Harold Ralph Yeazel
1918 - 1988 (70 years)
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Name Harold Ralph Yeazel Born 6 Mar 1918 Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Gender Male Religion Center Point Church [6] Died 15 Nov 1988 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana [2, 4, 5] Buried 18 Nov 1988 GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois [2, 4, 5] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105457778/harold-r-yeazel
Block 16, Lot 34, Space 1
Person ID I98 Hedges Last Modified 3 Jun 2024
Father Chester "Rollie" Yeazel, b. 11 Sep 1893, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois , d. 21 Jun 1979, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 85 years) Mother Sophia Cordella Hedges, b. 10 Nov 1892, Jamaica, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 19 Sep 1974, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 81 years) Married 24 Oct 1915 Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois [1, 7, 8] Family ID F70 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Verniece Sylvester, b. 28 Nov 1918, Illinois , d. 7 Jan 2015, Gifford, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 96 years) Married 20 Aug 1940 Kankankee County, Illinois Children 1. Harold Gene Yeazel, b. 15 Apr 1943, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 28 Feb 2017, Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana (Age 73 years)Last Modified 29 Mar 2019 Family ID F48 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Mildred Faye Stewart, b. 8 Nov 1922, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana , d. 8 Dec 2011, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana (Age 89 years) Last Modified 22 Feb 2023 Family ID F49 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 6 Mar 1918 - Fairmount, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Religion - - Center Point Church 
Married - 20 Aug 1940 - Kankankee County, Illinois 
Died - 15 Nov 1988 - Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana 
Buried - 18 Nov 1988 - GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos 
Yeazel, Harold baby picture 
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George, Grace Hedges, Harold and Howard Yeazel 
Hedges, Geo, Cora and grandchildren 
Hedges family reunion - need identification
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Hedges Reunion 1946
The Seventeenth Annual Hedges Reunion was held Sunday, August 18, 1946 at Lincoln Park, Danville, Illinois with 99 relatives and friends present. A basket dinner was served at the noon hour. George F. Hedges presided at the business meeting in the afternoon. Talks were given from those from distances and was enjoyed by all. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year. President J. W. Hedges, Vice President P. T. Hedges, Secretary Treasurer Anna Bagley. The next meeting will be held the 3rd Sunday in August 1947 in Missouri. Gifts were presented to the oldest man present, George F. Hedges, 79. Oldest woman was Mrs. Cora Hedges, 76 years old. The youngest was Robert Alan Yeazel, 3 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Yeazel. Newlyweds were Mr. and Mrs. John Hanks. The one coming the farthest was Jasper N. Hedges of Dubois, Wyoming, 1650 miles. There were 6 marriages, Betty Buckman and Dale Wood, Geraldine Hedges and Frank Pesorara, Betty Lou Smith and Frank Day, Lois Smith and Max Dodd, Roy Hedges and Inez Cola, Irene Smith and John Hanks. There were 9 births [transcriber has omitted this section to preserve privacy] Two deaths: Ercel Eldon Simpson and James A. Hedges. Greetings were received from those from a distance who could not attend.
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Rollie, Sophia, Howard Yeazel, Grace and Willis Fox, Howard Yeazel, Geo and Cora Hedges, Cora and Winfield Reece Marjorie, doll, Georgie Bell, joe Fox, Marion Fielden Fox, Joseph Benton.jpg 
Yeazel, Harold as a little boy 
Harold Yeazel and Joe Fox 
Howard and Harold Yeazel 
Hedges Reunion 1932 Harold Yeazel
Documents 
Yeazel, Harold sale notice
Headstones 
Yeazel, Harold
Plot: Block 16
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Notes - From Hedges Reunion Book. There is a record of the marriage of Harold and Vernice Sylvester. Later divorced, he married Mildred Stewart. Vernice married Raymond Krukewitt. Harold and Mildred divorced in 1979.
[7] - 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, 5] - member of Center Point Church
Baptized 18 March 1931
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- From Hedges Reunion Book. There is a record of the marriage of Harold and Vernice Sylvester. Later divorced, he married Mildred Stewart. Vernice married Raymond Krukewitt. Harold and Mildred divorced in 1979.
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