YANDA, James 1876-1967
YANDA
Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 1/20/2013 at 01:09:02
[Waterloo Daily Courier, Monday, March 20, 1967, Waterloo, Iowa]
JAMES YANDA
Services are pending in Cedar Rapids for a former Waterloo resident, James Yanda, 90, who died of a stroke at a Cedar Rapids hospital early Monday morning.
Yanda was born in Czechoslovakia, and came to the United States when he was about 10 years old. A veteran of the Spanish-American War, he had lived in Oxford Junction and Waterloo, before moving to Cedar Rapids about 35 years ago
He had been a conductor for the Illinois Central Railroad.
Mr. Yanda is survived by his widow; two sons, Edward, of 218 Allen St., and Russell, of Green Bay, Wis.; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Victor.
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Birth: Jun. 3, 1876, Czech Republic
Death: Mar. 20, 1967 Cedar Rapids
Burial: Czech National Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA
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In 1903 he married Hattie (last name unknown) Their sons were Edward and Russell They later divorced and she married Leo V. Kelly in 1942
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