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Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Yoakem, Cecil The funeral service for Cecil
Yoakem, 91, of Cottonwood Falls was Dec. 14, 2002, at the First Baptist Church in
Cottonwood Falls. Pastor Rick Smith conducted the service. Burial was in Bazaar
Cemetery at Bazaar.
Memorial contributions to
the Chase County Elementary
School Playground Equipment
Fund or Chase County Girl
Scout Troop 79 can be sent to
the funeral home, 201 Cherry
St., Cottonwood Falls, KS
66845.
Mr. Yoakem, a lifetime resident of Chase County, died Dec. 11, 2002, at his home in Cottonwood Falls.
He and wife, Viola, farmed in the Wonsevu area for 23 years before they purchased
the Millstream Resort Motel in Cottonwood Falls. They retired in 1996.
Cecil Yoakem, the son of Charles Omer and Nora Alice Knab Yoakem, was born June 16, 1911, in the Homestead community near Burns. He
attended Mars Hill School. He married Viola E. Ingalls on Feb., 10, 1934, in Chase
County.
Mr. Yoakem is survived by
his wife; a son, Wayne Yoakem
of Cottonwood Falls; two sisters, Velma Scharenberg of Cottonwood Falls and Eunice
Leonard of El Dorado; two
grandchildren, Vern Yoakem of Strong City and Linda Yoakem of Texas; and two great-grand-
children. One sister, Leona Parks; and five brothers, Percy Yoakem, Lloyd Yoakem,
Marion "Ted" Yoakem, Elmo Rhule "Bus" Yoakem and Maurice Yoakem, died earlier.
Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Dec. 19, 2002
by Lorna Marvin
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