Carrie Yoakum 
F, (29 June 1886 - circa 1959)
- Relationship
- 9th great-granddaughter of Herman Op Den Graeff
Carrie Yoakum was born on 29 June 1886 at Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Samuel T. Yoakum and Fannie Johnson. Carrie Yoakum married, at age 34, Ernest Martin Simmons, age 32 on Thursday, 5 May 1921 at Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas. Carrie Yoakum died circa 1959 at Cushing Memorial Hospital, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas. She was buried in the Mount Munice Cemetery, located in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Cindy Whiteman, comp., 'Carrie Simmons Rites Tuesday,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 8 (June 2001), p. 15.
CARRIE SIMMONS RITES TUESDAY
Mrs. Carrie Simmons, 532 Michigan Ave., died Saturday evening at Cushing Memorial Hospital after a long period of invalidism.
Mrs. Simmons was born in Leavenworth June 29, 1886, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Yoakum. Mr. Yoakum was a grocer here and also in Kansas City, Mo., until his death in 1927.
Mrs. Simmons received her education in the local public schools, and except for four years of residence in San Pedro, Calif., and one year in Potter, lived her entire life in this city.
She was a milliner in the William Small Dry Goods Co., and a worker in the YWCA.
She was married in Leavenworth May 5, 1921 to Ernest M. Simmons, a correctional officer at the U. S. Penitentiary until his retirement Feb. 1, 1952.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
Surviving besides her husband, Ernest M. Simmons of the home, are one son, Ernest Simmons, 303 Spring Garden, and four grandchildren.
Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Sexton Funeral Chapel. Dr. A. Willard Heimbeck, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Muncie Cemetery. The body is at the chapel.
The Leavenworth Times, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas.
From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and Cindy Whiteman, comp., 'Carrie Simmons Rites Tuesday,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 4 No. 8 (June 2001), p. 15.
CARRIE SIMMONS RITES TUESDAY
Mrs. Carrie Simmons, 532 Michigan Ave., died Saturday evening at Cushing Memorial Hospital after a long period of invalidism.
Mrs. Simmons was born in Leavenworth June 29, 1886, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Yoakum. Mr. Yoakum was a grocer here and also in Kansas City, Mo., until his death in 1927.
Mrs. Simmons received her education in the local public schools, and except for four years of residence in San Pedro, Calif., and one year in Potter, lived her entire life in this city.
She was a milliner in the William Small Dry Goods Co., and a worker in the YWCA.
She was married in Leavenworth May 5, 1921 to Ernest M. Simmons, a correctional officer at the U. S. Penitentiary until his retirement Feb. 1, 1952.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
Surviving besides her husband, Ernest M. Simmons of the home, are one son, Ernest Simmons, 303 Spring Garden, and four grandchildren.
Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Sexton Funeral Chapel. Dr. A. Willard Heimbeck, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Muncie Cemetery. The body is at the chapel.
The Leavenworth Times, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas.
Child of Carrie Yoakum and Ernest Martin Simmons
- Ernest Yoakum Simmons+ (22 Aug 1921 - 7 Apr 1992)
Last Edited=19 Feb 2011