Lura Gertrude Yockey

1875 - 1965  (89 years)

• Name	Lura Gertrude Yockey
  Born	21 Mar 1875	Little Sioux, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	26 Feb 1965	San Juan, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
  Buried	Roselawn Cemetery, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I104237	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Edward Yockey,   b. 16 May 1841, Miltonsburg, Monroe County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 19 Feb 1919, Smithland, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Mary Bower,   b. 2 Apr 1849, Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA ,   d. 8 Apr 1944, Little Sioux, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA  (Age 95 years)
  Married	9 Aug 1868	Smithland, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F25163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Herbert Milton Parlier,   b. 0Dec 1869, Illinois, USA ,   d. 12 Oct 1946, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	Abt 1892
  Children	1. Lelia Ardath Parlier,   b. 18 Jan 1893, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA ,   d. USA   2. Hava Marie Parlier,   b. 1 Jul 1894, Iowa, USA ,   d. 27 Nov 1983, Edinburg, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA  (Age 89 years)   3. Cornelia Alta Parlier,   b. 27 Feb 1896, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA ,   d. 28 Mar 1978, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F45997	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur. Proposed Change: Laura Yockey (I104237)Tree: Südpfalz / Southern PalatinateLink: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I104237&tree=SuedpfalzDescription: Lura Gertrude Yockey (Edward Yockey, Lorenz Jacky or Yockey, Caspar Jacky) was born March 21, 1875 in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa and died February 26, 1965 in Hidalgo County, Texas.Lura married Herbert Milton Parlier. He was born 1869 in Illinois and died October 12, 1946 in Hidalgo, Texas. He was buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Hidalgo, Texas.Lura and Herbert had the following children:Lelia Ardath ParlierHava Marie ParlierCornelia Alta ParlierLynne Moffitt Lynne Moffitt [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). Lura Gertrude Yackey Parlier Birth: Mar. 21, 1875 Iowa, USA Death: Feb. 26, 1965 San Juan (Hidalgo County) Hidalgo County Texas, USA Daughter of: Edward & Mary Bower Yackey. Family links: Spouse: Herbert Milton Parlier (1869 - 1946)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Roselawn Cemetery McAllen Hidalgo County Texas, USA Created by: Fran Record added: Feb 25, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 48757330 [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur. Proposed Change: Mary Smith (I60731)Tree: Südpfalz / Southern PalatinateLink: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I60731&tree=SuedpfalzDescription: Newspaper clipping photo image found on ancestry.com without date or newspaper attribution presumably it was the Smithland, Iowa paper:Mrs. Mary YockeyMary Bower, the oldest of seven children of Thomas and Elizabeth Bower, was born April 2, 1849 at Lockport, N.Y., and died at her home Saturday morning, April 8, 1944.In 1856 she came West with her parents in a covered wagon, settling on a farm near Smithland. She attended the first public school that was established in Woodbury county at Smithland.On August 9, 1868, she was untied in marriage with Edward Yockey, a Civil War veteran. They made their home in Smithland where she resided at the time of her death. Seven children were born to them, two preceding her in death, a son, Thomas, and a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth DeFresna. Mr. Yockey died February 20, 1919.Mrs. Yockey was a charter member of Evergreen chapter No. 251, Order of the Eastern Star and of the local Cemetery Society. She was well known and highly esteemed by all who knew her. She not only thought of the everyday affairs of life but also of the future. She selected John 14:1-5 as the Scripture passage to be read at her memorial service.Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Arletta Gilbert, Los Angeles, Mrs. Lura Parlier, Edinburg, Texas, and Mrs. Edna Rahn of Anthon; two sons, Clarence, Wendell, Minn., and Fred of Smithland; a brother, Fred Bower of Holstein; six grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; and five great-great grandchildren.Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the Methodist church, the Rev. A. J. Barkley, pastor, officiating. Misses Ellen Jensen and Jon Steinhoff, accompanied by Miss Gertrude Bale at the piano, sang the hymns, which had been selected by the deceased. Pallbearers were Chas. A. Smith, W. M. McDonald, Donald Bennett, Russell Hall, A. G. Stratton and Ralph C. Smith. Interment was in the Smithland cemetery under the direction of the Willman Funeral Home of Rodney.Lynne Moffitt Lynne Moffitt