Person:Thomas Yockey (5)

Thomas Jean Yockey
b.25 Dec 1922 Chicago, Illinois
d.11 Feb 2003 Effingham, Illinois
m. 1921
  1. Thomas Jean Yockey1922 - 2003
  2. Richard Yockey1925 - 1925
Facts and Events
Name[10] Thomas Jean Yockey
Alt Name[14] Tommy Yockey
Gender Male
Birth[1][8][9][10][15] 25 Dec 1922 Chicago, IllinoisAt Chicago Lying-In Hospital, at 6:35 AM
Residence[7] Apr 1930 Willow Hill, IllinoisAged 7 years; in school.
Residence[5] 1935 Jasper County, Illinoisrural
Education[5] 1940 Noted as High School, 4th year in 1940 census
Residence[5] 1940 Willow Hill, IllinoisAged 17 years.
Residence[15] 1942 Willow Hill, Illinois
Military[2][15] 16 Nov 1942 Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, United StatesEnlistment
Other[10] Jan 1943 Application for Social Security Number.
Military[2][15] 8 Nov 1945 Honorable discharge
Physical Description[15] 1945 blue eyes, brown hair, 148 lbs, 5ft 8in tall
Occupation[1][3] Bet 14 Nov 1956 and 30 Nov 1958 Jasper County, Illinois4th Judicial Circuit Judge (followed law practice)
Occupation[3] Bef 1960 Macon, Illinois, United Statesfield representative for Veteran's Administration (concurrent with Judgeship)
Occupation[3][12] Bet 1960 and 1985 Macon, Illinois, United Statesassistant States Attorney for Macon County
Residence[1] Bet 1964 and 1998 Decatur, Illinois
Occupation[3][11] Bet 16 Dec 1991 and 6 May 1995 Macon, Illinois, United Statespart-time assistant States Attorney for Macon County
Degree[1][3] Champaign, IllinoisUndergraduate degree from University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
Degree[1][3] Chicago, IllinoisLaw degree from John Marshal Law School
Illness[3] Glaucoma.
Occupation[1] Newton, Illlinoisprivate law practice
Death[1][2] 11 Feb 2003 Effingham, Illinoisdeath at 8:05 PM at St. Anthony Memorial Hospital
Funeral[1] 16 Feb 2003 St. Elmo, IllinoisServices rendered by Kull Funeral Home
Burial[1][6] 16 Feb 2003 Crums Chapel Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois
Other[3] Decatur, IllinoisChurch Tresurer, Unitarian Church
Other? In-laws: Pearl Davis and Mary Mills (1)
Physical Description[10] White.
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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Staff. Altamont News Obituary for Thomas Jean Yockey. (physical copy of newspaper excerpt from 18 February 2003)
    18 February 2003.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Staff, United States Army. Obituary (Army) for Thomas Jean Yockey. (Laminated version of bifold brochure).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 John F. Dunn. Thomas J. Yockey Memorial filing. (published by the Decatur Bar Association Memorial Service in the Circuit Court of Macon County, Illinois).
  4.   SSDI entry for Thomas J. Yockey.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Roll: T627_815, in United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T627)
    Page: 5B, 1940.

    Census Place: Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois; Enumeration District: 40-19.

  6. Thomas J Yockey, in Find A Grave
    1 Nov 2010.
  7. Illinois > Jasper > Willow Hill > ED 16, in United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626)
    Image 7 of 8, ABT 17 APR 1930.
  8. Certificate of birth registration # 54577, in Richardson, M.D. Birth Certificate for Thomas J Yockey 1922. (1 AUG 1969)
    30 DEC 1922.
  9. Thomas Jean Yockey, in Cook, Illinois, United States. Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949. (FamilySearch Record Search).
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Ref # 67151349878, in Social Security Board, Federal Security Agency. Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT). (College Park, Maryland: National Archives and Records Administration)
    Application (SS-5) Files, 1936 - 2007 (Last Names U through Z and non-alphabetic).

    Application for SSN for TJ Yockey; via National Archives Access to Archival Databases (NARA AAD)

  11. part-time Assistant State's Attorney work focused on mental health cases
  12. full-time Assistant State's Attorney work focused on juvenile cases
  13.   Discharged at grade TEC 4 from the AUS Component of the CAC (?Civial Affairs Corps?) Arm of Service. Military occupation indicated as "Clerk Typist 405".
  14. He typically addressed his postcards from Germany to his parents in the 1940s using the name "Tommy".
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 Thomas J. Yockey Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge. Copy does not include thumb print impression; original may have been destroyed in a fire impacting many archival military records of the period.