PAULDING COUNTY OBITUARIES

YOAKAM, Harold E. (PAULDING OH - April 26)
 Navigator Missing -Mrs John Stiebeling, R R 1 Latty, has received word from the War Department that her brother, Sec Lt Harold E Yoakam, navigator on a b-24 bomber with the 15th Army Air Force in Italy, has been missing in action over Italy since April 2. Yoakam entered the service in August 1942 and has been overseas since January 1944.

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(Unknown Newspaper circa 2 April 1944)
 Reported Missing in Action over Italy Mrs John Stiebeling has been informed that her only brother, 2nd Lt Harold E Yoakam, navigator on a b-24 bomber with the 15th Army Air Force in Italy, is missing in action over Italy since April 2nd. Lt Yoakam, 23, the son of the late Mr and Mrs B E Yoakam who resided west of Scott. He was a graduate of the Haviland-Scott High School in the class of 1939, and has been serving overseas since January 29, 1944.
The telegram from the Sec'y of War also stated that any further word of Lt Yoakam will be forwarded on to his sister, Mrs Stiebeling.

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YOAKAM, Nellie (DATE: 28 March 1940)
Nellie F Yoakam, daughter of Emmanuel and Barbara Mort was born at Reed City, Mich, Sep 5, 1881, and succumbed March 12, 1940, to bronchial pneumonia at the age of 58 years, 7 months and 7 days. She was the widow of Berlin E Yoakam, who preceded her in death January 31st of this year. To this union were born two children, Pauline, Mrs John Stiebeling, near Latty, and Harold, at home. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs B A Addison of Flint Mich; and four brothers, Samuel Mort of Elsie, Mich, Luther of Coldwater Mich, Harry of Freedom Okla and Dr Paul R Mort of New York City. There are several nieces and nephews. She was an attentive and loving mother, a faithful wife, devoted to her home and children. Her childhood was spent in the neighborhood of Elsie Mich. She moved to Paulding County soon after her marriage.

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YOUNG, Mary Ann (DATE:  July 22, 1998 - Paulding Progress)
PFAFFTOWN, N.C. – Mary Ann Young, 51, died at 12:20 a.m. on Wednesday, July 15, in Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Winston-Salem N.C. She was born April 7, 1947, in Allen County, Ind., the daughter of the late Justus and Pauline (Pack) Dunham. In 1965, she married Larry B. Young, who survives. She was formally of Paulding village. She was a homemaker, member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, (Mormon) Winston-Salem 1st Ward, Winston-Salem Stake. She recently finished her education at the Forsyth Technical College to become a medical assistant, was a member of the North Carolina Medical Assistant Association and the American Association of Medical Assistants. She taught Sunday school and was a Boy Scout leader. She taught genealogy classes at the Family History Center in Winston-Salem. Both she and her husband served as foster parents to many children. Also surviving are the mother and step-father, Pauline and Freeland Adkins of Paulding; a daughter Laura Gray of Clearfield, Utah; three sons, Michael, Timothy and Kristopher Young, all of Winston-Salem; four grandchildren; a sister, Alice Dunham of Paulding; a brother, Eugene Dunham of Emmett, Idaho. Services were held July 20 at the Church of the Nazarene, Paulding, with Bishop Jeffery Long and the Rev. Jerry Batterbee officiating. Burial was at the Hedges Cemetery, near Broughton. Preferred memorials are to the Shriner’s Children’s Home Burn Center, Atlanta, Ga.