Sigel Morton Yeazel
1884 - 1948 (63 years)
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Name Sigel Morton Yeazel Born 10 Aug 1884 Homer, Champaign County, Illinois 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Census 1910 Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois Occupation farmer [5] Died 24 Apr 1948 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois [3, 4] Buried GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois [3] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105457888/sigel-morton-yeazel
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Person ID I2915 Gritton Last Modified 1 Mar 2024
Father Adam Wallace Yeazel, b. 20 Dec 1851, Champaign County, Illinois , d. 10 Mar 1942, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 90 years) Mother Sarah Amelia Cessna, b. 11 Feb 1856, Stark County, Ohio , d. 1 Sep 1953, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 97 years) Married 4 Jul 1877 Vermilion County, Illinois [2, 6] - Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 187501876-1877. Page 58. No record of anyone signing for bride or groom. Adam Yeazel, age 25, is from Homer [Champaign County, Illinois]. Sarah Cessna, age 21, is from Vance Township [Vermilion County, Illinois].
Family ID F1212 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Edith Leona Wagner, b. 30 Jul 1886, Ogden, Champaign County, Illinois , d. 13 Feb 1919, Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 32 years) Married 5 Mar 1906 [4] Children 1. Glenn Wallace Yeazel, b. 6 Aug 1906, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois , d. 24 Oct 1980, Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 74 years)2. Helen Opal Yeazel, b. 24 Jul 1916, South Homer Township, Champaign County, Illinois , d. 7 Apr 2002, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 85 years)Last Modified 29 Feb 2024 Family ID F1220 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 10 Aug 1884 - Homer, Champaign County, Illinois 
Census - 1910 - Sidell, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Died - 24 Apr 1948 - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 
Buried - - GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos Yeazel, Sigel
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Notes - Sigel Yeazel Dies Week Following Operation
The Homer Enterprise
Thursday, April 29, 1948, page 1
Sigel M. Yeazel, 63, retired Homer farmer and trucker, died Saturday afternoon in Illinois Research hospital, Chicago, where he had been a patient for two weeks. He underwent a major operation a week before his death and appeared to be recovering. Mrs. Yeazel and son, Glen, had visited with him Wednesday and Mrs. Yeazel planned to return Sunday. Funeral services were conducted at 3 p. m. Tuesday in Homer Methodist church with Rev. R. E. Buford officiating. Burial was in GAR cemetery. Mr. Yeazel was born Aug. 10, 1884, son of Wallace and Sarah Cessna Yeazel, on a farm north of Homer. He was married to Edith Waggoner, who died in November, 1918. He later married Hattie Blacker. They moved to town about 15 years ago from a farm southeast of Homer, and he had been a trucker since then. Surviving are his wife, Hattie; three children by his first marriage, Mrs. Nellie Anderson, Homer, and Mrs. Helen Bryant and Glen Yeazel, both of St. Joseph; his mother, Mrs. Sarah Yeazel, 92, Homer; 13 grandchildren; three step-children, Mrs. Violet Yeazel, St. Joseph; Mrs. Dorothy Atkinson, Indianola, and Floyd Blacker, Champaign. He also leaves two brothers, Troy, Rockwell City, Iowa, and Rolla, Fairmount; and five sisters, Mrs. Nellie Johnson, Homer; Mrs. Ada Hillard, Homer; Mrs. Mabel Stayton, Ogden; Mrs. Bertha Hartley, Decatur, and Mrs. Mertie Clester, Fairmount.
Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society
Contributor: Raymond Cunningham (49950856)
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