Norman Lee Yoakum1

M, (18 December 1932 - 24 March 1998)
     Norman Lee Yoakum was born on 18 December 1932 at Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.1 He was the son of Claude Yoakum and Ruth Marion Curtis. Norman Lee Yoakum married Therese Marie Dearborn circa 1954. Norman Lee Yoakum died on 24 March 1998 at Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, at age 65 years, 3 months and 6 days.1 He was buried on 28 March 1998 in the Mount Calvary Cemetery, located in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.
     According to the Social Security Administrations Death Index Norman's last known residence was Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.1 From Gary R. Hawpe, ed. and comp., 'Obituaries - Norman L. Yoakum,' Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter, Vol. 5 No. 11 (September 2002), p. 16.

NORMAN L. YOAKUM

Mr. Norman L. Yoakum, 65, Kansas City, KS, passed away Tuesday, Mar 24, 1998, at his home. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, March 28, at St Patrick's Catholic Church; burial in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, KS; Friends may call 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, March 27, at the Butler Funeral Home, 6300 Parallel, Kansas City, KS, where the rosary will be said at 7:15 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Bishop Ward High School or to St. Patrick's Catholic Church.

Mr. Yoakum was born December 18, 1932, in Kansas City, KS, and was a livelong resident. Mr. Yoakum was a 1950 graduate of Wyandotte High School and a graduate of Rockhurst College. He served in the U. S. Army and was a past employee of the J. C. Penney Credit Office, and retired from the U. S. Postal Service.

Survivors include his wife of 41 years, Therese M. Yoakum, of the home; one son, John Yoakum, Overland Park, KS; four daughters, Jane Yoakum, Huntsville AL, Joah Pyle and her husband, Jeff, Overland Park, KS, Jean Manning and her husband, Jeff, Olathe, KS, and Jennifer Bartolac and her husband, Andrew, Kansas City KS; three sisters, Irene Strohmeyer, Kansas City, KS, Betty Tallman, Bonner Springs, KS, and Jean Lage, Overland Park, KS; eight grandchildren, Jerad, Conrad, Creighton, Christina, Jason, Justin, Nicholas and James. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Claude, Jack and Gerald Yoakum. (Arrangements: Butler Funeral Home, 6300 Parallel, Kansas City, KS.)
Last Edited=22 Jul 2011

Citations

  1. [S752] Social Security Death Index, RootsWeb online, at <http://ssdi.rootsweb.com> (Baltimore, Maryland: U.S. Social Security Administration, February 2006 update). The SSDI component of RootsWeb online is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration. NORMAN L YOAKUM, birth listed as 18 Dec 1932, died listed as 24 Mar 1998 (V), issued in the State of Kansas. Last residence Kansas City, Wyandotte, KS, last benefit (none specified). Accessed 8 Feb 2006.