Rebecca Jane Vorhies Yocum

1866 - 1947  (81 years)

• Name	Rebecca Jane Vorhies Yocum
  Born	14 Jun 1866	Shannon City, Union County, Iowa
  Gender	Female
  Died	23 Jun 1947	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	26 Jun 1947	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I2976	Rossville
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Josiah Vorhies,   b. 17 Oct 1832, Mount Ephraim, Noble County, Ohio ,   d. 11 Apr 1914, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Paulina Quinn Vorhies,   b. 1835,   d. 1907  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F2479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David William Yocum,   b. 27 Apr 1858, Perry County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1 Apr 1927, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 68 years)
  Married	1901
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2017 13:48:30
  Family ID	F6192	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Jun 1866 - Shannon City, Union County, Iowa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Yocum, Rebecca Rebecca J. Yocum Mrs. Rebecca J. Yocum, 81, of 148 Hill, Topeka, died Monday night in a Topeka Hospital. Before she went to Topeka about 17 years ago, she was a resident of Rossville for about 30 years. She was the widow of the late Dave Yocum, longtime Rossville merchant. Born at Shannon City, Iowa, June 14, 1866, she came to Rossville with her parents, in 1900. She was a member of the Potwin Presbyterian Church W. C. T. U. and SBA. Surviving are four brothers, Charles and Elton, of Rossville; Frank Vorhies of Shannon City, Iowa, and Roy Vorhies of Long Beach, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Webb of Laurel, Neb. and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held this (Thursday) afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Rossville Presbyterian Church with Dr. H. L. Nelson of Topeka, officiating. Music was furnished by Mrs. Ruth Hesse and Mrs. Marlin Harth with Miss Edith Higginbotham accompanying. Pallbearers were Messrs. Von Bloom Joe Navarre, M. L. Whearty, H. K Prater, S. O. Parr, Clarence Gresser, Burial was in Rossville Cemetery