WEST YORK, Ill. — Everett T. York, 79, of West York, died Friday, April 10, 2009, at Danville Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care Hospital in Danville. He was born July 6, 1929, in rural Oblong, to Franklin Dennis York and Viola Watts Bonham York.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in Japan. He was a cement finisher, a member of West Union Church of the Nazarene, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Marshall, Ill. Everett married Edith Mae Bridgewater on Sept. 13, 1951, and she survives.
He also is survived by six sons and their spouses, Mark and Judy York of Flora, Tom and Cathy York of Melrose, Eddie York of Topeka, Kans., Virgil York of Vallejo, Calif., Randy and Cecelia York of rural Marshall, and Eric and Missy York of West York; two daughters and sons-in-law, Martha and Don Molinet of Marshall, and Myra and Gary Otey of Robinson; his stepson, Michael M. Dix of Valdez, Alaska; 14 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, and nine brothers.
Visitation will be Tuesday from 9 to 11 a.m. CDT at Prust-Hosch Funeral Home, in West Union, with a graveside service to follow at 2 p.m. Tuesday, at the Danville Veterans Hospital. Pastor Penny Brown is in charge of the service. Military honors will be conducted at the graveside.
Prust-Hosch Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be made to the West Union Church of the Nazarene, with envelopes at the funeral home.
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Thank you to volunteer contributor NL Nuttall for researching the parental links and for prompting me to look up the obituary for use on this memorial page. jer
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WEST YORK, Ill. — Everett T. York, 79, of West York, died Friday, April 10, 2009, at Danville Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care Hospital in Danville. He was born July 6, 1929, in rural Oblong, to Franklin Dennis York and Viola Watts Bonham York.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in Japan. He was a cement finisher, a member of West Union Church of the Nazarene, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Marshall, Ill. Everett married Edith Mae Bridgewater on Sept. 13, 1951, and she survives.
He also is survived by six sons and their spouses, Mark and Judy York of Flora, Tom and Cathy York of Melrose, Eddie York of Topeka, Kans., Virgil York of Vallejo, Calif., Randy and Cecelia York of rural Marshall, and Eric and Missy York of West York; two daughters and sons-in-law, Martha and Don Molinet of Marshall, and Myra and Gary Otey of Robinson; his stepson, Michael M. Dix of Valdez, Alaska; 14 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, and nine brothers.
Visitation will be Tuesday from 9 to 11 a.m. CDT at Prust-Hosch Funeral Home, in West Union, with a graveside service to follow at 2 p.m. Tuesday, at the Danville Veterans Hospital. Pastor Penny Brown is in charge of the service. Military honors will be conducted at the graveside.
Prust-Hosch Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be made to the West Union Church of the Nazarene, with envelopes at the funeral home.
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Thank you to volunteer contributor NL Nuttall for researching the parental links and for prompting me to look up the obituary for use on this memorial page. jer
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Family Members
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William T. York
1908–1908
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James Dennis Franklin York
1910–1965
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Raleigh Ellis York
1912–1981
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Joseph Carl York Sr
1914–1988
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Sylvia Lucille York Parrish
1916–1946
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John Leroy York
1918–1981
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Martha Mae York McCammon
1920–1991
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Allen Marion "Buster" York
1922–1996
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Ivan Loy York
1924–2000
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Floyd Henry York
1926–1980
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