Obituary from Post Register (Idaho Falls, ID) - March 13, 2013:
J. Yvonne Stewart, of Roberts, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013 at her home in Roberts.
Yvonne was born in Birch Creek on May 25, 1916, to Ruben T. and Mary E. Waters Barzee. She was the eighth child born to this union and was greeted with much joy. She attended a one-room school in Birch Creek through the eighth grade. Since there was no high school in the area, she moved to Blackfoot to attend high school. She graduated from Blackfoot High School and attended college in Compton, Calif.
She married Jason Palmer on September 2, 1942 in Idaho Falls. Together they had three girls: Mary, Sandra and Diane. She then married Robert F. Stewart on March 5, 1954 in Boise. They had one daughter, Bonnie. Robert died in December 1967.
Yvonne lived in Roberts for 62 years and was an active member of the Roberts Community Church.
Her greatest joy in life was her children and grandchildren, and her greatest happiness was being a kind and loving mother and grandmother to her family.
She is survived by her daughters: Mary Garner and Bonnie Ellis, both of Roberts, and Sandra (Marvin) Hayden, of Idaho Falls; granddaughters: Meschelle Campbell, of Brisbane, Australia, Lexie Ockerman, of Idaho Falls, and Lyndsay Ising, of San Jose, CA; great-grandchildren: Tyler, Blake, Kasey and Kaitlyn Ockerman, of Shelley, and Alex and Sophie Campbell, of Brisbane, Australia.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers: Ruben, Warren and George Barzee; sisters: Effie Chandler, Irine Harkness, Marcia Harkness and Edithe Price; both husbands; and a daughter, Diane Palmer, who died at 7 months old.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 15, at Buck-Miller-Hann Funeral Home, 825 E. 17th St. in Idaho Falls, with Pastor Steve Moslee officiating. Burial will follow at Roberts Cemetery.
J. Yvonne Stewart, of Roberts, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013 at her home in Roberts.
Yvonne was born in Birch Creek on May 25, 1916, to Ruben T. and Mary E. Waters Barzee. She was the eighth child born to this union and was greeted with much joy. She attended a one-room school in Birch Creek through the eighth grade. Since there was no high school in the area, she moved to Blackfoot to attend high school. She graduated from Blackfoot High School and attended college in Compton, Calif.
She married Jason Palmer on September 2, 1942 in Idaho Falls. Together they had three girls: Mary, Sandra and Diane. She then married Robert F. Stewart on March 5, 1954 in Boise. They had one daughter, Bonnie. Robert died in December 1967.
Yvonne lived in Roberts for 62 years and was an active member of the Roberts Community Church.
Her greatest joy in life was her children and grandchildren, and her greatest happiness was being a kind and loving mother and grandmother to her family.
She is survived by her daughters: Mary Garner and Bonnie Ellis, both of Roberts, and Sandra (Marvin) Hayden, of Idaho Falls; granddaughters: Meschelle Campbell, of Brisbane, Australia, Lexie Ockerman, of Idaho Falls, and Lyndsay Ising, of San Jose, CA; great-grandchildren: Tyler, Blake, Kasey and Kaitlyn Ockerman, of Shelley, and Alex and Sophie Campbell, of Brisbane, Australia.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers: Ruben, Warren and George Barzee; sisters: Effie Chandler, Irine Harkness, Marcia Harkness and Edithe Price; both husbands; and a daughter, Diane Palmer, who died at 7 months old.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 15, at Buck-Miller-Hann Funeral Home, 825 E. 17th St. in Idaho Falls, with Pastor Steve Moslee officiating. Burial will follow at Roberts Cemetery.
Obituary from Post Register (Idaho Falls, ID) - March 13, 2013:
J. Yvonne Stewart, of Roberts, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013 at her home in Roberts.
Yvonne was born in Birch Creek on May 25, 1916, to Ruben T. and Mary E. Waters Barzee. She was the eighth child born to this union and was greeted with much joy. She attended a one-room school in Birch Creek through the eighth grade. Since there was no high school in the area, she moved to Blackfoot to attend high school. She graduated from Blackfoot High School and attended college in Compton, Calif.
She married Jason Palmer on September 2, 1942 in Idaho Falls. Together they had three girls: Mary, Sandra and Diane. She then married Robert F. Stewart on March 5, 1954 in Boise. They had one daughter, Bonnie. Robert died in December 1967.
Yvonne lived in Roberts for 62 years and was an active member of the Roberts Community Church.
Her greatest joy in life was her children and grandchildren, and her greatest happiness was being a kind and loving mother and grandmother to her family.
She is survived by her daughters: Mary Garner and Bonnie Ellis, both of Roberts, and Sandra (Marvin) Hayden, of Idaho Falls; granddaughters: Meschelle Campbell, of Brisbane, Australia, Lexie Ockerman, of Idaho Falls, and Lyndsay Ising, of San Jose, CA; great-grandchildren: Tyler, Blake, Kasey and Kaitlyn Ockerman, of Shelley, and Alex and Sophie Campbell, of Brisbane, Australia.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers: Ruben, Warren and George Barzee; sisters: Effie Chandler, Irine Harkness, Marcia Harkness and Edithe Price; both husbands; and a daughter, Diane Palmer, who died at 7 months old.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 15, at Buck-Miller-Hann Funeral Home, 825 E. 17th St. in Idaho Falls, with Pastor Steve Moslee officiating. Burial will follow at Roberts Cemetery.
J. Yvonne Stewart, of Roberts, passed away Friday, March 8, 2013 at her home in Roberts.
Yvonne was born in Birch Creek on May 25, 1916, to Ruben T. and Mary E. Waters Barzee. She was the eighth child born to this union and was greeted with much joy. She attended a one-room school in Birch Creek through the eighth grade. Since there was no high school in the area, she moved to Blackfoot to attend high school. She graduated from Blackfoot High School and attended college in Compton, Calif.
She married Jason Palmer on September 2, 1942 in Idaho Falls. Together they had three girls: Mary, Sandra and Diane. She then married Robert F. Stewart on March 5, 1954 in Boise. They had one daughter, Bonnie. Robert died in December 1967.
Yvonne lived in Roberts for 62 years and was an active member of the Roberts Community Church.
Her greatest joy in life was her children and grandchildren, and her greatest happiness was being a kind and loving mother and grandmother to her family.
She is survived by her daughters: Mary Garner and Bonnie Ellis, both of Roberts, and Sandra (Marvin) Hayden, of Idaho Falls; granddaughters: Meschelle Campbell, of Brisbane, Australia, Lexie Ockerman, of Idaho Falls, and Lyndsay Ising, of San Jose, CA; great-grandchildren: Tyler, Blake, Kasey and Kaitlyn Ockerman, of Shelley, and Alex and Sophie Campbell, of Brisbane, Australia.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers: Ruben, Warren and George Barzee; sisters: Effie Chandler, Irine Harkness, Marcia Harkness and Edithe Price; both husbands; and a daughter, Diane Palmer, who died at 7 months old.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 15, at Buck-Miller-Hann Funeral Home, 825 E. 17th St. in Idaho Falls, with Pastor Steve Moslee officiating. Burial will follow at Roberts Cemetery.
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