Lena Wormsley 
F, (1905 - 24 March 2001)
Lena Wormsley was born in 1905. She was the daughter of Thomas A. Wormsley and Mary Teegarden. Lena Wormsley married Ernest Clyde Yoakum, age 26, son of Pryor Lee Yoakum and Abigail Rowland, on Wednesday, 8 September 1926. Lena Wormsley died on 24 March 2001 at Liberty Hospital, Richmond, Ray County, Missouri, at age 96 years. She was buried on 28 March 2001 in the Bethel Christian Union Church Cemetery, located in Polo, Caldwell County, Missouri.
From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Earl Quintrell, comp., 'Lena Yoakum,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 8 (June 2001), p. 21.
LENA YOAKUM
Lena Yoakum 96, of Excelsior Springs, Mo., formerly of Polo, Mo., died March 24, 2001 at Liberty Hospital.
She was married to Ernest Yoakum on Sept. 8, 1926, she was a homemaker and a member of Bethel Christian Union Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband Ernest in 1949; her parents, Thomas A. and Mary Teegarden Wormsley; 6 brothers and 1 sister.
She is survived by 2 sisters, Alma Nolker of Excelsior Springs, Mo., and Elinor Lilliech of Arnold, Mo.
Funeral Services will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday March 28, 2001 at the Bethel Christian Union Church in Polo, Mo. Burial will be at the Bethel Cemetery. Friends may call one hour before services.
Bailey Funeral Home in Polo is in Charge of the arrangements.
From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Earl Quintrell, comp., 'Lena Yoakum,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 8 (June 2001), p. 21.
LENA YOAKUM
Lena Yoakum 96, of Excelsior Springs, Mo., formerly of Polo, Mo., died March 24, 2001 at Liberty Hospital.
She was married to Ernest Yoakum on Sept. 8, 1926, she was a homemaker and a member of Bethel Christian Union Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband Ernest in 1949; her parents, Thomas A. and Mary Teegarden Wormsley; 6 brothers and 1 sister.
She is survived by 2 sisters, Alma Nolker of Excelsior Springs, Mo., and Elinor Lilliech of Arnold, Mo.
Funeral Services will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday March 28, 2001 at the Bethel Christian Union Church in Polo, Mo. Burial will be at the Bethel Cemetery. Friends may call one hour before services.
Bailey Funeral Home in Polo is in Charge of the arrangements.
Last Edited=14 Apr 2009