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Marcia Yockey
d.28 Sep 2000
Facts and Events
| Name[7] |
Marcia Yockey |
| Alt Name[8] |
Marcia Yokey |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth[3][4][7][8] |
6 Nov 1922 |
Indiana, United States |
| Alt Birth[1] |
1923 |
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| Residence[8] |
1930 |
Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, United StatesLiving with parents as a child student. |
| Graduation[4] |
1940 |
Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United StatesBenjamin Bosse High School |
| Residence[7] |
1940 |
Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United StatesLiving with parents as a teenage student. |
| Education[5][6] |
Abt 1943 |
Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United StatesShe was originally in a pre-med program at Evansville College, but got interrupted by World War II, joining the National Weather Service, and never returned to the pre-med program, but did study meterology at the college after the war. |
| Employment[4] |
From 1943 to 1953 |
National Weather Service |
| Employment[2][5] |
From 1953 to 1988 |
Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United StatesWFIE-TV as 'Weather Lady'. When she started in 1953, she was one of the first woman television weather forcasters in the United States. |
| Physical Description[2] |
From 1953 to 1988 |
"known for her ponytail and overly detailed presentation of the weather" |
| Illness[4] |
Bef 2000 |
Died following several years suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. |
| Residence[1][4] |
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Newburgh, Warrick, Indiana, United StatesSpent most of her life here, at 201 West Jennings Street. |
| Death[3] |
28 Sep 2000 |
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| Burial[3] |
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Rose Hill Cemetery, Warrick County, Indiana |
| Cause of Death[6] |
28 Sep 2000 |
Heart attack. |
| Other[4][6] |
2000 |
Inducted into the Indiana Associated Press Broadcasters Hall of Fame. |
| Other[4] |
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Was the 100th woman to receive a helicopter pilot's license (presumably in the United States, not worldwide). She was also a fixed wing pilot, flying the Piper Cub. |
| Reference Number |
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Q6757151 (Wikidata) |
From Wikipedia
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Marcia Yockey (6 November 1922 - 28 September 2000) was an American meteorologist who was best known for her 35-year on-air career in Evansville, Indiana. She made her television debut on WFIE Channel 14 in 1953, after 10 years of working for the U.S. Weather Bureau (1943–1953).[1]
Personal style
Some of Marcia's personal style is related in "Blake once sought big markets, but found a home in Evansville" (source=Evansville Courier & Press).
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 wp:Marcia Yockey, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
DEC 2005 to present. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 The History of WFIE-TV, in The Evansville Boneyard: Evansville's Intersection of Art, History, People, Culture, and Ideas
ABT 2004.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Marcia Yockey (1922-2000), in Find A Grave.
Sourcing from headstone image only.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Marcia Yockey, in Newburgh Museum.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Marcia Yockey, in City-County Observer
28 MAR 2018.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Veteran weathercaster Marcia Yockey dies at age 77, in Messenger-Inquirer. (Owensboro, Kentucky)
Page 2A., 29 SEP 2000.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Evansville, Knight Township, in Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T627)
4 May 1940.
(Yockey) Marcia (daughter), 17 year old female student with three years of high school education born in Indiana.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Kokomo City, Center Township, in Howard, Indiana, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T626)
7 Apr 1930.
(Yokey), Marcia A (daughter), 7 year old female student born in Indiana.
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