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Nick Yolla, 91, passed away at his home [December 4, 2013] after a brief illness. He celebrated his 91st birthday surrounded by family and friends. He was born to Generoso Yolla and Elveria Lizza on November 25, 1922 in Osceola Mills, PA. After his mother’s passing his father moved his family to New York. Nick […]

Paul J. “Pappy” Yurick, 89, of 30 W. Fell St., Summit Hill, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 27 [2013], in the St. Luke’s Miner Memorial Hospital, Coaldale. He was the husband of Frances (Solarczyk) Yurick. They celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary on Aug. 25. He had worked for Western Electric, Allentown, CCA Plastic Plant, Nesquehoning, […]

Addison “Ed” Grant Yeager, 91, of Fargo, died Sunday, April 7, 2013, at his home. Ed was born November 20, 1921 to Jessie (Smoot) Yeager and Clifford B. Yeager in his parents’ home in Rock Lake, North Dakota. He graduated from Rock Lake High School in 1940 and worked in Burbank, California before enlisting in […]

William F. “Bill” Yunker, age 86, of Caledonia, died Friday, July 1, 2011. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; children, Amber (Joseph) Frazier and Aaron (Susan) Yunker; seven grandchildren, Amanda (David) Eppinga, Nichole (Russ) King, Jay (Sarah) Cleveland, Antonia (Andrew) Reed, Carissa (William) Lawton, Jocelyn (Richard) Lowack, and Katherine (John) Riley; and ten great-grandchildren, […]

PEORIA – Howard A. Young, 91, of Peoria passed away Sunday, June 26, 2011, at Heartland Manor Care in Peoria. He was born April 11, 1920, in Ashington, Northumberland, England, a son of William and Elizabeth Jean Mordue Young. He married DeMova Merchant on Nov. 4, 1941, in Canton, Mo. She survives. Also surviving are […]

Charles R. “Chuck” Young Sr., 85, passed away Friday, May 29, 2009 in Tucson, Arizona. He was born in Rockport, Indiana on January 27, 1924. Chuck was a U.S. Marine in the First Raider Battalion in WWII. Chuck came to Wellton, Arizona in 1951 and owned Valley Home Furnishings and did refrigeration repair until his […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A Navajo Code Talker, one of a group of elite Marines who confounded Japanese troops during World War II by transmitting code messages using their native language, has died, his son said Tuesday. Robert Yazzie, who would have turned 82 on Tuesday, died in a Nashville hospital Monday [May 29, 2006] – […]

John Michael Yetsko of Bainbridge Island died Feb. 23, 2006 due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. After a long and notable career in the U.S. military, and 20 more years of university and college administration, he and his wife of 60 years, Bonnie Hopper Yetsko, retired to Bainbridge Island in 2001, to be close to […]

In the thick jungles of the South Pacific, Edward “Eddie” Youhas, a messenger for the Marine Raiders, dodged bullets and evaded enemies to deliver commands to troops during World War II. “Eddie was the direct line we had,” said Archie Rackerby, a platoon commander for the elite ground forces group, considered the predecessor to many […]

ANNA – Forrest Dale Young, 79, of Anna, died at 7:06 p.m. Sunday, March 4, 2001, at the St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro. He was born June 11, 1921, in Neoga, the son of Samuel and Nellie Ferguson Young. He married Valerie E. Crane on Oct. 26, 1945, in Neoga. He is survived by […]