Person:Charles Yockey (23)

Obituaries

Vincennes Sun-Commercial via Newspapers.com

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   Charles Avery Yockey,
82, Rt. 4, Sievers Road, died
at 4L25 a.m. today in Good
Samaritan Hospital after a
brief illness.
   He was born on Jan. 31,
1898 in Hunt City, Ill., the son
of Jasper and Zona (Dow-
ney).  Yockey was a retired
oilfield worker, having been
employed by the Union Oil
Co.  He was a member of the
Oblong (Ill.) Masonic Lodge
and the Olney Church of the
Nazarene.
   Survivors are a son, Dale
Yockey, Vincennes; a sister,
Mrs. Blanche DeBow, Cen-
tralia, Ill.; three grand-
daughters; and six great-
grandchildren.
   Preceding him in death
were his wife, Lena, who
died i 1977; a son; four
brothers; and a sister.
   Funeral services will be
at 1:30 p.m. (CST) Saturday
at the Summers Funeral
Home in Olney with the
Revs. James T. Wheeler and
Edward J. Eichenberger of-
ficiating.  Burial will be in
Mound Cemetery, Oblong.
   Friends may call from 6
to 9 p.m. (CST) Friday at the
funeral home, where a Ma-
sonic service will be con-
ducted at 7 p.m. that day.

Other obtuaries

Courtland M. in Herald & Review via Newspapers.com

YOCKEY, Courtland M., 65, New-
ton, died 5 p.m. Wednesday in
Richland Memorial Hospital, Ol-
ney; leaves wife, Nora; son, Thomas,
at home; brothers, Vern, Willow
Hill; Avery, Olney; sisters, Mrs.
Lena Griffy, Los Angeles; Mrs.
Blanch DeBou, Centralia; body in
Reese Funeral Home, Newton; ar-
rangements incomplete.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} photo - headstone shared by husband and wife, in Find A Grave
   29 Jul 2007.

   Charles Avery Yockey

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Hunt City Township, in Jasper, Illinois, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration)
   21 Jan 1920.

   see Family:Jasper Yockey and Zona Downey (1) for text and details

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Willow Hill Township, in Jasper County, Illinois. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   18 Jun 1900.

   see Family:Jasper Yockey and Zona Downey (1) for text and details

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Hunt City township, in Jasper County, Illinois. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   23 Apr 1910.

   see Family:Jasper Yockey and Zona Downey (1) for text and details

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Charles A Yockey , in Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, United States. Vincennes Sun-Commercial. (Owensboro, Kentucky)
   Deaths and Funerals, pg. 2, 29 Oct 1980.

   via Repository:Newspapers.com

6. ↑ Find A Grave.

   Lenna L Miller Yockey
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   Includes a transcription of an obituary from July 1977 published in the Olney Daily Mail

7. ↑ Central Illinois Deaths: Yockey, Courtland M., in Macon, Illinois, United States. Herald & Review. (Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States)
   Pg 36, column 2, 25 Oct 1956.

   via Repository:Newspapers.com

8. ↑ ^8.0 8.1 Charles A. Yockey obituary, in Richland, Illinois, United States. The Olney Daily Mail. (Olney, Illinois).

   See Charles Avery Yockey for text, or an archived copy.
   
   Does not include exact date of death as exact date of obit publication not provided.
   
   People from obit not yet in WeRelate
   * Rev. James T. Wheeler (presiding at funeral)
   * Rev. Edward J. Eichenberger (presiding at funeral)
   * Dale and Pat Yockey (son and daughter-in-law)
   * unnamed 6 gg-grandchildren, ggg-grandchild, several nieces and nephews

9. ↑ Obituary for Mrs. Lena Griffy, in Richland, Illinois, United States. The Olney Daily Mail. (Olney, Illinois)
   Nov 1971.

   via Lena Yockey Griffy (unknown-1971). See that page or archived page for obit text.