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Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona August 31, 1962
Wednesday rites for JOSEPH YANEZ
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m.
Wednesday in the Wickenburg Chapel for JOSEPH YANEZ, 78, who died in community
Hospital a t 5:11 a.m. Monday. Burial was in the Wickenburg Cemetery. Rev. James
WILSON, Presbyterian minister, officiated. Mr. Yanez had resided her for the
past six years with his only daughter, Mrs. Margarita COX, at 69 North Lincoln
St. Born May 6, 1886, in Havana, Cuba, Mr. Yanez came to the United States at
the age of 16 and was a cigar maker in Chicago for 40 years. He resided in Deer
Park, Washington, the eight years preceding his move here. The Wickenburg
daughter is the only survivor.
Wickenburg Sun, The Wickenburg, AZ, Jan
23, 2008, p. A11
RAY O. YANEZ, age 86, passed away Jan. 17 at his residence
in Wittmann, Ariz. Funeral services were held on Tuesday (Jan. 22) at 10:30 a.m.
at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix with visitation on
Sunday at the Wickenburg Funeral Home. Ray was born in Phoenix and raised in
Bagdad and Prescott. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was the
first scout in the Philippine Islands. Following his military service he
returned to Prescott where he worked as a surgical technician at the Veteran’s
Hospital for 47 years, retiring in 1980. He later worked at Yavapai Regional
Hospital for a brief time. Ray was a very skilled craftsman and carpenter and
could build just about anything. He enjoyed his family, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren and considered family the most important thing in his life.
He is survived by his wife Cleo of Wittmann; children Steve Yanez and Ernestine
Yanez of Prescott, Sherri Morales of Wittmann, Harvey Hutter, Jr. of Prescott
Valley, Michael Hutter of Birmingham, Ala., Steven Hutter of Jacksonville, Fla.,
28 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren. Arrangements are under the
direction of Wickenburg Funeral Home & Crematory.
Wickenburg Sun,
Wickenburg, AZ, August 11, 1961, p. 1
Funeral services for CATHERINE L.
YEAGER were scheduled to be held at 2 p. m. Thursday of this week in the
Lundberg-Hansen Mortuary in Glendale. Burial was to follow in the Wickenburg
Cemetery. Rev. Scott Siegle was to officiate at both services. Mrs. Yeager died
suddenly in her home in Sun City at 5:30 a. m. Monday. Mrs. Yeager and her late
husband, DON YEAGER who died in 1952, lived in Wickenburg for several years
until they built a large home on the desert near Morristown. This home was sold
in 1957 to Mr. & Mrs. Bill Davis and Mrs. Yeager moved to Phoenix where she
resided until last summer when she purchased a home in Sun City. She was active
here in the Soroptimist Club, Easter Star, the First Presbyterian Church and
enagaged in many civic and charitable projects. She was born August 14, 1898, in
Marshalltown, Iowa. Surviving are one son, Marvin MILLER of Homewood, Illinois;
two grandsons, Craig and Todd MILLER of Homewood; the mother, Mrs. Eunice MATSEN
of Marshalltown, Iowa; two brothers, Orval J. LANDIS of Marshalltown and
Clarence A. LANDIS of Glendale, Calif.; and one sister, Mrs. Iantha JOHNSON of
Marshalltown.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ, April 18, 2005
IRENE R.
YOUNG of Yarnell passed away on April 2 at the age of 80. She was born in
London, England, on Nov. 1, 1924. She is survived by daughters Frances STOCKTON
and Carol LENZ. Memorial service will be on Saturday, April 16 at 11 a.m. at the
Yarnell Senior Center, 22302 S. Hwy 89 in Yarnell. Arrangement by
Frey-Wickenburg Funeral Home. Published 4/18/2005 in the Wickenburg Sun.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ, April 25, 2001, p. A18
HIRAM A. YOUNG of
Congress died April 19, 2001 at Wickenburg Regional Medical Center. He was 66.
Mr. Young was born June 2, 1934 in Middleburgh, N.Y., and had lived in Arizona
for four years. He is survived by his wife BEATRICE YOUNG of Congress; daughters
Debra CAPO of Georgia, Laurie BOOTH of Massachusetts, Tracy YOUNG of
Massachusetts, and Christine SQUIRES of Georgia; sons Eric YOUNG of
Massachusetts, Dougless YOUNG of Massachusetts, and Rex YOUNG of Massachusetts;
stepsons Henry GARGAN of Maine and Dennis GARGAN of Congress; stepdaughters
Beverly RORABACK of Massachusetts; Darlene TOOMEY of Ohio, and Cheryl GARGAN of
Massachusetts; sister Betty Lou YOUNG of New York; brother Herbert YOUNG of New
York; 25 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 9
a.m. Monday (April 30) at Frey Funeral Home in Wickenburg.
Wickenburg
Sun, Wickenburg, AZ, Friday, Aug. 11, 1959
Highway toll mounts; VERNE YOUNG
killed
The Phoenix Highway claimed its sixth traffic victim of 1950 on Sunday
evening when VERNE YOUNG killed, 65-year-old Wittmann resident, was struck by a
car and instantly killed. The accident occured at the small bridge on the
southeast limits of Wittmann. It was a freak accident which took Mr. Young's
life. His Model T Ford sideswiped a Greyhound bus. Both vehicles stopped on
opposite sides of the highway and Mr. Young was walking across the highway to
the bus when a car driven by Mrs. Virginia Lattimore of Phoenix struck him and
carried him 183 feet. The body of Mr. Young is being held at the Wickenburg
Mortuary while efforts are made to locate members of his family.
Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, AZ, March 1, 2006
JACQUELINE S. YOUNGMAN, 65, of
Du Quoin, Illinois and Aguila, Arizona, passed away at 8:25 A.M., Wednesday,
Feb. 22 at the Pinckneyville Community Hospital in Pinckneyville, Ill.
Jacqueline had worked as a laborer for Arizona Pipeline. She was of the
Christian faith. She was a member of the Humane Society and Aguila Fire
Department in Aguila, Ariz. She was born September 16, 1940 at Belpre, Ohio, the
daughter of Leo S. and Helen (Brafford) McMains. She is survived by one daughter
- Cindy Whitley and husband James of Du Quoin, two stepchildren - Cheryl Gilliam
and husband Gene and Rod Youngman and wife Jill, all of Du Quoin, six
grandchildren - Garrett Gross, Jordan Gross, Madison Whitley, Cody Youngman,
Camden Youngman, and Brittany Douglas, two great grandchildren - Cole Goodwin
and Hunter Douglas, and one sister - Patricia Lee Puckrin of Geneva, Ohio. She
was preceded in death by her parents. Memorial services were held Saturday, Feb.
25 at the Searby Funeral Home in Du Quoin with Dr. John Lewis officiating.
Friends may make memorials to the American Cancer Society or the Perry County
Humane Society and will be accepted at the funeral home. For additional
information or to sign the memorial guest register, please visit
www.searbyfuneralhomes.com.
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