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James Robert Yocum
(1873-1965)
Minnie Evelyn Ray
(1887-1969)
Leonard Owen Oakley
(1904-1986)
Anna Dell Yocum
(1905-1933)

Ollie B. Oakley
(1931-2013)

 

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Ollie B. Oakley

  • Born: 8 May 1931, Dalton City, Moultrie, Illinois, United States 1
  • Died: 31 Jan 2013, Hoopeston, Vermilion, Illinois, United States at age 81 1
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• Census: 1940 United States Federal: Woodbury Township, Cumberland, Illinois, United States. 2

• Obituary: The News-Gazette, 2 Feb 2013, Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States. 3

Ollie Oakley
HOOPESTON - Ollie B. Oakley, 81, of Hoopeston died at 11:25 a.m. Thursday (Jan. 31, 2013) at the Hoopeston Community Memorial Hospital.

Born May 8, 1931, at Dalton City, he was the son of Leonard and Anna (Yocum) Oakley. He married Dolores M. Fisher on June 9, 1951, at Watseka. She survives.

He is also survived by one brother, Marvin (Joyce) Oakley of Casey; and one sister, Lavon (Robert) Figgins of Janesville. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and one son (David Lee Oakley).

Mr. Oakley served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 until 1955.

He worked as a line foreman for 26 years with CIPS, working for 42 years with the company before retiring June 1, 1991.

He was a member of American Legion Post No. 384 of Hoopeston.

Ollie was a licensed pilot and enjoyed flying. He also enjoyed golf, traveling, woodworking and gardening.

Graveside funeral services for Mr. Oakley will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, at the Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston with military rites accorded by American Legion Post No. 384. Pastor Brent Zastrow will officiate. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor's choice. Brown-Alkire Funeral Home in Hoopeston is in charge of arrangements.


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Ollie married Living

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Sources


1 <i>U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014</i> (Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.),

Name: Ollie B Oakley
BORN: 8 May 1931
Died: 31 Jan 2013
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951).

2 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Woodbury, sheet 3A, household 51; digital images, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627.

3 <i>The News-Gazette</i>, 2 Feb 2013; digital images.


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