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George Yazvac Jr., 85, of Mount Airy, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2001, at his home. Born Aug. 15, 1915 in Clarksburg, W.Va., he was the son of the late George Sr. and Theresa Yurecek Yazvac. He was the husband of M. Grace Langrill Yazvac of Mount Airy. He had been a machinist with Rubberset in […]

James Lloyd Young, Jr., 71, of Houston passed away March 20, 1997. He was born December 28, 1925 in Yoakum, Texas and was retired from Dresser Industries with more 56 years of service. Mr. Young was married March 9, 1946 to Mary Ellen Rogillio, his wife of 51 years. He accepted Christ as Savior in […]

Joseph T. Yefchak, 69, of 540 Longwood Ave., Bound Brook, N J., died Wednesday morning [January 26, 1994] at his home. Born in Freeland, he was the son of the late John and Anna (Baran) Yefchak. He was a communicant of St. Mary’s Church, Bound Brook, the church’s Leisure Club, and the Quarter Century Club […]

Funeral service for Felix Bradley Yazzie, 67, Shiprock, will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mesa View Assembly of God Church, Shiprock, with the Rev. Charlie Lee officiating. He died Wednesday, Sept. 9 [1987], at Public Health Service Hospital in Gallup. He was born Nov. 27, 1919. Burial will be in the Veterans Administration section of […]

John Howard Yancey was possibly Arkansas’s most decorated Marine Corps war heroes. His actions in World War II on Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima and the Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War won him two Navy Crosses, a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts. Yancy was also a champion of civil rights in […]

On January 23, 1985, Dr. Samuel K. Yarman. Beloved husband of Claudia (nee Switala) of Voorhees Twp., N.J. Age 61 years. Also survived by sons, Steven and Stewart, both of N. Carolina; daughters, Blanca Sizemore, Charlotte, N.C., Christine Barkley, San Diego, Calif., and Louise Kantro, San Francisco, Calif.; sisters, Jean Skramstead and Elizabeth Abbott, Orlando, […]

Services for Charles B. Yancey, 50, 4922 West 10th Street, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Conkle Speedway Funeral Home, with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery at Greencastle. Mr. Yancey, born at Hymera, had lived in this area most of his life. He died Wednesday [April 4, 1973] at the West 10th Street […]

The victim of a traffic mishap near Gallup Wednesday [February 2, 1972] was identified by State Police today as Daniel J. Yazzie, 48, Shiprock. Yazzie apparently fell asleep under a tractor-trailer rig while it was parked in Gallup. His mangled body was found near Window Rock, Ariz. Police, who were not able to identify him […]

Four accidents, including the plunge of a truck over a 600-foot embankment, killed five persons in Oregon Thursday night and brought the state’s highway death toll close to a 0ne-year record. The toll stands at 497 in the Associated Press tabulation, only one below the record set in 1961. There have been 27 traffic deaths […]

FARMINGTON, Nov. 22 (AP)—Discovery of the body of a 22-year-old Navajo Indian who disappeared almost two years ago was reported tonight. State Patrolman Andy Andrews of Farmington said the body was found Saturday by Sheriff’s Deputies Pete Fisher and George Huntsman, both of Aztec, on an abandoned rural road about 10 miles north of here. […]