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James Robert Yocum
(1873-1965)
Minnie Evelyn Ray
(1887-1969)
Walter Yocum
(1918-1985)
Ruby Ilene Livingston
(1922-1998)

Gary Walter Yocum
(1944-1979)

 

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1. Living

Gary Walter Yocum

  • Born: 7 Aug 1944, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States 1 2
  • Died: 14 Feb 1979, Villa Grove, Douglas, Illinois, United States at age 34 1 2
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• Obituary: Journal Gazette, 15 Feb 1979, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States. 3

GARY W. YOCUM
VILLA GROVE -
Gary W.
Yocum, 34, of Villa Grove died
at 10 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 14,
1979) in Carle Hospital, Urbana.
He was injured about six
weeks ago in a one-car traffic
accident about five miles east of
Villa Grove on the Longview
Road.
The funeral will be held at 1
p.m. Saturday in Joines
Funeral Home, Villa Grove.
Burial will be in Toledo
Cemetery. Friends may call at
the funeral home from 2 to 4
p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Mr. Yocum was born Aug. 7,
1944, in Mattoon, a son of Walter
and Ruby Livingston Yocum.
He was married to Susan Jane
Gaines on Aug. 25, 1965, in Villa
Grove. She survives.
Besides his wife, he is sur-
vived by two sons, Michael
Walter and Gabriel Loring, both
at home; his father of
Dinsmore, Calif.; his mother
and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Bretz of Villa Grove; a
grandmother, Mrs. Elle Liv-
ingston of Toledo, and a
brother Donald Jerry Yocum
of Macomb.

• Article: The Decatur Herald, 16 Feb 1979, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States. 4

Villa Grove man's
crash injuries fatal

Villa Grove
A 34-year-old Villa Grove man died at
10 p.m. Wednesday in Carle Hospital,
Urbana, of injuries he received Dec. 26
in a one-car accident near Villa Grove.
Gary W. Yocum was the driver of a
car which left a county road at Long-
view curve, authorities said.
Thomas Henderson, Champaign Coun-
ty coroner, said Yocum had been hospi-
talized since the crash. An inquest is
pending.
Obituary on Page 28

• Obituary: The Decatur Herald, 16 Feb 1979, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States. 5

Yocum
Gary W. Yocum, 34, of Villa Grove
died 10 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 14, 1979)
in Carle Hospital, Urbana. He had been
hospitalized since a Dec. 26 auto acci-
dent.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Satur-
day in Joines Funeral Home, Villa
Grove, with visitation 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Toledo
Memorial Cemetery.
Mr. Yocum was born in Mattoon, son
of Walter and Ruby Livingston Yocum.
He was a member of the Villa Grove
Methodist Church, and employee of the
University of Illinois and a member of
the Villa Grove Sportsmen's Club. He
married Susan Jane Gaines in 1965.
Surviving are his wife; father, Walter
Yocum of Dinsmore, Calif.; mother,
Mrs. Ruby (Louis) Bretz of Villa
Grove; sons Michael Walter and Gabr-
eial Loring, both at home; brother,
Donald Jerry of Macomb; grand-
mother, Mrs. Ella Livingston of Toledo.


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Gary 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: Gary Yocum
SSN: 319-38-5699
BORN: 7 Aug 1944
Last Benefit: 61956, Villa Grove, Douglas, Illinois, United States of America
Died: Feb 1979
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (1961-1962).

2 "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database, <i>Ancestry.com</i> (http://www.ancestry.com/);

Name: Gary Walter Yocum
SSN: 319385699
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 7 Aug 1944
Birth Place: Mahoon Cumbe, Illinois
Death Date: Feb 1979
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Feb 1962: Name listed as GARY WALTER YOCUM; 05 Jan 1988: Name listed as GARY YOCUM

3 <i>Journal Gazette</i>, 15 Feb 1979, p. 5, col. 4; digital images.

4 <i>The Decatur Herald</i>, 16 Feb 1979, online archives, p. 10, col. 6.

5 <i>The Decatur Herald</i>, 16 Feb 1979, online archives, p. 22, col. 5.


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