YOHN, Winnie (1864-1941)

YOHN, NELSON, THOMAS, CASH, SMITH, KIMBALL, NEIL, HORNING

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society
Date: 4/7/2017 at 20:44:56

Mrs. W. Yohn Dies At Home

Plans for Funeral Incomplete; 3 Sons, 4 Daughters Survive

Clear Lake - Mrs. William Yohn, 77, died at her home on Sunny street Tuesday afternoon following a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are not yet complete. The body is at Williams' funeral home.

Winnie Nelson was born March 23, 1864, at Lake Mills, Wis., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Beach Nelson. When a small child she moved with her parents to Butler county where she was married to Mr. Yohn in 1884. The couple lived on farms in Butler and Hancock County until 1910 when they moved to Clear Lake where Mr. Yohn died in 1926.

Mrs. Yohn is survived by three sons, Oscar, Clear Lake, and Howard and Elmer, Garner; four daughters, Mrs. Leslie Thomas, Sheffield; Mrs. Howard Cash, Clear Lake; Mrs. Delbert Smith, Sioux Falls, S. Dak., and Mrs. Roy Kimball, South Bend, Ind., 13 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Mrs. Yohn was a member of the Methodist church and of the W. R. C., taking an active part in their work so long as she was able. She had been in failing health for some time but became seriously ill only Sunday evening.

source: Mason City Globe Gazette; 16 Jul 1941; page 4; col 1

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Hold Rites For Mrs. W. Yohn

Six Grandsons Are Pallbearers; Burial in Garner Cemetery

Clear Lake - Funeral services for Mrs. William Yohn, 77, who died at her home on Sunny street Tuesday afternoon, were held at the residence Thursday afternoon. The Rev. Thomas B. Collins, pastor, conducted the rites and burial was in Garner cemetery. Williams funeral home was in charge.

Mrs. R. A. Monaghen, accompanied by Mrs. Harry Mason, sang "When They Ring Those Golden Bells" and "Saved by Grace." Mrs. B. A. Coffeen and Miss Harriet Bullock arranged the flowers.

Six grandsons, Ronald and Robert Yohn, Raymond and Robert Cash, Morton Kimball and Max Neil, acted as pallbearers.

Other relatives present included Mrs. Roy Kimball and daughter, Mrs. James Horning, South Bend, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Smith, Sioux Falls, S. Dak.; Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Smith, Sheffield, and a group from Greene.

source: Mason City Globe Gazette; 17 Jul 1941; page 17; col 1