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.