hmtl5 Harold Ralph Yeazel b. 6 Mar 1918 Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 15 Nov 1988 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana: Gritton Genealogy
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Harold Ralph Yeazel

Harold Ralph Yeazel

Male 1918 - 1988  (70 years)


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  • Name Harold Ralph Yeazel 
    Birth 6 Mar 1918  Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation chiropractor  [1] 
    Death 15 Nov 1988  Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Burial 18 Nov 1988  GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4] 
    Person ID I1464  Gritton
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2024 

    Father Chester Rolla "Rollie" Yeazel,   b. 11 Sep 1893, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1979, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Sophia Cordella Hedges,   b. 10 Nov 1892, Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1974, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 24 Oct 1915  Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F230  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Verniece Sylvester,   b. 28 Nov 1918, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 2015 (Age 96 years) 
    Marriage 20 Aug 1940  Kankakee County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Divorce Bef 1963  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Harold Gene Yeazel,   b. 15 Apr 1943, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 2017, Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F841  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2019 

    Family 2 Mildred Faye Steward,   b. 8 Nov 1923, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 2011, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Family ID F842  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Mar 1918 - Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 20 Aug 1940 - Kankakee County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Nov 1988 - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 18 Nov 1988 - GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Sarah Catherine Cline Gritton with four grandsons    		Sarah Catherine Cline Gritton with four grandsons
    Yeazel, Harold    		Yeazel, Harold
    On porch at George and Cora Hedges farm house    		On porch at George and Cora Hedges farm house
    Back row L to R: Cora Hedges, Eva, Sophia
    Front: Willis Fox, Grace, George F. holding baby, Ralph Hedges holding Donald, Unknown woman in black dress, Rollie Yeazel holding Harold Yeazel.
    Yeazel, Harold and a dog    		Yeazel, Harold and a dog
    Yeazel, Harold and    		Yeazel, Harold and
    Yeazel, Harold, Ruth Smith and Bernard Bagley    		Yeazel, Harold, Ruth Smith and Bernard Bagley
    Yeazel, Harold Ralph    		Yeazel, Harold Ralph

  • Notes 
    • Fairmount – Harold R. Yeazel, 70, of Marion, Ind., formerly of Fairmount, died at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 15, 1988) at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Indianapolis.
      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Carrington Funeral Home, Fairmount, the Rev. Ed Brown officiating. Burial will be in the GAR Cemetery, Homer. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. EST Saturday at the Social Brethren Church, Marion, Ind. Visitation will be from 6 to 8:30 tonight at the funeral home.
      Mr. Yeazel was born March 6, 1918, near Fairmount, a son of Rollie and Sophia Hedges Yeazel. He married Verniece Sylvester in 1940. He later married Mildred Stewart. Survivors include two sons, H. Gene Yeazel of Sidney and Robert A. Yeazel of St. Joseph; six grandchildren; a brother, Howard Yeazel of Catlin; a niece; and a nephew. Mr. Yeazel farmed in the Fairmount area until 1954. He then operated a construction and drainage business. For the past 25 years he was a chiropractor at Marion, Ind. He was a member of the Social Brethren Church at Marion, Ind., the Moose Lodge and the Fraternal Order of Police Benevolent Association. Memorial contributions may be made to the GAR Cemetery Association or the Social Brethren Church of Marion Ind. (transcribed by Homer Historical Society)
      [2, 4, 6]
    • member of Center Point Church
      [7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S19] Death certificate.

    2. [S2] Find a Grave.

    3. [S16] US Social Security Applications and Claims Index.

    4. [S17] Obituary.

    5. [S104] marriage record.

    6. [S105] Homer Historical Society.

    7. [S106] Records of Center Point Church, Library of Linda Hedges.


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