Arletta Theresa Yockey

1872 - 1949  (76 years)

• Name	Arletta Theresa Yockey
  Nickname	Lettie
  Born	17 Oct 1872	Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	7 Mar 1949	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
  Person ID	I227202	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   [1]
  Family ID	F25163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles Herbert Gilbert,   b. 11 Apr 1874, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA ,   d. USA
  Married	14 Jul 1896
  Children	1. Carl Herbert Gilbert,   b. 7 Jul 1897, Iowa, USA ,   d. 15 Jan 1989, California, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F81980	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [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