Cordella West
1858 - 1940 (82 years)
Generation: 1
1. Cordella West was born on 15 Mar 1858 in Fayette, Fayette County, Iowa; died on 12 Jul 1940 in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska. Other Events:
- Occupation: housewife
Notes:
Note on Find a Grave:
She married Matthew Yeazel after Frank Agnew died and lived in Champaign County, IL.
The News-Gazette (Champaign, IL)
Friday July 12, 1940
Mrs. Yeazel, 82, Homer, Taken By Death
Homer, July 12 – (BSC) – Mrs. Cordelia Yeazel, 82, died at 5:45 a.m. Friday at her home on West First street of complications following a fractured hip suffered five months ago.
She was a patient in Lakeview hospital, Danville, for two months, but had been removed to her home.
Mrs. Yeazel was born March 15, 1858, in Fayette, IA., a daughter of David and Lucy West. After her marriage to M. L. Yeazel April 14, 1926, she came to Homer and had lived here since.
Mr. Yeazel died in August, 1939.
The deceased was a member of the Homer Presbyterian church. Surviving are three step-daughters, Mrs. Charles Havard, Homer; Mrs. Owen Johnston, Valparaiso, Ind., Mrs. C. V. Davis, Sheridan, Wyo., and several nieces and nephews.
The Scott funeral service has charge of funeral arrangements, but arrangements for services are incomplete, pending the arrival of a niece from Omaha, Neb.
Buried:
Obituary on this Find a Grave site. And photo of headstone
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40964690/cordelia-iagnew-yeazel
Plot 10, 103, 6
same cemetery and matching headstone as her first husband Frank A. Agnew
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7490456/frank-a-agnew
Illinois deaths and stillbirths indes sates burial is in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.
Cenotaph stone in Homer.
There is also a Find a Grave entry for her burial at the GAR Cemetery in Homer, Illinois.
and a photo of her headstone there where her second husband Matthew L. Yeazel is buried.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85194064/cordella-i_-yeazel
Block 8, Lot 26, Space 5Family/Spouse: Matthew Lincoln Yeazel. Matthew (son of James Yeazel and Mary Maria Spencer) was born on 12 Jun 1858 in South Homer Township, Champaign County, Illinois; died on 30 Aug 1939 in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois; was buried in GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]