Obituaries - XYZ

Esther E. Yocom, 71, DIED AT 12:19 AM TODAY, JAN 5, 1989, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP, JERSEYVILLE. SHE WAS BORN IN JERSEY CO, DAU OF THE LATE HEBER & MABEL E (AYRES) WADE. ON AUG 8, 1948, IN JERSEYVILLE, SHE MARRIED TRUMAN R YOCOM, AND HE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE HERSON, JERSEY CO SHERIFF FRANK YOCOM OF JERSEYVILLE; 2 GRANDCHILDREN; 3 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 9 SISTERS, FLORENCE BUTLER, MARY STILLAR AND RUTH COOK, ALL OF JERSEYVILLE, IRENE SAMPLE OF BRIGHTON, VIRGINIA WENDT OF McCOMB, HELEN SUNN OF ST LOUIS, LAURA JAMIESON OF QUINCY, MABEL JOYCE PLUME OF WILMINGTON AND IDA MAE ANDERSON OF KANE; AND 2 BRO, CHARLES WADE OF JERSEYVILLE AND ROBERT WADE OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. PRECEDING HER IN DEATH WERE 1 SON RANDALL YOCOM; AND 3 BRO, EVERETT, MARION LEE AND JAMES WADE. VISITATION IS 4-9 PM FRI AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. THE ORDER OF EASTERN STAR, JERSEYVILLE LODGE 656, WILL CONDUCT RITES AT 7 PM. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE AT 10:30 AM SAT AT THE FUNERAL HOME WITH REV CHARLES EPPERLY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN OAK GROVE CEM. Memorials may be given to AMERICAN DIABETES FOUNDATION OR FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF JERSEYVILLE, WHERE MRS YOCOM HAD BEEN A MEMBER.

Mrs. Lela B. Yocom OF 521 WEST MULBERRY ST, JERSEYVILLE, DIED AT 4:30 AM TUES AT BOYD MEM HOSP IN CARROLLTON WHERE SHE HAD BEEN MOVED MON AFT. PRIOR TO THAT SHE HAD BEEN RESIDING AT GARNET CHATEAU AND EARLIER WAS A PATIENT AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS YOCOM, A FORMER RESIDENT OF THE FIDELITY COMMUNITY, WILL BE HELD AT 2 PM THURS AFT AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV EARL CLAGG WILL OFFICIATE AND BURIAL WILL BE IN [remainder unavailable] [1973]

Robert L. Yocom, 73, DIED AT 7:15 AM, DEC 11, 1986, AT JERSEY CARE CENTER IN JERSEYVILLE. HE RETIRED FROM FARMING IN 1976, AND WAS BORN IN JEFFERSON CITY, MO, SON OF THE LATE CLYDE AND LELA (DABBS) YOCOM. HE MARRIED THAUS (BATES) YOCOM ON OCT 3, 1942, IN JERSEYVILLE, AND SHE SURVIVES. ALSO SURVIVING ARE 1 NIECE, 1 NEPHEW, AND COUSINS. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 3-9 PM FRI AT Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville. KING SOLOMON LODGE NO 97 AF & AM WILL CONDUCT MASONIC RITES AT 7:30 PM. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 2 PM SAT AT THE FUNERAL HOME WITH REV PETER ELY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE AT OAK GROVE CEM IN JERSEYVILLE. Memorials may be given to KANE BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE HE HAD BEEN A MEMBER.

EDGAR STEPHEN YOUNG, 72, D FRI, AUG 31, 1990, IN MODESTO, CA. THE FORMER JERSEYVILLE RESIDENT WAS BORN IN BOISE CITY, OK, HE WAS THE SON OF MARY (CRANE) YOUNG OF JERSEYVILLE AND THE LATE STEPHEN YOUNG. SURVIVING ARE 1 DAU, DARLENE SHORES OF MODESTO, CA; 1 SON, DENNIS YOUNG OF MODESTO; 2 GRANDSONS; 5 SIS, MAXINE SWEETIN OF ROODHOUSE, LOUISE THAXTON OF CARROLLTON, DORIS WEDDING OF DOW, FRANCES SUMMERS AND MARGARET TUCKER, BOTH OF JERSEYVILLE; AND 4 BRO, ROY YOUNG OF KANE, ELKNAH YOUNG OF JERSEYVILLE, AND DUANE AND DONALD YOUNG, BOTH OF WHITE HALL. A BRO, MELVIN YOUNG, PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. GRAVE SIDE SERVICES ARE AT 9:30 AM WED AT ESCALON CEM IN RIPON. DECON FUNERAL HOME OF RIPON IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.

[SERVICES FOR] Mrs. Grace Eldora Young, 76, OF 409 BARR AVE, JERSEYVILLE WILL BE HELD AT 1:30 PM THIS AFT, JUNE 6, 1974 AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. HER DEATH OCCURRED ON JUNE 3 AT ALTON MEM HOSP. REV JAMES BOYER OF KANE WILL OFFICIATE AND INTERMENT WILL BE IN KANE CEM. SHE WAS BORN NOV 18, 1897 IN CARROLLTON, A DAU ON THEODORE HUNT & MARY COMBRINK. SHE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN INKER AT THE FORMER INTERNATIONAL SHOE CO. IN JERSEYVILE. MRS YOUNG WAS A MEMBER OF FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS AND SENIOR CITIZENS. HER SURVIVORS ARE 3 SON, THEODORE H YOUNG OF ROSEWOOD HEIGHTS, ROBERT S YOUNG OF JERSEY VILLE AND RICHARD W YOUNG OF BRIGHTON; 2 DAU, MRS JOHN (ELDORA) STILES AND MRS LAMAR (EURA) WEAVER OF JERSEYVILLE; 15 GRANDCHILDREN; 2 G-GRANDCHILDREN; HR SISTERS, MRS STELLA YOUNG OF CARROLLTON AND MRS TIPPIE EMMONS OF NASHVILLE; AND 1 HALF-SIS, MRS NELLIE FELTER OF JERSEYVILLE. HER HUSBAND, PETER R YOUNG, AND PARENTS PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. VISITATION WAS HELD AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville.

Sylvia Mae Young, 84, DIED AT 2:02 AM APR 3, 1987, AT JERSEY COMM HOSP IN JERSEYVILLE. SHE WAS BORN IN GREENE CO, DAU OF THE LATE WALTER GROSS & SEREPTA JANE (WHITLOCK) LONG. ON NOV 23, 1921, IN JERSEYVILLE SHE MARRIED ROBERT LEE YOUNG. HE DIED NOV 30, 1958. MRS YOUNG HAD BEEN A SEAMSTRESS FOR BEVERLY FARM IN GODFREY FOR 10 YRS. SURVIVING ARE 2 DAU, LOVETTA "SUE" KIRCHNER OF JERSEYVILLE AND VERA TRIBBLE OF UNIONVILLE, MO; 3 SONS, LEANCLE YOUNG AND ORAN "BUZZ" YOUNG, BOTH OF KANE, AND ERNEST "JIM" YOUNG OF SHIPMAN; 13 GRANDCHILDREN; 24 G-GRANDCHILDREN; 4 SIS, GOLDIE MOORE OF JERSEYVILLE, AND ALFREDA LONG, VENA SLATER AND MARGAURITE JACKSON, ALL OF CARROLLTON; AND 2 BRO, HARRY AND WAYNE LONG BOTH OF CARROLLTON. VISITATION IS SCHEDULED 4-9 PM SUN AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. ORDER OF EASTERN STAR SERVICES WILL BE AT 7 PM. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2 PM MON AT THE FUNERAL HOME WITH REV PETER ELY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN KANE CEM. Memorials may be given to KANE BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE WAS A MEMBER.

Thomas P. Zerby, 76, OF RR4, D AT 10:25 PM MARCH 9, 1982 AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED FRI AFT AT THE FIELDON UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST BY REV ROBERT BROEDER. BURIAL WAS IN FIELDON CEM. HE WAS BORN JUNE 23, 1905 IN GREENE CO, A SON OF ANDREW & MARTHA (PRICE) ZERBY AND WAS A RETIRED CREW LEADER FOR OWENS-ILL. HIS SURVIVORS ARE HIS WIFE, FLORENCE (GREENE) ZERBY, WHOM HE MARRIED DEC 24, 1931 IN ALTON; 1 DAU, PHILLIS KRUEGER OF FIELDON AND 1 GRANDSON, DAVID KRUEGER. HIS PARENTS, 2 BRO, 2 SIS, AND 2 HALF SIS PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. Memorials may be given to FIELDON UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST.

Barry Max Zimmerman, 40, OF GODFREY WHO DIED AT _:45 PM MARCH 10, 1982 AT HIS RESIDENCE WAS A NATIVE WAS OWNER OF ZIMMERMAN DISTRIBUTING CO. SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. REV JOY SETTLES OFFICIATED AND BURIAL WAS IN KANE CEM. THE JERSEY CO NATIVE IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, RUTH (BARRY) ZIMMERMAN OF GODFREY; WIFE, ARLENE; 1 DAU, AMBER MICHELLE, AT HOME; 1 BRO, FRANKLIN ZIMMERMAN AND FATHER, MAX ZIMMERMAN. Memorials may be given to THE BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME AT CARMI. A CORONER'S INQUEST IS PENDING.

Mrs. Bertha Henrietta Fredricka Zimmerman, 82, OF RR1 GRAFTON WAS DOA AT 4:10 PM MAY 3 AT JERSEY COMM HOSP. BORN FEB 28, 1896 IN BRUSSELS, SHE WAS A DAU OF HENRY & CAROLYN DEPPER. SHE MARRIED MAXIMILLIAN EARHART ZIMMERMAN AUG 5, 1914 IN CARROLLTON. HE DIED NOV 11,1962. HER SURVIVORS ARE 3 SONS, MAX AND DONALD OF GRAFTON AND RUSSELL OF ALTON; 2 DAU, ALICE YOUNG OF ALTON AND DORIS CATES OF CARROLLTON, OH; 2 SIS, GRACE GRIZZLE OF JERSEYVILLE AND ALICE WILLIAMS OF ROCKBRIDGE; 12 GRANDCHILDREN; 5 G-GRANDCHILDREN. HER PARENTS, HUSBAND, 1 DAU, 4 BRO AND 1 SIS PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. VISITATION WILL BE AFTER 4 PM MAY 5 AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 2 PM SAT AT THE FUNERAL HOME BY REV JAMES PEPPER. BURIAL WILL BE IN SCENIC HILL CEM, GRAFTON. Memorials may be given to THE HEART FUND AND AMERICAN CANCER SOC.

Mrs. Mary Zimmerman, 80, OF JOLIET, A FORMER RESIDENT OF KANE AND JERSEYVILLE, DIED OCT 21, 1970 AT ST JOSEPH HOSP IN JOLIET. REV CARLTON CHRISTENSON WILL CONDUCT THE SERVICES SAT AT 10:30 AM AT Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville. BURIAL WILL BE IN OAK GROVE CEM. SHE WAS BORN IN BRACEVILLE. HER HUSBAND, HARRY ZIMMERMAN, PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. MRS ZIMMERMAN WAS A MEMBER OF THE EAGLES AUX AND JERSEY CO FARM BUREAU. HER SURVIVORS ARE 3 DAU, MRS MILTON (ESTHER) MOIR, MRS RAYMOND (LOTUS) RAFTER, AND MRS WILLIAM (MARGARET) BLY, OF JOLIET; 1 SON, RAYMOND FLEISCHAUER OF JOLIET; 2 SIS, MRS ELIZABETH BISKIE OF JOLIET AND MRS HANNAH KOGER OF DETROIT, MI; 15 GRANDCHILDREN AND 18 G-GRANDCHILDREN.

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