YAHNKE, George: Died 1985
YAHNKE, SHAFFER, GARRETT, ARCHER
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Date: 4/20/2022 at 17:18:01
**Handwritten: Ottumwa Courier
26 July 1985 P5George Yahnke
BLOOMFIELD George Yahnke, 89, of 101 E. Franklin, a longtime car salesman in Davis and Van Buren counties, died at his home on July 24, 1985.
He was born May 20, 1896, in West Grove to Fred and Elizabeth Shaffer Yahnke. A World War I veteran, he was a member of the Troy United Methodist Church, World War I Barracks 2500, American Legion and the Troy IOOF Lodge. He married Edith Garrett on Dec. 27, 1925.
He is survived by his wife; a sister, Lucy Archer of Ottumwa; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda, in 1975.
The service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Priester Funeral Chapel in Bloomfield, the Rev. Marilyn Butler officiating. Burial will be in the Troy Cemetery, with military rites by American Legion Post 78.
Memorials can be made to the Troy United military rites by American Legion Post 78.
Visitation is open.
The casket will be closed at the beginning of the service.
Source: "Scrapbook 1981 - 1985", Pg. 244,
Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., IA
Van Buren Obituaries maintained by Rich Lowe.
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