Michael the amazing athlete, superior student, dedicated doctor, honorable husband and fantastic father. The times we did share together, as brothers, I will always hold dear to my heart. Because it’s not the common flesh and blood or even the amount of time we shared together but the spirit that lives on inside us that makes us brothers, forever. <br /><br />With great sadness, love and admiration,<br />Your kid brother - CaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-66711092703532555382010-10-03T10:32:18.788-04:002010-10-03T10:32:18.788-04:00I was thinking of you today. G-d I miss you so muc...I was thinking of you today. G-d I miss you so much. We wasted a lot of precious time that we could have been together.At least I have you close by. That gives me some comfort.<br />Love always and forever RAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-75835221725309111012010-08-22T18:39:34.333-04:002010-08-22T18:39:34.333-04:00I love you Michael always have and always will. So...I love you Michael always have and always will. Someday we will together again!!! ReAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-54648216009609804552010-08-07T08:25:53.101-04:002010-08-07T08:25:53.101-04:00august07,2010 it has been one month plus a day si...august07,2010 it has been one month plus a day since we lost one of our true EARTH ANGELS. i along with the people he knew and spent his last years with miss him everyday and will continue to do so for a very long time. its always so surprising what people remember after someone dies, its a shame that alot of them could not even find the time to give him a call or send a card when they had the chance. i have been under his care for quite sometime and remember all the holidays we talked about . wishing that people we had loved so much could just pretend we did not exist. well doc you lived and died your way, a beautiful , loving man to all that were lucky enough to know you in this lifetime. you always said heaven would be waiting with the gates open and of that i have no doubt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-86862760861922197222010-08-05T22:39:38.322-04:002010-08-05T22:39:38.322-04:00I can't believe it's been a month since I ...I can't believe it's been a month since I lost you. I miss you so much and I think about you every day. It seems like only yesterday since I spoke to you. I wish I could tell you that I love you one more time... I would do anything just to have you back, even for a little while. <br />I love you DaddyKimmynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-36661223035406509462010-07-21T14:54:38.280-04:002010-07-21T14:54:38.280-04:00I wish I could have known the good Doc, but I'...I wish I could have known the good Doc, but I'm sure by knowing Kimmy I see his wonderful qualities everyday. I'm proud to say that his daughter is a wonderful person and amazing friend that he would be very proud of. I am sorry for everyone's loss and will keep Michael and his family in my prayers.<br /><br />JenJen DiVirgilionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-71775120485399895842010-07-20T12:20:26.972-04:002010-07-20T12:20:26.972-04:00As his Right hand and office manager for many year...As his Right hand and office manager for many years I watched him through the years provide free medical care to more than one family, money to families for milk and help more than one college student pay for a class. On some days I would actually hide the cash because he could easily give it all away.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I also watched those that took great advantage of his generosity, he knew it but still had a servants heart. He was a man than just kept giving. So Marc's comment above about him looking at something for more than <br />10 seconds was the truth! And made me smile. And if you went out to dinner and paused at ordering there would be every glass filled with varieties, bottled waters, appetizers galore and not enough room on the table for one persons main course. <br /><br />Going to lunch was always dangerous. Short trips always seemed to turn in adventures. Lunch then shopping for diet coke, a stop at the convenience store to buy a sack full of candy and whatever lil trinkets he could find to bring home to Kimmy, and a trip to the medical book store. He hated the fact that I was always in a rush and one day took my watch of my arm and told me I was no longer allowed to watch the time when in his presence.<br /><br />It transformed him when he gave. The most amazing thing is he never wanted anything back, ever. So it made me both sad and angry when I saw that funds were not available for a service to a man who gave to so many.<br /><br />If there is one thing I know for sure is the love for his daughter, Kimmy. She was the center of his world, his purpose and would have actually attempted to buy the moon for her if someone would have given him a price. No joke.<br /><br />Not every day was easy for Michael, he had a lot of things he struggled with. And it wasn't all from Renee. He had scars from his childhood and sometimes an angry temper. <br /><br />We spent many years together and many hours. I knew him pretty well. He was a combo of "Dad" "Big Brother" and "best friend" to me. He was there to celebrate my wedding, shared in the delight of the birth of my daughters and grieved with me in the sudden and tragic loss of my father.<br /><br /> He became "Uncle Mikey" to my daughters and he encouraged me to have them in the office. They were devastated when they got older to discover he wasn't truly their uncle. I shared this news with them and they talked about playing tic tac toe while I would keep interrupting saying "patients are waiting". They most of all remember the rides in the Porsche and last month showed me the Polaroid he took with them and remembered the love he had for polaroid cameras. I found out he taught my oldest that her left hand was the one with the freckle and they recall the crazy trivia and math he would teach them. Why he was never on Jeopardy is a shame.<br /><br />My prayers are with Kimmy and her family to find the strength through God knowing he is truly in a better place where there is no pain.<br />For Renee I know she spent many years beside him, believing in him and did love him. <br /><br />I know even though our paths separated I have personally never stopped praying for him to be healed. <br /><br />I am so grateful to have had him for a season of my life. We shared a passion for diet coke and a golden tan. And also shared many ups and downs. The life experiences with him helped in carving who I am today. I wish I could see him smile or laugh just once more time. But we will reunite in Heaven one day. <br /><br />However Michael, I will never spray your head again with "instant hair" LOL. <br />Rest in Peace my friend. Dawn =)Dawn......continuednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-39050025933214457562010-07-20T12:18:40.489-04:002010-07-20T12:18:40.489-04:00He was quite a dapper man who dressed impeccably. ...He was quite a dapper man who dressed impeccably. This was a man would spill coffee on his tie or suit, disappear out the back door or tell me he was going to the mailbox. When he actually left to go to the mall & purchase a new one, return an hour or two later, walk through the waiting room door and announce, "Dawn! Why didn't you tell me you had all these patients booked?!" Yes he thought it was clever but on days like that is well...<br /><br />I have so many stories that would be great to share...Like his shopping addiction, finding a bargain, and coming back like a kid from the candy store with 5 WalMart bags with 20 flashlights, because they were only a dollar, LOL.Dawn ...........continuednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-34367599605965481432010-07-20T12:15:49.338-04:002010-07-20T12:15:49.338-04:00I am deeply saddened to have just received this em...I am deeply saddened to have just received this email today, a little late. And also to read the hurtful post above-- was it really necessary? This daughter and her mother are grieving a loss! The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse. Proverbs 10:29 And if you truly knew Michael you would know he would find this behavior unacceptable.<br /><br />Wow, my emotions are overwhelmed. I have a lot of memories with him so many happy and some sad. Michael came into my life when I was just 18 years old. He was a man of great knowledge, compassion, giving heart and most of all had an unbelievable sense of humor!<br /><br />I began his practice with him in North Lauderdale and believe we had about five patients. When I left approximately 15 years later we had two offices and patients too numerous to count- (pre computer era). And to mention that gives me a laugh. On days when it was slow through those first few years he would leave and go to the movies and would give me the task to count the files. He was always surprised when he returned that I actually had a number. He found it humorous and continued giving me the task for a few years until he discovered I had bleeding fingertips from the paper cuts and thenconfessed to me it was a joke.Dawn...............noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-64116232862218659332010-07-19T13:40:19.966-04:002010-07-19T13:40:19.966-04:00We have been blessed to have Dr. Mike as our frien...We have been blessed to have Dr. Mike as our friend for several years and we were truly shocked and saddened at his passing. We will miss the wit, humor, comaradarie, friendship and that special twinkle in his eye that he had for life and his family. He was so excited about going to his daughters house for Father's Day to see his family. He spoke so highly of his daughter, husband and grandchildren. He will never be forgotten and will always be missed in our hearts.Marcel and Jack Guidonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-58274775242064675512010-07-15T17:18:45.804-04:002010-07-15T17:18:45.804-04:00I'm so shocked and very sad upon hearing this ...I'm so shocked and very sad upon hearing this news. Dr. Drake has always been very good to me. He took time to see how I was truly doing. Being that I lost my mother at a young age, we had this tragedy in common. It seemed to always go back to that. It is always so close to a persons heart at the loss of a parent. The same was true for Dr. Drake & I. I really felt his loss & you never get over it. I know this is a very difficult time for your family. Try to remember all the good times and how much he loved his family. He is finally at his final resting place and I believe with his mother again. He must be overjoyed at being with her and his void from his whole life has finally been fulled. May God bless you and your family during this difficult time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-44606907141560116782010-07-13T21:55:47.908-04:002010-07-13T21:55:47.908-04:00I'm truly shocked and saddened by this news. ...I'm truly shocked and saddened by this news. I was just a client of his weight loss program, but I always enjoyed my visits to the office and talking with Dr. Drake and Jean. Dr Drake was always jovial, supportive and just a lovely person. He seemed to have a very fatherly nature that always made me feel that he genuinely care about me. He'd have his little dog with him in the office whom he adored and we'd chit chat for 20 minutes about things completely unrelated to the drudgery of my slow weight loss progress. He seemed to have an appreciation for the things that matter most in life, and now I know why. Please accept my most sincere sympathies. I hope you can find comfort in celebrating his warm and generous spirit.S. Ricernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-41870833403599140002010-07-13T21:10:00.187-04:002010-07-13T21:10:00.187-04:00Dr. Drake was a wonderful person and a wonderful d...Dr. Drake was a wonderful person and a wonderful doctor. My sympathies to the family. He will be greatly missed.<br /><br /> Dorothy MartoneDorothy Martonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-796838552510357311.post-59857409452476000112010-07-13T19:22:43.810-04:002010-07-13T19:22:43.810-04:00I never thought this day would come. You were alw...I never thought this day would come. You were always strong and never complained about yourself, even at the end. You were always more concered about everyone else. I will miss all the wonderful vacations we took together. I remeber if I looked at something for more than 10 seconds you would buy it for me without me knowing and surprise me later in the day. You were always generous to me and treated me like your son. I will always remember the drives we took and the adventures we went on. The hours we spent at the car dealerships, the dinners we ate, and the gun ranges we visited. I will never forget you and will always miss you.<br /><br />Your son,<br />MarcMarcnoreply@blogger.com