A Life Remembered . . . |
| Cora V.
Yockey December 14, 1935 - August 22, 2004
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Cora V.
Yockey, 68 of Home Avenue, Butler, died Sunday, August 22, 2004 at
7:22 a.m. in Butler Memorial Hospital.
Born December 14, 1935 in Butler, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter
of Samuel Groves and Elizabeth Willis Groves Ward.
She owned and operated her own beauty shop for 28 years. She also
worked for Thompson-Miller Funeral Home as a hairdresser since the
early 1970's. She was a member and very active at the First Baptist
Church.
Mrs. Yockey is survived by her husband Russell R. Yockey, Sr., whom
she married on June 24, 1961, by three sons and their wives, Russell
and Mary Ann Yockey, Jr., Randall A. and Sara-Jean Yockey, Ronald P.
and Jill Yockey, five grandchildren, Katlyn, Kelly, Evin, Michael, and
Curtis, one brother, Leroy B. and Bernyce Groves of Orlando, Florida, four sister, Mrs.
Clyde (Ruth) Newcome, Mrs. James (Mary) Ward, Mrs. William (Jean)
Flatt, Mrs. Fred (Joan) Thompson all of Butler, Pennsylvania and
several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Yockey was preceded in death by one brother and four sisters.
Friends will be received at the Thompson - Miller Funeral Home, Inc.,
124 East North Street, Butler, PA, on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 from 2
to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
A Memorial services will be held at the First Baptist Church,
Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. with the Reverend David
Maitland officiating. Interment will follow in Lawn Haven Memorial
Park, Worthington.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the First
Baptist Christian School, 221 West New Castle Street, Butler, Pennsylvania
16001.
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