George Alexander Yocum

1896 - 1972  (75 years)

• Name	George Alexander Yocum
  Born	7 Sep 1896	St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Jun 1972	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	23 Jun 1972	Valley View Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I2974	Rossville
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	George Alexander Yocum, Sr.,   b. 24 Sep 1854, Perry County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Jan 1932, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Jane Jackson Yocum,   b. May 1861,   d. 10 Aug 1944, Liberty, Clay County, Missouri  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Married	14 Apr 1878	Kansas
  Family ID	F6194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gertrude M Heston Yocum,   b. 23 Feb 1898, Belvue, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 4 Jan 1987, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  (Age 88 years)
  Children	1. George A Yocum, Jr. + 2. Clarence Nicholas (Nick) Yocum + 3. Winifred L Yocum Besta Kerwin,   b. 19 Nov 1918, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 1 Oct 2011, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 92 years) + 4. Kathryn Marie Yocum Palmer,   b. 14 Apr 1920, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 18 Apr 1995, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 75 years) + 5. Georgia Mae Yocum Forbes,   b. 3 Dec 1921, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 22 Jan 1999  (Age 77 years)   6. Helen Yocum Gooden   7. Marguerite Yocum Petty   8. Alice Yocum Miller Hoffsett   9. Betty Lou Yocum Cameron Hatfield + 10. Patricia Ann Yocum Shove,   b. 29 Apr 1932, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 20 Apr 2016, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2018 08:45:36
  Family ID	F3159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - 23 Jun 1972 - Valley View Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Yocum, George George A. Yocum ST. MARYS—Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Marys United Methodist Church for George A. Yocum, 75, a lifetime resident of St. Marys. He was a retired plumber. Mr. Yocum died Tuesday in a Topeka hospital. He was born Sept. 7, 1896, at St. Marys and was a farmer until 1957 when he entered the plumbing business. He was a member of St. Marys United Methodist Church. Survivors include his widow, Gertrude Heston Yocum, of the home; two sons, George A. Yocum Jr., Kansas City, and Nick Yocum, St. Marys; eight daughters, Mrs. Winifred Kerwin, Delia, Mrs. Kathryn Palmer, Wakarusa, Mrs. Georgia Mae Forbes, Lake Stevens, Wash.; Mrs. Helen Gooden, 1506 Western, Topeka, Mrs. Marguerite Petty, Olathe, Mrs. Alice Miller, Kingsville, Mo., Mrs. Betty Lou Cameron, Arlington, Va., and Mrs. Patricia Shove, Silver Lake; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Shiebly, Landisburg, Pa., and Mrs. Pearl Barnes, Liberty, Mo.; 35 grandchildren, and 20 great- grandchildren. Prayer services will be at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Verschelden Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Valley View Cemetery, St. Marys. A Memorial has been established with the St. Marys United Methodist Church.